Space and Arms Race
This 1957 Soviet satellite launch triggered the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
This Southeast Asian country became the center of U.S. Cold War intervention in the 1960s.
What is Vietnam?
Post-WWII prosperity led to this generation’s population boom.
What is the Baby Boom?
He was president during the 9/11 attacks.
Who is George W. Bush?
This 2010 health care law aimed to expand coverage to millions.
What is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
This U.S. agency was created in response to the Soviet space advancements.
What is NASA?
The U.S. backed South Korea while the USSR backed North Korea in this early war.
What is the Korean War?
This alliance formed in 1949 to counter Soviet influence in Europe.
What is NATO?
This act expanded government surveillance powers after 9/11.
What is the Patriot Act?
This law overhauled education standards and emphasized testing.
What is No Child Left Behind?
This policy promised military aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This failed U.S.-backed invasion attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This 1989 event symbolized the Cold War’s decline in Eastern Europe.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The U.S. invaded this country in 2003 under suspicion of WMDs.
What is Iraq?
His resignation followed the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This Cold War tension led to both sides stockpiling nuclear weapons.
What is the arms race?
This tense 13-day standoff almost brought the world to nuclear war in 1962.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fear of communism at home led to this “color-coded” political panic.
What is the Red Scare?
This crisis rocked the economy in the late 2000s.
What is the Great Recession?
He created the Great Society to fight poverty and racial injustice.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 1983 Reagan initiative proposed a space-based missile defense system.
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or "Star Wars")?
This law, passed after Vietnam, limits the President’s war powers.
What is the War Powers Act (1973)?
This term described the public’s growing distrust in the government during Vietnam.
What is the credibility gap?
This federal agency was created in 2002 to coordinate homeland security.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
Reagan’s economic policy emphasizing tax cuts was known as this.
Reaganomics/Supply-Side Economics