1970s
Passed an oil embargo on the U.S. because it supported Israel leading to a national energy shortage
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coutries or OPEC
Enforced school desegregation and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1964, provided tuition remimbursement and low-interest home loans to veterans
GI Bill
Arrested for an act of civil disobedience and inspired a year long bus boycott
Rosa Parks
Leader of th Civil Rights movement who advocated for non-violent, civil disobedience
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Systematic genocide of the European Jews
the Holocaust
U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Containment
His foreign policies normalized relations with China and reduced tensions with the Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Ended racial segregation in public places
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lowered voting age to 18
26th Amendment
Won the historic 2008 presidential election
Barack Obama
Senator whose accusations of communist in the government stirred the second Red Scare
Joseph McCarthy
the bombing of this place resulted in the U.s. entering WWII
Pearl Harbor
Belief if one southeast Asian country fell to communism, they would all fall to communism
Domino Theory
American Embassy was stormed the kidnapped Americans were held for 444 days
Iran (Iranian)Hostage Crisis
Ended literacy test and other discriminatory practices set up to limit voter participation
Voting Rights Act 1965
Resulted from Executive Order 9066 after Pearl Harbor and violated some citizens' equal protection and due process rights
Japanese Amercian Internement Camps
Attorney for the NAACP that argued the case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Thurgood Marshall
Created a vaccine for polio
Jonas Salk
The launching of this satellite led to the Space Race
Sputnik
Governor Orval Faubus challenged the federal government's power to desegregate schools and President Eisenhower sent in troops
Little Rock Crisis or Little Rock Nine
Richard Nixon's attempt to coverup his involvement in the break-in of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters.
Watergate Scandal
Increased executive power, allowing president to take military action without congressional approval
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Limited the executive branch's military power
War Powers Resolution
First female Supreme Court justice
Sandra Day O'Connor
African American fighter pilots during WWII
Tuskegee Airmen
This event led to U.S. military action in Afghanistan and the Global War on Terror
September 11, 2001, or 911, bombing of World Trade Center
U.S. provided western European countries with financial aide to rebuild after WWII
Marshall Plan
President Carter negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords
Part of the Civil Rights Act 1964, prohibited discrimination by employers
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Passed to protect the U.S. from future terrorist attacks, but some thought it violated individual rights
USA Patriot Act or Patriot Act
African American WWII veteran who received the Congressional Medal of Honor
Vernon Baker
Used their native language to transmit secret military information for the the Allies during WWII
Navajo Code Talkers
Nonviolent protest where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech and resulted in civil rights legislation to improve opportunites for minorities
March on Washington
Was created under LBJ to end poverty and social injustice, provided low income families with homes, insurance, and job training
Great Society