American Presidents
American People
More Americans
Other
Bad People
100
first black President of the United States
Barrack Obama
100
first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
100
the attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise
(300)
the Reagan Revolution
200
believed Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country
bOnuS: What was this belief called?
Ronald Reagan; the Reagan Doctrine
200
first black major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
200
legislation that guarantees housing, voting, and job rights for ethnic minorities
(400)
1964 Civil Rights Act
300
strengthened the military alliance of NATO
boNuS: What is the full name of NATO?
bOnUS: What was the purpose of NATO?
Dwight D. Eisenhower; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; to defend against Communism
300
lady who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, an act which led to a change in segregation laws
Rosa Parks
300
black minister active in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
300
the system of producing and distributing goods
economy
300
Roe vs. Wade did what?
legalized abortion
:(
400
the only President to resign from office
Richard M. Nixon
400
first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan
Sandra Day O'Connor
400
two events that caused a slowdown in the space program (400 each)
explosion of space shuttle Challenger; explosion of space shuttle Columbia
400
two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the "War on Terror" (400 each)
Afghanistan, Iraq
500
This President convinced the Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall and begin Perestroika.
Ronald Reagan
500
Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character
Clarence Thomas
500
How do liberals view traditional beliefs and values?
BonUS: What do they believe that the role of government is?
they want to break away from them; to take care of people's basic everyday needs
500
Islamic terrorist group responsible for the attack on September 11 2001
al Qaeda
600
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
600
doctor who helped develop a vaccine for Polio
Jonas Salk
600
How do conservatives view traditional beliefs and values?
boNuS: What do they believe the role of government is?
they want to conserve them; the main job of the government is to protect the nation from invasion, and conservatives want to preserve freedom and individual responsibility
700
helped bring a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
700
first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
800
Operation Desert Storm was under his presidency
George H. W. Bush
800
one of the greatest opera singers of her time
Marian Anderson
900
This President's welfare program was called the New Frontier.
John F. Kennedy
900
first American to fly in space
Alan Shepard
900
President Johnson's plan for social reform
the Great Society
