1960s-1980s

JFK

100

City JFK was assassinated 

Where is Dallas, Texas?

200

This US election showed the importance of the television/ media towards the public's view of a candidate

What is the Election of 1960?

300

The name given to Kennedy's domestic policies/ agenda

What is the New Frontier? 

400

Leader who established a communist regime in Cuba that was America's enemy during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Who is Fidel Castro? 

500

Name of the program established by Kennedy in 1961 that sent American volunteers around the world on "missions of freedom" to assist developing countries, providing technical, education, and health services.

What is the Peace Corps? 

Johnson

100

Name of Johnson's domestic program/ agenda

What is the Great Society? 

200

Allowed the president to go to war without approval from Congress after a US ship got fired upon in Vietnam

What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? 

300

Abolished the literacy test as an obstacle for voting

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

400

First African American judge on the Supreme Court (appointed by Johnson)

Who is Thurgood Marshall? 

500

Favoring groups of people that have previously been denied rights previously (ex: jobs, colleges, etc)

What is affirmative action? 

Nixon/Ford

100

Reason behind Nixon's resignation

What is the Watergate Scandal?

200

Nixon becomes the first president to visit and recognize the government of this communist country

What is China? 

300

Poor economic situation during the 1970s where unemployment and inflation were rising

What is stagflation? 

400

Nixon's plan for gradually withdrawing troops from Vietnam

What is Vietnamization? 

500

Nixon's abuse of power was commonly referred to/ nicknamed...

What is the "Imperial Presidency"?

Carter

100

Carter won the _________    _________   _________, a prize only 4 presidents received, for his contributions to promoting peace around the word. 

What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

200

During Carter's time in office, the Soviet Union invaded this Middle Eastern country.

What is Afghanistan? 

300

Peace talks between the Egyptian and Israeli leaders 

What are the Camp David Accords? 

400

Treaty that was signed to limit the manufacture of deadly nuclear weapons

What is SALT II? 

500

Two of the bad economic situations Carter inherited during his time in office

What are inflation and unemployment? 

Reagan

100

Reagan died from this progressive disease.

What is Alzheimer's disease?

200

As a movie actor, Reagan fought against this threat to the US during the "Read Scare" Era

What is communism?

300

Situation during Carter's presidency that resulted from Americans being held hostage for over a year in the middle East

What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?

400

Soviet leader that Reagan negotiated with to ban intermediate range nuclear missiles.

Who is Gorbachev? 

500

Scandal during Reagan's presidency in which he sold weapons to Iran in exchange for money to send to Nicaraguan rebels 

What is the Iran Contra Scandal?