US.8 Cold War
US.9 Kennedy Johnson Nixon
US.10 Conservatism
US.11 Civil Rights
US.12 Modern
100
If one country falls to communism, so will its neighbors.
What is domino theory?
100
The name for President Kennedy's domestic program.
What is the New Frontier?
100
Reagan is known for this economic policy - cutting taxes of the wealthy to benefit all Americans.
What is supply-side economics OR trickle-down economics?
100
A leader in the Black Power movement and Nation of Islam who advocated for rights "by any means necessary"
Who is Malcolm X?
100
Also known as "Obamacare", it extended health insurance coverage to more Americans and made preventative care less expensive.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
200
The Korean War ended at a stalemate at this border.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
A union of migrant laborers who demanded better treatment and work conditions through strikes and produce boycotts.
Who are the United Farm Workers?
200
Reagan stripped this union of its powers when they went on strike.
What is PATCO?
200
The decisions in Brown v. Board and Plessy v. Ferguson were based on this amendment, which promises equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th amendment?
200
An educational reform under President George W. Bush which hinged school funding on test performance.
What is No Child Left Behind?
300
The US joined NATO. The Soviet Union created this alliance as a response.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
300
Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society created programs to help the most vulnerable Americans, such as this program to make sure the elderly have access to doctors.
What is Medicare?
300
A partial meltdown of this plant's reactor core made Americans question the safety of nuclear power.
What is Three Mile Island?
300
In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK advocates for this philosophy that states unjust laws must be broken.
What is Civil Disobedience?
300
The US, Mexico, and Canada created this trade agreement in response to the creation of the European Union.
What is the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA)?
400
A group of actors, writers, and creatives who refused to testify to HUAC - landing them jail time!
What is the Hollywood 10?
400
A Supreme Court Case which declared that nobody is above the law - not even the President.
What is US v. Nixon?
400
This supreme court case upheld affirmative action, allowing colleges to consider a student's race in admission, but abolished racial quotas.
What is the Bakke case?
400
This amendment abolished the poll tax!
What is the 24th amendment?
400
Following the attacks on 9/11/01, the US passed this law. Supporters said it increased safety, while critics said it infringed on freedoms.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
500
A surprise attack from the Viet Cong that made Americans realize that the war in Vietnam was far from over.
What is the Tet offensive?
500
Millions of Americans left this region, shown in red, for the "sun belt" of the South in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
What is the rust belt?
500
Reagan's administration covered up the illegal sales of weapon to Iran to free hostages, and used the money to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran Contra Scandal?
500
This law abolished literacy tests as a requirement to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
In both 2000 and 2016, the winner of the presidential race did not win the majority of popular votes, but instead won a majority with this voting body.
What is the electoral college?