Cold War
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
This war was fought to stop communism in Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
This Supreme Court case ended “separate but equal” schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This president created the Great Society programs.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This terrorist attack occurred on September 11, 2001.
What are the 9/11 attacks?
This Cold War conflict was fought between North and South Korea from 1950–1953.
What is the Korean War?
This program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Many Americans who supported the Vietnam War were called this.
What are Hawks?
This civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This Republican president was linked to the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This agreement connected the economies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18 during the Vietnam era.
What is the 26th Amendment?
The Soviet Union shocked Americans by launching this satellite first in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
This 1964 event gave President Johnson greater power to expand the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This law outlawed segregation in public places in 1964.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This conservative movement supported traditional values during the 1980s.
What is the New Right?
This economic crisis began in 2007 and caused major unemployment and housing problems.
What is the Great Recession?
This U.S. senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists during the Second Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This alliance between the U.S. and Western European nations was formed in 1949.
What is NATO?
This law was passed in 1973 to limit presidential war powers after Vietnam.
What is the War Powers Act?
This law protected African American voting rights in 1965.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This president promoted tax cuts and deregulation in the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This term describes the growth of internet, cell phones, and social media connections to keep people connected globally.
What is Globalization?
This women’s rights book by Betty Friedan challenged traditional gender roles.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
This event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war in 1962.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This term described the growing distrust between the government and the American people during Vietnam.
What is the Credibility Gap?
Unlike MLK, this leader supported Black empowerment and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
This political strategy helped Republicans gain support in the South during the Vietnam era.
What is the Southern Strategy?
After 9/11, the U.S. launched this effort against terrorism around the world.
What is the War on Terror?
This Cold War policy promised U.S. support to countries fighting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?