Cold War Era
Presidents
1960 to Present
Recent History
Terms
100
What was the invasion attempt to overthrow the Cuban communist government called?
Bay of Pigs
100
Democrat.  

Policies revolved around human rights campaigns.

Cater
100
Program started by Jimmy Carter assisting third world nations.
Peace Corps.
100
The campaign promise that caused George H.W. Bush his reelection.
Increase in income taxes.
100
Dulles' foreign policy approach to Communism.
Brinkmanship.
200
The name of the diplomatic incident where American embassy workers were taken hostage.
Iran Hostage Crisis.
200
Republican.

Hailed for his economic policies to bring the US out of economic stagnation.

Reagan
200
Abolished national origins quotas.
Immigration Act of 1965
200
Piece of legislation under George W. Bush immediately following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
Patriot Act
200
Movement in the late 1960s that promoted free-love, anti-government authority, and was non-traditional.
Counterculture.
300
The two organizations that emerged (primarily in Europe) after WWII as a defining division between capitalism and communism.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
300
Democrat.

Had a positive first term, but a weakened second term due to foreign affairs criticisms. 

Truman
300
Banned racial discrimination and segregation.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
300
The landmark international agreement signed into existence by Bill Clinton.
NAFTA
300
The build up of nuclear weapons.
Proliferation.
400
The name of the American foreign policy that was used to combat the spread of Communism.
Truman Doctrine
400
Democrat.

Passed legislation focused almost entirely around social and racial programs.

Lyndon B. Johnson
400
Founded by leading women activists in order to fight freedom in the workplace.
National Organization of Women (NOW)
400
This "Bubble" burst in 2002.
Dot Com.
400
Southern Democrats who left the party in the late 60's due to the increased push in civil rights.
Dixiecrats.
500
Name the political adversarys against Kennedy and Reagan.
Khrushchev and Gorbachev
500
Republican.

Most concerned with fiscal responsibility.  Known for instituting some bipartisan plans.

Eisenhower.
500
Name of the government group that searched for Communists within the US political and social system.
House of Un-American Activities Committee. (HUAC)
500
The name of the campaign into Iraq in 2004.
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
500
Supply-side economics that promoted cutting taxes and government spending.
Reaganomics.
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