Cold War
1960s
1960s/70s
70s/80s/90s
70s/80s/90s
100

formed after WWII, replacing the League of Nations; helped to maintain peace between foreign countries and

United Nations

100

name of group of students who were not allowed to attend school until Eisenhower forced intergration; Arkansas

Little Rock 9

100

This failed attempt to overthrow Castro in Cuba made Kennedy look bad

Bay of Pigs

100

President who represented a return of conservative politics, limited government, and standing strong against the Soviet Union

Ronald reagan

100

first African American president to the USA/ pushed for the Affordable Healthcare Act and called for a military pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Barack Obama

200

United States’ offer of economic & military aid to any country threatened by communism

Truman Doctrine

200

This Supreme Court decision protected women’s abortion rights as a matter of privacy

Roe v Wade

200

This scandal involved Nixon approving a variety of “dirty tricks” during the election of 1972 including the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters. This scandal led Nixon to become the only president to resign from office

Watergate

200

became known as the biggest terrorist attack on America/ killed 2000+ people 

9/11

200

Republican president who won the Persian Gulf War against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army, but was defeated in 1992 after promising “no new taxes” (then raising taxes)

G.W. Bush

300

$13 billion offered to help rebuild Europe after WWII; helped stop the spread of communism into Western Europe

Marshall Plan

300

This law ended literacy test and allowed African Americans to fully exercise their 15th amendment rights for the first time since Reconstruction Era

Voting Rights Act of 1965

300

What is the Domino Theory?

U.S. fears that communism would spread from one country to its neighbors. In Asia, this fear led to U.S. intervention in both Korea and Vietnam

300

A plan to defeat stagflation with massive tax cuts to promote economic growth/ to stimulate the economy

Reaganomics
300

this ended the Cold War & USSR

fall of berlin wall

400

Congress gave war powers to the president as a result of the ???? 

Gulf of Tonkin

400

which president signed off on the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 

LBJ (Johnson)

400

What was title IX (9)?

Laws that protected women from sexual harassment in the workplace and guaranteed equal educational opportunities for women

400

this president signed NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) into action. 

George H. W. Bush

400

president that was committed to changing human rights/ still alive today as the oldest president (be 100 years old today)

Jimmy Carter

500

President Eisenhower is notoriously known for this which provided safer and easier ways to travel in the US

interstate highway act

500

What is Tet Offensive? 

This surprise attack on South Vietnamese targets by the Vietminh and Vietcong in 1968 was the turning point of the war. The American public began to doubt if the war could be won

500

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

After the Bay of Pigs, Soviet leader Khrushchev sent ICBMs to Castro. This was the closest the USA and USSR came to World War III, but ended with Kennedy removing ICBMs from Turkey and Khrushchev removing ICBMs from Cuba

500

Bill Clinton was involved in a massive affair with this woman. 

Monica Lewinski