People
Do You Know Your Presidential Doctrines?
Foreign Policy
The 1990's and Beyond
Misc
100
This man allegedly assassinated JFK
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
100
This called for substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
100
This was the guiding principle of President Carter’s foreign policy
What is humanitarianism
100
This agency charged with protecting America against foreign terrorist attacks
What is the Department of Homeland Security
100
This was a nickname for young, urban professionals in the 1980s who were known for their materialism and conspicuous consumption as well as their pursuit of wealth that symbolized the 1980s
Who are the yuppies
200
This group of people was most profoundly affected by the great economic changes of the late twentieth century
Who are women
200
President Eisenhower defined the domestic philosophy of his administration as this
What is dynamic conservatism
200
The Paris summit conference, scheduled for 1960, collapsed as a result of this
What is the shooting of the U-2 spy plane
200
To President George W. Bush, the “axis of evil” that menaced American society consisted of the following nations
Who are Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
200
This lead to support of the Civil Rights bill to protect citizens and to prohibit segregation in public accommodations
What is the March on Washington
300
He was Speaker of the House with a partisan lean in 1994
Who is Newt Gingrich
300
This proclaimed that Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense for free peoples and nations by the US
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
This revealed that the American economy was increasingly dependent on foreign trade and the global economy
What is the oil crisis
300
Bill Clinton was charged with this, leading to his impeachment
What is perjury and obstruction of justice
300
They formed the protest culture of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, embraced eastern mysticism, and embraced sexual liberation
Who are the Beats
400
He rose to prominence through charging that there was extensive communist influence in Hollywood and the media
Who is Joseph McCarthy
400
President Johnson's package of domestic reforms was called
What is the Great Society
400
These legitimized Soviet-dictated boundaries in Eastern Europe, while spawning human rights efforts
What are the Helsinki Accords
400
The rise of computer corporations like Microsoft and dot.com businesses signaled the advent of this
What is the global information age
400
This outlawed the use of poll taxes
What is the 24th Amendment
500
He became VP when Sprio Agnew resigned on corruption charges under the 25th Amendment
Who is Gerald Ford
500
This proclaimed that America’s Asian allies would have to fight their own wars without large numbers of US troops
What is the Nixon Doctrine
500
In 1973, the American public was shocked to learn that this had been going on, despite being told differently by Nixon
What is the US had been bombing Cambodia
500
This was Clinton's primary advantage throughout his two terms
What is the economy is BOOMING
500
The presidential election of 2000, despite a deadlock, was settled this way
What is the Supreme Court’s ruling ended a recount of Florida’s votes declaring George W. Bush the winner of Florida’s electoral votes, and thus, giving an Electoral College majority to Bush
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