Unit 8 People & Dates
In 1948, this bill was passed to help WWII veterans get easy access to money for education, buying a home, and unemployment.
What major global conflict occurred shortly after WWII & lasted until the late 1980s?
Cold War
This band launched the "British Invasion" and may have been the early ancestor of the boy band.
The Beatles
Sometimes called Reaganomics, this economic theory declared economies best prosper when taxes are lowered and government spending decreases as well.
This former governor of Arkansas and saxophone player was president during the 1990s.
Bill Clinton
This man was America's 32nd president and helped lead the country through both the Great Depression and most of WWII.
FDR
In response to the conformity of the 1950s, this social group of teens and young adults favored spontaneity, drugs, and rebellion of social standards.
They were the predecessors to the hippie culture and are often depicted performing bad poetry.
Beatniks
When you give a mouse cookie, he'll probably want this.
Milk
Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI, was a plan to shoot down inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with lasers and particle beams. Critics laughed and called it this after a popular sci-fi franchise of the time.
Star Wars
This devastating tragedy involved the deaths of some 3,000 Americans. It will become the basis for increased security at airports, government buildings, as well as America's military presence in the Middle East for the next two decades.
9/11
Despite being a military man himself, this president left office warning the American people of the growing "military industrial complex" that threatened America's chance at freedom and peace.
Eisenhower
What congressional resolution allowed the President to side-step Congress in using the military fight in undeclared wars?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Complete the lyrics:
"What about us?
What about all the broken ________ ________ _________?"
Happy ever afters
As an attempt to both establish peace and encourage trade in Europe, this organization was created.
European Union
Though technically invented in the late 80s to aid in academic research, this invention became a service in most households by the end of the 90s.
Al Gore claimed to have invented it as well.
Internet
In 1969, humans first land and walked on the moon. It was also seen as a huge victory for the US who had been lagging behind in the space race with the USSR.
Which Apollo mission achieved this victory?
Apollo 11
This group of voters supported Richard Nixon as a response to the "liberal drift" they felt in their former party, the Democratic Party.
"Silent Majority"
In this novel, it was the best of times and the worst of times. The author also wrote a Christmas tale about three spirits.
Tale of Two Cities
Today, this past military policy seems unkind and discriminatory. But under the Clinton administration, it was a way to allow people who were homosexuals to serve in the military by simply asking them not to talk about it.
Don't Ask-Don't Tell
This president said, "Read my lips-no new taxes!" as part of a campaign promise. However, when the economy began to decline and the federal budget increased, he was forced to renege on his promise.
George H.W. Bush
Bush-41
This president stood outside of a home in Inez, KY and declared a "war on poverty" as part of his ever growing "Great Society" program.
Lyndon Johnson
This is an organization of businesses where two or more entities are controlled by or share common stockholder who owns large portions of each.
Amazon, Alphabet, and Johnson & Johnson are modern examples.
Conglomerate
This band was popular in the 60s and 70s, with a few hits in the 80s. It was also the longest running rock band but failed to get the recognition due to the members' relatively conservative approach to drugs and politics.
Some the band's most celebrated songs include Nights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, & The Voice.
The Moody Blues
Many Trump supporters felt this law from the Clinton Administration gave away their jobs to foreigners in places like Canada.
NAFTA
He was the last and most recent third party candidate who proved to be a serious challenge to Democrats and Republics during the 90s.
Despite his relative success, his party's membership has waned.
Ross Perot
In 1979, 70 Americans from the US embassy were taken hostage in this country. They would not be released until Reagan was elected.
Iran
This book by Rachel Carlson sparked a renewed and frenzied interest in protecting the environment, especially from dangerous chemicals used in farming.
Silent Spring
This early American novel looks at the hypocrisies of Puritan life in colonial Boston. The protagonist is a woman who must display the first letter of her crime on her chest. Those who participated, however, are allowed to avoid public humiliation.
The Scarlet Letter
This Soviet policy that started under Brezhnev and continued under Gorbachev was to modernize and decentralize the USSR's economy.
perestroika
This political movement arose during the Obama administration. Though initially non-partisan, it quickly adopted a libertarian/conservative identity.
TEA Party
This Chief Justice oversaw many important and controversial court cases including Roe v. Wade and US v. Nixon.
(Hint: his last name is something you might order at a fast food restaurant like McDonald's or Burger King)
Warren Burger
Name two of the three objectives of the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950.
1. Can't support establishing a totalitarian government
2. Restricted employment & travel of those joining Communist-front organizations
3. Created detention camps for subversives
Some fans of the Nickelodeon series Rugrats depicts the infancy of the title character of this BBC sci-fi series. This is based on a toy that looks like a Dalek in the opening credits and the fact the main character's favorite prop is a screwdriver.
Dr. Who
During the Serbian-Bosnian conflicts in the 1990s, the US and the UN sent in troops to stop this action which promoted the genocide of those from a different ethnicity or religion.
Ethnic cleansing
This state was once considered a proud example of the South and "Southern" culture. But as immigrants and migrants began to take up residence there, it became more cosmopolitan, Democrat, and anti-gun.
(Hint: It's capital was once Williamsburg, but changed to Richmond during the War for Independence)
Virginia