Cold War Policies
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is containment?
This Supreme Court case declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This congressional action gave President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This scandal forced President Nixon to resign.
What is Watergate?
These economic policies under Reagan involved tax cuts and deregulation.
What is Reaganomics?
This massive aid program helped rebuild Europe after WWII to prevent communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This civil rights leader wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This failed invasion attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
President Ford made this controversial decision shortly after taking office.
What is pardoning Richard Nixon?
The collapse of this nation in 1991 officially ended the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?
The U.S. entered this 1950s conflict to defend South Korea from communist invasion.
What is the Korean War?
This legislation outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This event was the turning point that reduced U.S. support for the Vietnam War in 1968.
What is the Tet Offensive?
These peace agreements between Egypt and Israel were brokered by President Carter.
What are the Camp David Accords?
This president was impeached in the 1990s but not removed from office.
Who is Bill Clinton?
The Soviet launch of this satellite caused the U.S. to increase funding for science and math.
What is Sputnik?
This group, led by Cesar Chavez, fought for farmworkers’ rights using nonviolent protest.
Who are the United Farm Workers?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This law, passed after Vietnam, limited the president’s ability to send troops without approval.
What is the War Powers Act?
These terrorist attacks in 2001 led the U.S. into the War on Terror.
What is 9/11?
President Truman ordered this major civil rights action in the military in 1948.
What is desegregation of the armed forces?
This event of the 1970s helped advance environmental protection and led to the creation of the EPA.
What is the environmental movement (or increased awareness of pollution)?
These two major assassinations in 1968 caused national grief and political chaos.
Who are Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy?
In 1979, 52 Americans were taken captive during this event that damaged Carter’s presidency.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
This election was historic because it elected the first African American president.
What is the election of 2008?