Government Programs
The Social Security Act provided money for this group.
Who are the elderly or retired workers?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The Cold War was a rivalry between the U.S. and this country.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
Many women worked in factories, symbolized by this famous figure.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This major government effort in the 1980s targeted illegal narcotics and shaped criminal justice policy for decades.
What is the War on Drugs??
The New Deal aimed to fix problems caused by this event.
What is the Great Depression?
This Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
One of the ultimate goals of the Cold War and Space Race was to get here first.
What is the Moon?
The 1962 confrontation over missiles in Cuba nearly started nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Personal computers and cable TV changed how Americans received this type of content.
What is information?
Critics said the New Deal gave too much power to this.
What is the federal government?
These nine students helped integrate Central High School in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
The fear of communism spreading inside the U.S. was known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
WWII helped end the Great Depression because of this.
What is increased war production or jobs?
The attacks on this major U.S. location on September 11, 2001, led to major security changes.
What is the World Trade Center?
The New Deal showed the government could do this in times of crisis.
What is take action or directly help citizens?
These rights must be read to an individual when being arrested.
What are Miranda Rights?
This senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This group of African American pilots became famous for bravery in combat.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
After 9/11, the U.S. created this new department to coordinate national security and emergency response.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
President Johnson’s program to fight poverty and improve life for all Americans.
What is the Great Society?
This Civil Rights group used court cases to fight discrimination.
What is the NAACP?
Winston Churchill said this “fell across Europe,” dividing East and West.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This competition between the U.S. and USSR helped launch space exploration.
What is the Space Race?
Globalization increased international connections not only through trade and technology, but also through this rapid movement of news and ideas.
What is communication?