1950s
A period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II.
What is the Cold War?
This President was known for being youthful, and the first Catholic president.
Who is John F Kennedy?
This Supreme Court ruled in favor of women's control over their reproductive rights in 1973.
What is Roe v Wade?
This President was the President of the USA for the majority of the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This man was president prior to Bill Clinton.
Who is George HW Bush?
The US foreign policy of ___________ was to stop the spread of communism.
This Supreme Court case ruled that schools being "separate but equal" was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v the Board of Education?
What is the Vietnam War?
The nickname for Reagan's foreign policy of Strategic Defense Initiative is also a famous movie.
What is Star Wars?
Who is Al Gore?
This war was fought from 1950 to 1953 and America supported the South Korean side.
What is the Korean War?
Soviet Missiles in Cuba led to this dire confrontation in 1962.
____________ is known for stagnant economic growth and rising unemployment and inflation.
The War on Drugs in the 1980s led to an increase in government spending on this department.
The invention of this internet tool (often three letters that precede a URL) contributed to globalization in the 1990s.
What is the World Wide Web?
One effect of this bill is that it provided educational and housing benefits for veterans after World War II.
What is the GI Bill?
This was a United States-funded, but failed military landing in Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
In 1979, fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage during this crisis.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
The end of the Cold War is marked by the fall of this structure in Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This was the official charge of impeachment against Bill Clinton.
What is perjury?
The 1950s saw growth of conformity, especially when it came to designing this kind of neighborhood outside of a major city.
What is the suburbs?
Proposed by President Johnson, this program aimed to eradicate poverty and racial injustice through Medicare, Medicaid and Education funding.
What is the Great Society?
This law limited Presidential power in wartime.
What is the War Powers Act?
The economic policy under Reagan aimed at providing tax cuts for these demographics.
What is the wealthy and corporations?
The development of this agreement, signed by Canada, Mexico and the US, increased trade and economic integration in North America.
What is NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement?