Key Figures
This person was responsible for peacefully getting the Russian missiles out of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and was also the 35th President.
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
What 1973 event caused a global oil crisis, leading to higher prices and shortages?
OPEC Oil Embargo
What Supreme Court case requires police to inform suspects of their rights, including the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney?
(Court Case Name & Judge)
Miranda v. Arizona
What were the two main political systems that clashed during the Cold War?
(US v. Soviet Union)
Democracy v. Communism
What was the name of the 1991 military operation launched by a coalition of nations to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait?
Operation Desert Storm
This person was a civil rights leader who was arrested several times for standing up against the unjust laws of the time. They practiced civil disobedience and non-violent protests.
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK Jr.)
This Act passed by Congress outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes, and other methods that restricted black people the right to vote.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
(Court Case Name & Judge)
Brown v. Board of Education
The name for the widespread fear of communist infiltration of the United States
McCarthyism
Due to the intense resentment of U.S. policies in the Middle East, terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and crashed 3 of them into the 2 World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, leading to this event.
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
This person's actions led to the Montgomery bus boycott which eventually led to the desegregation of the buses there.
Rosa Parks
President Johnson set forth a domestic policy that stressed: the elimination of poverty and racial injustice, education, and medical care.
The Great Society
This was created in response to the attacks on September 11th
The Department of Homeland Security
The main result of this event ushered in the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
1957 launching of Sputnik
In 1955 this was the first terrorist attack carried out in the U.S. by it's own citizens
Oklahoma City Bombing
This person resigned as the 37th POTUS and was proven to have oversaw the breaking-in of the Watergate Hotel.
Richard Nixon
This limited the President's power to wage war without Congress's approval
War Powers Act of 1973
What was the name of the 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955, sparking outrage and becoming a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement?
Emmitt Till
Double Jeopardy
What was the primary justification given by the United States for the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Iraq had acquired weapons of mass destruction.
In 1989 this invention fundamentally changed how people communicate and access information
World Wide Web
This person was the U.S. Supreme Court justice in charge during the Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona decisions.
Earl Warren
What was the response in allowing the overthrown Shah of Iran medical treatment in the US?
Iranian militants captured and held 52 American hostages in 1979
This U.S. Supreme Court Justice was in charge during the Roe v. Wade and Swann v. Charlotte- Mecklenburg decisions.
Warren Burger
If one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow
Domino Theory
What event led to the debate on teenage use of guns and watching violent movies, listening to violent music, and playing violent video games.
Columbine High School Shooting