Cold War & 1950's
What effectively started the space race?
What is the launching off the soviet satellite known as "sputnik".
This event would be the start of escalating tensions between the USSR and the US-- USSR knows the US is spying on them
What is the U-2 incident?
Nixon would be the first to agree with the USSR during SALT I of this, however, it does not end the Cold War
What is detente?
The first woman Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O' Conner?
Mr. Kormatsu went to court to fight what major event during WWII
Who is Japanese Internment
what is containment
containment is stopping communism spreading in europe and asia
During JFK's administration it would be known as the Great Frontier as the Space Race was the goal for beating the USSR. What was LBJ's presidency referred as and why?
What is the Great Society and promoting more gov't sponsored social welfare programs.
Nixon would become the first president in US History to resign from office, why?
*100pts bonus if you can explain in greater detail.
What is the Watergate scandal?
*Fear of losing the presidential election, undoing with illegal tape recording in the White House.
Why did the USSR collapse, name one thing that led to its end
What is the failing economy, detente', arms agreement, Peace through $trength policy
Schenck v. US limited freedom of speech by establishing the ___ and ____ ____ test to speech.
What is Clear, Present danger
When West Germany joined NATO the Soviet Union formed a military alliance known as the?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
what almost let to the first nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
President Ford was "likable" but not re-elected into office, why?
What is Pardoning Richard Nixon
What is Globalization?
What is more connectivity with the rest of the world in economics, culture, and politics *Made in China* *Walmart-economics*
whats the difference between Tinker v DesMoines and Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
Protects student speech
Censors student speech
The imaginary line that divides the two Korea's to this very day. (Don't say DMZ--it's a parallel)
What is the 38th parallel?
What were (1) of (2) key factors that led JFK in defeating VP Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential elections?
What is the first televised debate and/or JFK supporting the Civil Rights Movement helping MLK's release.
President Carter was "likable" but not re-elected into office, why?
Failure to return the hostages from Iran
Reagan asked the country’s scientists to develop a laser defense system that would keep Americans safe from enemy missiles. The system became known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI. But it had another name.
What was the key reason for President Clinton's impeachment? Which part of congress voted for impeachment and who acquitted?
What is "perjury" (lying... yes you know who you all are...) House voted for impeachment and the senate did not.
One is an imaginary 'ideological' border created by USSR, the other a real concrete barrier created by USSR
What is the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall
Unfortunately the Civil Rights Act of !964 was not enough for the continued struggles of African-American's what additional laws needed to be passed in order to fully realize what was denied during Reconstruction.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Ford is different than any other president, WHY
Never ran for president or VP
Reagan would deny any involvement in this 'affair' the American people would discover that he was breaking foreign policy 2 ways
What is the Iran-Contra Affair.
What court case did Brown v. Board deem unconstitutional
What is Plessy v Ferguson