The Vietnamese won the Battle of Dien Bin Phu forcing the pull out what country in 1954?
What is France
100
The "War on Poverty" was inspired by "The Other America", & initially by President Kennedy, was finally implemented by what President?
Who is LBJ
100
The Supreme Court case of _____ declared state laws prohibiting abortion were unconstitutional because they violated a woman's constitutional right to privacy in her own person.
What is Roe v. Wade
100
Country that Saddam Hussein invaded causing the Gulf War.
What is KUWAIT.
100
34TH U.S. President & his political party.
What is Dwight D. Eisenhower/Republican
200
What Supreme Court case in 1955 overturned Plessey v. Ferguson & forced the integration of the public school system?
What is BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
200
What anti-war candidate died in 1968, assisting Richard Nixon in his eventual victory?
Who is ROBERT KENNEDY
200
American Indian activists brought attention to their cause in the 1970s by seizing ____ Island and Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
What is Alcatraz
200
Essential domestic goal as president was to dismantle the welfare state and shrink the size of the federal government.
What is Ronald Reagan
200
The ___ Affair essentially involved selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the profits to illegally fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
What is Iran-Contra
300
What government action occurred in 1964 due to the Civil Rights victories in the 1950s that specifically targeted the use of public place by all people?
What is THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
300
This Law greatly increased female participation in sports at all levels of school.
What is TITLE IX
300
_________ enjoyed considerable popularity when he won the presidency because his emphasis on honesty contrasted with the corruption of Watergate.
What is James Earl (Jimmy) Carter
300
The first woman to receive the vice-presidential nomination of a major political party was ____
Who is Geraldine Ferraro.
300
In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, President _____ called for a "new world order" where democracy would reign supreme and diplomacy would replace weaponry.
Who is George Bush
400
Eisenhower's Vice President.
Who was RICHARD NIXON
400
Name given to the "blank check" Resolution in 1964 that greatly increased the role of the U.S. in Vietnam.
What is THE TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION
400
President Jimmy Carter's most spectacular foreign-policy achievement was the ______
What is the CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
400
The first results of Reagan's ___ economics in 1982 were a sharp recession and rise in unemployment.
What is supply-side/Trickle Down/Voo Doo
400
36th U.S. President & his political party.
What is Lyndon B. Johnson/Democrat
500
What President Eisenhower warned the nation about during his farewell address.
What is the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
500
Supreme Court decision that guarantees the right to a lawyer if charged with a crime.
What is GIDEON v. WAINWRIGHT
500
The ____ Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States died in the Senate when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
What is SALT II
500
For the Soviet Union's new policies of ____ (openness) and ____ (restructuring) to work, it was essential that the Cold War end. (Must have both for the points)