Presidents
President ______________ led the United States through the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Kennedy
Which president resigned due to Watergate.
Nixon
Which country did President George H.W. Bush help in the Persian Gulf War?
Kuwait (against Iraq)
According to the 26th Amendment the voting age is....
18
Carter
In 1981 President Reagan nominated _____________________ as the first woman justice of the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor
In 1961 the Berlin Wall was built. Who was the American president at the time?
Kennedy (1961-1963).
T/F The U.S. has recently achieved a balanced budget and has begun to bring down our national debt
In 1995 the Murrah Federal Building was attacked by a domestic terrorist (Timothy McVeigh). Who was president at the time?
Bill Clinton
Nixon (1969-1974)
During the Cold War, President Reagan's space missile program was called ________ Wars.
Star
Malcolm X was a leader of what movement within the United States?
Civil Rights
President Johnson was elected in 1964. What was the name of his domestic program?
Great Society
President _________was president during the Iran-Contra affair (mid 1980's).
Reagan
What was the name of the terrorist organization that led the attacks against the U.S. on 9/11/01
Al Qaeda
Roe v. Wade was a 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. This has been a debated topic since then.
T/F
True
Nixon is known for New Federalism. What is that?
Who does "Don't Ask, Don't tell" refer to. Who was president at the time.
Refers to allowing gay people into the military. President Clinton
President ___________ sent military advisors to Vietnam. President Johnson sent troops into active combat and approved bombing campaigns. President ____________ led the U.S. out of the Vietnam War.
Kennedy,
Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr. believed in peaceful/non-violent resistance. How were other Civil Right groups (Black Panthers) and leaders (Malcolm X) different?
Believed in the use of violence to achieve their goal.