1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's-Today
100
Marshall Plan
What is the plan that helped Western Europe recover after World War 2 and stopped the spread of communism
100
Domino Theory
What is the Theory that stated that if Vietnam fell to Communism then the rest of Southeast Asia would fall
100
Watergate Scandal
What is the scandal that forced Richard Nixon to resign
100
Ronald Regan
Who is the President of the United States from 1980-1988
100
Persian Gulf War
What is the first war in Iraq
200
Brown vs. Board of Education
What is the court case that ended segregation in schools in America
200
Cesar Chavez
Who was the leader of the Chicano Movement
200
Iran Hostage Crisis
What is the capture of 42 Americans in Iran that made America look weak
200
Reaganomics
What is the Reagan's economic policy
200
Monica Lewinsky scandal
What is the scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached
300
Pent up Consumer Demand Housing Boom Cold War Military Spending Highway construction
What are 3 causes for the economic prosperity of the 1950's
300
People accused of a crime must be read their rights.
Miranda Rights
300
Detente
What is the name of the policy that was started by Nixon and continued by Ford and Carter that eased tensions between the US and the Soviet Union?
300
Iran-Contra Scandal
What was the major scandal that Reagan went through?
300
9/11 New York
When and where was the most devastating Terrorist attack in American history carried out?
400
Berlin Airlift
What is the first major victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War
400
MLK and Malcolm X
What is the leaders of the African American Civil Rights Movement
400
OPEC stopped selling America oil in response to America's support of Israel.
What caused the price of oil to shoot up in the 1970's?
400
Sandra Day O Connor
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
400
Barack Obama
Who isthe first African American president in American history
500
McCarthyism
What is the term that describes the Red Scare in the 1950's
500
Cuban Missle Crisis
What is a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that almost led to nuclear war
500
Camp David Accords
What is the attempt at creating peace in the Middle East by Jimmy Carter
500
The Cold War
What ended in 1989 with the collapse of the Berlin Wall? (Lasted from 1945-1989)
500
Sonia Sotomayor
Who is the first Hispanic supreme court judge?
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