During WWII, Japan attacked here, hoping to cripple the US' ability to make war on them.
What is Pearl Harbor
100
In the late 1980s, this superpower began to fall apart economically and politically, causing their leader to dismantle it- essentially ending the Cold War.
What is the USSR.
100
This invention in the 1950s revolutionized how people get news and entertainment.
What is television
100
This event during Jimmy Carter's presidency led to worsening relations between the US and the Middle East.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis
200
Despite ideological differences around economics and government, these two "superpowers" were allies in World War II.
What is the US and USSR.
200
During this early 1950s Cold War conflict, the president of the US sent troops into combat without Congress declaring war.
What is the Korean War
200
This landmark Supreme Court case led to the desegregation of public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education
200
In the 1950s, white middle class families increasingly moved to these areas
What is suburbs
200
This gave Lyndon Johnson the ability to commit troops to Southeast Asia in order to combat communism
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
300
During World War II, these TWO groups worked in factories in large numbers due to the need for industrial workers.
What is women and African Americans.
300
This term is what prevented the US and USSR from attacking each other directly with nuclear weapons.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction.
300
Passed under President Johnson, this outlawed all segregation in public institutions.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
300
The rise in the ownership of these in the 1950s led to a shift in culture where people lived outside of cities and were more mobile
What is cars
300
In 1972, Nixon became the first president to visit this country, which he hoped to make friends with in order to influence the Soviet Union.
What is China
400
Once WWII was over, rationing of food and supplies ended, leading to a rise in this during the 1950s.
What is consumerism
400
Often considered the most tense moment of the Cold War, this event was actually followed by a relaxing of tension, with Kennedy and Khrushchev establishing a "hotline" between Washington and Moscow.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
400
This was passed in 1965, and eliminated practices such as poll taxes and grandfather clauses.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1865
400
The nickname of the generation that was born shortly after World War II and made up the majority of the counterculture movement.
What is Baby Boomers
400
These agreements, orchestrated by Jimmy Carter, laid the groundwork of a treaty between Egypt and Israel.
What is the Camp David Accords
500
Dissatisfaction with this in Europe led to the rise of several totalitarian regimes- especially in Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
500
This event during the Vietnam War proved to the public that the war was far from over-- despite statements to the contrary by government and military leaders.
What is the Tet Offensive
500
This amendment was never passed, but would have guaranteed gender equality in public institutions.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
500
This book by Rachel Carson influenced the growth of the environmental movement.
What is Silent Spring
500
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded this country, worsening the relationship between the US and USSR.