1950s
This country was the biggest rival of the US after World War 2 until its collapse in 1991.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)
This is the term for the period of high tension between the US and the Soviet Union throughout the 20th century, however no direct fighting occurred.
What is the Cold War?
This civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest and delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This president resigned after the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
These attacks occurred on September 11, 2001, targeting the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
What are the September 11 attacks?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What is Containment?
This is the war launched by George H.W. Bush and a coalition of 42 countries in response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This president in the 1980s promoted supply-side economics, like cutting taxes for the wealthy and decreasing regulations on businesses.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This technological development dramatically changed communication, business, and entertainment after the 1990s.
What is the Internet?
This is the collective defense alliance founded after WW2 that included the US and most of Western Europe.
What is NATO?
This war from the 1960s and 70s was deeply unpopular and caused hundreds of antiwar protests across the country.
What is the Vietnam War?
This activist encouraged farm workers to strike and created the United Farm Workers (UFW).
Who is Cesar Chavez/Dolores Huerta?
This president created the Great Society programs and signed major civil rights legislation.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This term describes the increasing connection of economies and cultures around the world.
What is Globalization?
This is the term used to describe the rapid competitive buildup of nuclear weapons between the US and the USSR.
What is the Arms Race?
This conflict began after 9/11 and included wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
What is the Global War on Terror?
Sit-ins, boycotts, and freedom rides are all examples of these.
What are nonviolent protest methods?
This president signed NAFTA and welfare reform into law during the 1990s.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This term describes growing political division and hostility between Democrats and Republicans.
What is Polarization?
This is the US Senator who was the leading figure during the Red Scare and made unsubstantiated claims that communists and Soviet spies had infiltrated the U.S.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This war was fought from 1950–1953 and ended in a stalemate at the 38th Parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing equality of the sexes failed to be ratified despite broad support.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?
This president began the Interstate Highway System, established NASA, and used the military to enforce school desegregation.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
This economic trend involved companies moving jobs and factories to other countries for cheaper labor.
What is Outsourcing?