1920/1930
This president was elected during the Great Depression and promised a “New Deal” to help Americans.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
Vietnam War veterans marched in Washington, D.C. because they were against the war and wanted better treatment and benefits from the government.
Veteran's Peace March
U.S. policy telling Europe to stay out of the Americas and not make new colonies.
Monroe Doctrine
She refused to give up her bus seat, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
This scandal forced President Nixon to resign from office.
Watergate
The Persian Gulf War began when this country (name) invaded it's neighboring (name) country.
Iraq, Kuwait
This case said “separate but equal,” allowing segregation in the United States.
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was the main goal of the New Deal to help Americans during the Great Depression?
The 3 R's-Relief, Recovery, Reform
LBJ’s plan to help Americans by reducing poverty.
The Great Society
U.S. promise to help countries fight communism, starting during the Cold War.
Truman Doctrine
Leader who used nonviolent protest to fight for civil rights.
Martin Luther King, Jr
Clinton was impeached during the 1990s for this crime.
lying under oath
This agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico reduced trade barriers in North America.
NAFTA
This case ended school segregation by ruling that separate schools were unequal.
Brown v Board of Education
This New Deal program built dams to stop flooding and bring electricity to poor rural areas. It was on last year’s STAAR test.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The first satellite launched by the Soviet Union, starting the Space Race.
Sputnik
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism.
Containment Policy
Groups that believed African Americans should defend themselves and seek rights with more forceful methods.
Malcomb X
This group of oil-producing countries raised prices in the 1970s, causing gas shortages in the U.S.
OPEC
These attacks in 2001 led to major changes in U.S. security policies.
9/11
This case said Texas had to admit a Black student to law school because the separate school was not equal.
Sweatt v Painter
One amendment banned alcohol, and the next amendment gave women the right to vote. Which two amendments changed American society during the 1920s?
18th and 19th Amendments
Increased spending in science and math (STEM) education
Space Race
Teddy Roosevelt’s idea: speak peacefully but use military power if needed.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Activists who rode buses to challenge segregation in the South.
Freedom Riders
Under Carter American diplomats were taken and held in Iran for 444 days after a revolution there.
Iran Hostage Crisis
This government law expanded the power of federal agencies to monitor and stop terrorism.
Patriot Act
This case used the 14th Amendment to rule that Mexican Americans must be included on juries and treated equally under the law.
Hernandez v Texas
This amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States.
19th Amendment
A national system of roads that made it easy for people to live in suburbs and commute to cities.
Interstate Highway System
A failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba to remove Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs
A law that banned segregation and discrimination in public places and jobs.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A scandal where U.S. officials sold weapons secretly and sent money to rebels in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra
This technology growth in the 1990s and 2000s led to new jobs and major changes in communication.
Technology/internet Boom
This case said schools cannot require students to say a prayer because it violates the First Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale