The Counterculture
Nixon Administration
Reagan Years
The Bush and Clinton Years
The War on Terror
100
The young men and women that lead the counterculture movement were known as
What are hippies.
100
One of Nixon's main campaign platforms was that he was going to end this war.
What is Vietnam
100
This group generally believes in small government, and free enterprise
What are conservatives.
100
The United States started the Persian Gulf war because
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
100
List the 3 main members of the "Axis of Evil"
What is Iran, Iraq, North Korea
200
The first Woodstock was held in what state?
What is New York
200
Evidence on Watergate seems to show that Nixon
What is ordered the cover-up
200
The first female Supreme Court justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor.
200
Which president ordered Operation Desert Storm?
Who is George H. W. Bush
200
The 2000 election was between which two candidates
Who are George W. Bush and Al Gore
300
The legislation that was passed to help encourage income equality was called what?
What is the Equal Pay Act.
300
This VP was forced to resign because he took illegal bribes
Who is Spiro Agnew
300
This is the name for the economic policy of large tax cuts and high interest rates.
What is Reaganomics.
300
Bill Clinton appointed his wife, Hillary, to create what plan which was one of the platforms he campaigned on?
What is Health Care Reform
300
This law passed following the 9/11 terrorist attacks to help the government investigate and prevent another attack by wiretapping, and creating nationwide search warrants.
What is the Patriot Act
400
The big change in abortion laws came with the 1973 Supreme Court decision in
What is Roe v Wade
400
Members of the Committee for the Re-election of the President broke into the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate to
What is steal information to help with the Nixon re-electon
400
The leader of the Soviet Union that was more open to diplomatic talks and limiting nuclear weapons.
What is Mikhail Gorbechev
400
Bill Clinton was put through an impeachment trial because
What is a he lied under oath about his relationship with a white house intern, and got illegal loans for a company in Arkansas.
400
One of the main reasons the United States went to war in Iraq was because it was widely believed that they had what
What is Weapons of Mass Destruction
500
The educational amendment that prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating based on gender is
What is Title IX
500
This oil company put an embargo on oil to the US
What is OPEC
500
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, anti-communist revolutions happened in other countries, this one happened in China. What was it known as?
What is Tienanmen Square
500
NAFTA was important because it increased trade between these 3 countries
What is the US, Canada, and Mexico
500
What was the name of the educational reform law that was passed during the Bush Administration?
What is No Child Left Behind.