Culture Wars & Scandals
The Carter & Reagan Presidencies
80s & End of Cold War
Globalization & Clinton Presidency
America and 2000s
100
This anti-establishment movement symbolized the youthful social upheaval of the 1960s was referred to as the
What is counterculture
100
This economic term for an economy with rising inflation and unemployment.
What is "stagflation"
100

This man was the less authoritarian, Western-looking leader of the Soviet Union, who visited New York City in the 80s.

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev

100

Bill Clinton embarked on a campaign to re-invent the Democratic Party for this reason.

What is to gain more liberal and conservative voters

100

In the 2000 presidential campaign between Bush and Gore, the outcome was decided by this state after the Supreme Court ended the recounts. 

What is Florida

200

This ironic acronym stood for the committee, separate from the Republican Party, which raised money and spied for Nixon's re-election campaign

What is CREEP

200
This crisis was one of the most embarrassing foreign policy failures of the Carter administration.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis
200
These two television networks began operations in 1981.
What are MTV and CNN
200
This Texas billionaire spent millions to form his own third party and promoted his bids for the presidency in 1992 and 1996.
Who is Ross Perot
200

This war was launched to protect this country from its dictator and to find weapons of mass destruction in the early 2000s. 

What is the Iraq War or Iraqi Freedom (2003)

300
The first person to become both president and vice president, without having been elected to either position.
Who is Gerald Ford
300
This Reagan Administration scandal in which the United States secretly and illegally sold arms.
What is the Iran-Contra Scandal
300
In 1989, this symbol of the Cold War came down.
What is the Berlin Wall
300
The special prosecutor who discovered Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern.
Who is Kenneth Starr
300
After Hurricane Katrina, this celebrity criticized Bush on live tv saying he did not care about black people. 

Who is Kanye West

400

The break-in at this hotel was followed by a broad pattern of law-breaking--including obstruction of justice, which ultimately led to the President resigning.

What is Watergate

400
These two countries brokered a historic peace accord with the help of President Jimmy Carter
Who are Israel and Egypt
400
This president oversaw the end of the Cold War and the fall of Eastern European communism.
Who is George H.W. Bush
400

Approved by Congress in 1993, it expanded international markets and lowered trade barriers in North America.

What is NAFTA

400
This most conservative faction of the Republican Party is responsible for challenges to both the Democratic and Republican parties during the 2000s.
What is the Tea Party
500
This celebration of a planet took place in 1970
What is Earth Day
500

Started by Reagan, this system of defense against incoming missiles was referred to as "Star Wars" 

What is SDI or Strategic Defense Initiative

500
This man abolished the Soviet Union in 1991.
Who is Boris Yeltsin
500

This war led to severe atrocities and several new countries in Europe during the late 90s.

What is Yugoslavian Wars

500

An achievement during Obama's Presidency, a person who was responsible for 9/11, was tossed into this Ocean after being killed.  

What is the Indian Ocean

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