Cold War vs. Post-Cold War Developments
This competition between the United States and the Soviet Union led to rapid advances in rockets and satellites.
What was the Space Race?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What was containment?
This conservative movement of the 1980s supported traditional values and Ronald Reagan.
What was the Moral Majority?
This 1994 trade agreement connected the economies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What was NAFTA?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This legislation helped expand education and workforce development after World War II.
What was the G.I. Bill?
This 1962 event brought the United States and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Richard Nixon appealed to this group of Americans who supported law and order and traditional values.
What was the Silent Majority?
This 1973 action by OPEC caused rising gas prices and economic problems in the United States.
What was the Oil Embargo?
This civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This economic shift occurred after the Cold War as service jobs became more common than factory jobs.
What was the transition from a manufacturing economy to a service economy?
This conflict increased distrust in government because of the “credibility gap.”
What was the Vietnam War?
These Reagan-era policies focused on tax cuts and deregulation.
What was Reaganomics?
These military campaigns followed the September 11 attacks as part of the War on Terror.
What were Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom?
This Chicano labor organization fought for better working conditions for farm workers.
What was the United Farm Workers Union?
This invention created “hyperconnectivity” and transformed communication during the post-Cold War era.
What was the Internet/World Wide Web?
This structure physically divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
What was the Berlin Wall?
During the Civil Rights Era, many Southern Democrats left the Democratic Party in this political shift.
What was the split of the “Solid South”?
This scandal damaged trust in government during the 1970s.
What was Watergate?
This 1972 law expanded educational opportunities for women in schools and sports.
What was Title IX?
This economic crisis from 2007–2009 caused major unemployment, foreclosures, and financial instability.
What was the Great Recession?
This 1947 doctrine promised American support to countries resisting communism.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
This Democratic program under Lyndon B. Johnson expanded federal efforts to fight poverty and inequality.
What was the Great Society?
This agreement reflected international efforts to address climate change in the global economy.
What was the Paris Climate Agreement?
This event in 1969 became a major turning point for LGBTQ+ activism in the United States.
What was the Stonewall Uprising?