US ECONOMY
This president warned about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address in 1961.
Who is Dwight D Eisenhower?
This president implemented "Reaganomics," a supply-side economic policy.
This minister and activist delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This European Recovery Program provided $13 billion in economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This major Communist offensive in 1968 shocked the American public and turned public opinion against the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union led to massive funding for this program.
What is the Space Race?
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1947 U.S. policy aimed to contain communism by providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This resolution, passed in 1964, gave President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This term describes the economic growth and increased consumer spending in the U.S. following World War II.
What is the post-war economic boom?
This president was a World War II general before being elected in 1952.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This militant group, founded in 1966, advocated for armed self-defense in response to police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This parallel line became the dividing border between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
This 1970 university saw four students killed during protests against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.
What is Kent State University?
This term describes the combination of high inflation and stagnant economic growth during the 1970s.
What is stagflation?
This president established the Peace Corps in 1961.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This student-led group was formed in 1960 and became known for its sit-ins and freedom rides.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
This Soviet leader faced off against Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Nixon’s policy of gradually withdrawing U.S. troops while training South Vietnamese forces was called this.
What is Vietnamization?
Legislation passed in 1944, it provided education, housing, and employment benefits to returning World War II veterans.
What is the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (or GI Bill of Rights)
This president pardoned Richard Nixon after his resignation.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This 1965 event in Los Angeles highlighted ongoing racial tensions, as six days of rioting followed an arrest in this predominantly Black neighborhood.
What are the Watts Riots?
The U.S. supported anti-communist forces, known as the Contras, in this Central American nation during the 1980s.
What is Nicaragua?
This herbicide was used by U.S. forces to destroy jungle cover in Vietnam.
What is Agent Orange?