The Cold War
The grand strategy of every American president beginning with Truman concerning the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Containment
Black power group which advocated for community outreach, education, and armed resistance to oppression
Black Panthers
Reagan's economic policy of supply-side tax cuts was nick-named this
"Trickle Down" economics
This two term president of the 1990s faced impeachment in 1998
Bill Clinton
This president faced critical scrutiny after the Iran-Contra affair came to light during his second administration
Reagan
This German city was "ground zero" during much of the Cold War era
Berlin
American president who signed into law the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act of the 1960s
Lyndon Johnson
Technology took a major jump in the 1980s with this new tool being introduced into homes by Microsoft and Apple
Personal Computers
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended this global conflict
The Cold War
This man lead a civil rights movement centered around the plight of immigrant workers throughout the American south-west
Cesar Chavez
Nuclear force doctrine which emphasized any first strike as a collective act of suicide for all involved
M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Black leader who was originally a member of the Nation of Islam and preached violent resistance to white power
Malcolm X
Perestroika and glasnost were reform policies introduced in this country during the 1980s
The Soviet Union
Technology and digital information rapidly expanded with the introduction of this throughout the United States and the world in the 1990s
Internet or world-wide web
She was the first female judge appointed the United States Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Conner
Soviet Secretary General who met with President Reagan repeatedly to end Cold War armaments
Gorbachev
Supreme Court case of 1954 which lead to the forced desegregation of public schools throughout the South
Brown v. Board of Education
Space laser defensive system famously nick-named "Star Wars"
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This was the name for the trade agreement between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The launch of this Soviet satellite in 1957 - the first of its kind - lead directly to the US-Soviet space race
Sputnik
Soviet missile deliveries to this Caribbean Island lead to an international crisis and almost started a nuclear war
Cuba
Organization comprised of college students of all creeds to oppose Jim Crow laws and expand voter registration throughout the South
SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committees)
This world-wide epidemic also roiled American citizens throughout the 1980s
AIDS
The United States launched Desert Storm to drive out this country after it invaded the tiny oil kingdom of Kuwait
Iraq
After the Soviet Union invaded this country in 1979, the US launched a massive support campaign for the mujahaden "freedom fighters" who lived there
Afghanistan