Random stuff
Name two Axis Power countries
What is Germany, Japan, Italy
This was built in 1961, separating East and West Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall
Author of the "Feminine Mystique"
Who is Betty Friedan
Political scandal that occurred after five men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters.
What is Watergate?
This president came up with his own idea on how to fix the American economy known as "supply-side economics" or "_______________"
Who is Ronald Reagan
This was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression.
What is New Deal (reform for the banking system, recovery for the economy, and relief for the needy)
These five generals led American troops in both Europe and the Pacific during WWII. (NAME AT LEAST ONE)
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. George Patton, Gen. Omar Bradley, Gen. George Marshall.
On July 20, 1969, this astronaut became the first human to set foot on the moon, uttering the famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This international organization put an embargo on the U.S. in 1973, causing the price of oil to shoot up overnight
What is O.P.E.C.
First female Supreme Court Justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
This man from Cuero, Texas won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War
Who is Roy Benavidez
The belief that if South Vietnam were to fall to Communism, other countries near it like Cambodia, Laos and Thailand would soon face the same outcome.
What is the "Domino Theory"
Which piece of legislation desegregated the U.S., requiring equal treatment regardless of race?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
A ___________ _____ was caused by the American people feeling as though our government was lying to them, which led to many Americans losing faith in our governments reliability.
What is Credibility Gap
Secret foreign policy operation during the Reagan administration that involved trading guns to "terrorists" in exchange for American hostages
What is Iran-Contra Affa
This man founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
13 days in October that became the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
Name four programs or pieces of legislation passed under LBJ's Great Society.
What is The Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities (NPR, PBS, etc.), Housing projects, Welfare, food stamps, etc.
This lasted for nearly twenty years and ended with the Fall of Saigon and the country being taken over by Communists
What is the Vietnam War
This started following Saddam Hussein's (Iraq) invasion of Kuwait for oil and his refusal to withdraw from the country following requests from the United Nations to do so.
What is the Persian Gulf War (1990) or Operation Desert Storm
Incident during Harding's presidency in which government officials gave oil fields to private companies after receiving bribes
What is Teapot Dome Scandal
This term, popularized by Winston Churchill in a 1946 speech, described the political and ideological barrier that separated the Soviet bloc and Western Europe during the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This president created the national highway system in a decade of national prosperity (and fear of nuclear war).
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
When Nixon took over as president during the Vietnam War, he incorporated _____________, which was the gradual removal of U.S. troops putting more of the war effort back onto the South Vietnamese
What is Vietnamization
This U.S. President signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law in 1993, creating a trilateral trade bloc between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Who is Bill Clinton?