The 1970s to 1980's
Who became president after Nixon resigned in 1974?
Gerald Ford
Who gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Who were the Axis Powers in WWII?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Who was President of the United States on September 11, 2001?
George W. Bush
What Cold War wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of communism in Eastern Europe?
Berlin Wall
What economic problem in the 1970s combined high inflation and unemployment?
Stagflation
What were two things used to keep African American from voting?
Poll Taxes
Literacy Tests
What was the U.S. project that developed the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
What major economic crisis hit the U.S. in 2008?
The Great Recession
What was the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended segregation in schools in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education
What scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation in 1974?
Watergate
What event escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1964?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What was the name of the alliance formed by Western nations during the Cold War?
NATO
What 1993 trade agreement created a free-trade zone between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Who was the U.S. president during most of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the president in the major international crisis in 1979 called "Iran Hostage Crisis"?
Jimmy Carter
What event in 1965, where marchers were attacked on a bridge in Alabama, became known as “Bloody Sunday”?
The Selma to Montgomery March
What 1962 event nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What law, passed in 2010, aimed to reform healthcare and expand coverage in the U.S.?
Affordable Care Act / Obamacare
What year did the U.S. land the first man on the moon?
1969
Who was the president in the Iran-Contra Affair scandal, which involved secret arms sales to Iran and funding rebels in Nicaragua?
Ronald Reagan
What surprise attack by North Vietnam in 1968 shocked Americans and reduced support for the war?
(Tet Offensive)
How did the U.S. policy of containment influence its foreign and military interventions during the Cold War?
The U.S. policy of containment shaped Cold War foreign and military actions by driving efforts to stop the spread of communism through alliances, economic aid, military intervention, and covert operations.
Name a key legislative act from the 2000s that expanded government surveillance powers.
The US Patriot Act
How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor shift U.S. foreign policy and alter the course of World War II?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor marked a turning point in U.S. foreign policy by ending its isolationism and leading to full-scale involvement in World War II, which significantly contributed to the Allied victory.