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This man made the decision to drop the atomic bomb in WWII.
Who is Harry Truman?
This Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is 26th Amendment?
Truman's policy to prevent communism from spreading.
What is containment?
American migration patterns after WWII trended toward this region of the country.
What is the Sunbelt?
This US president spoke out for human rights for peoples throughout the world. Elected because he was not part of the political elite.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This court case decided the result of the election of 2000
What is the Bush v. Gore?
Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and gender.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The economic theory that states that reduced taxes leads to economic prosperity.
What is supply side economics or Reaganomics?
This organization was created to halt Soviet aggression after WWII.
What is the NATO?
President Nixon's policy beginning with his historic visit to China in 1972.
What is Detente?
This law made discrimination between boys and girls athletic programs in schools illegal.
What is Title IX?
The new movement that rejected traditional gender roles, questioned the government, and embraced drug use beginning in the 1960s.
What is counterculture?
Programs that make a special effort to include minority groups in hiring, enrollment, etc.
What is affirmative action?
He was the first president to be impeached.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
American-led operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces in 1991.
What is Desert Storm
This Supreme Court decision reversed the court's earlier Plessy v. Fergusson decision.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
One of two issues Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was meant to address.
What are poverty and discrimination?
The idea that if Vietnam became communist, then Laos, Cambodia and Burma would become communist too.
What is Domino Theory?
This event marked the first time an Arab country recognized Israel's sovereignty as a nation
What are the Camp David Accords?
This act of Congress reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What is the War Powers Act?
Policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
What is isolationism?
The scandal during Reagan's presidency that involved selling arms illegally to one nation and siphoning the money to freedom fighters in Nicaragua.
What is Iran Contra affair?