CIVIL RIGHTS ERA
Who was the Civil Rights leader who led a nonviolent protest movement?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What will Ronald Reagan spend trillions of dollars on to help win the Cold War?
Military spending
What was the name of the scandal that forced Richard Nixon to resign from office?
Watergate Scandal
The failed invasion of Cuba under John F Kennedy was called?
The Bay of Pigs
The Bush v Gore Supreme Court case was about the recounting of votes in what state?
Who was the Muslim Civil Rights leader who believed in self defense by "any means necessary"?
Malcom X
What was the name of the conservative religious movement that strongly supported Ronald Reagan throughout the 1980s?
The New Right
What new agency did Richard Nixon start to protect the water, air and animals on the planet?
EPA (Enivironmental Protection Agency)
What actions did John F Kennedy take in the Cuban Missile Crissis to stand up to Soviet Aggression?
Blockade of Cuba
The goal of the USA in the 1991 Persian Gulf War was to remove the Iraqi army from what country?
Kuwait
Stokley Carmichael started this movement that pushed for equality by any means necessary?
Black Power
What was the nickname given to Ronald Reagan's idea for a Strategic Defense Initiative in outer space?
Star Wars
Who pardoned Richard Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal?
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B Johnson declared a "War on Poverty" through what domestic program?
Great Society
What three countries are involved in Bill Clinton's NAFTA treaty?
USA, Canada, Mexico
Militant Civil Rights group that used violence to protest in the 1960s?
Black Panthers
What was the name of the scandal in the Reagan Presidency where General Oliver North sold illegal arms to Iran and used the money to fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
The Iran Contra Affair
Israel and Egypt
Which 1960s President passed both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Lyndon B Johnson
The Affordable Care Act was passed by what US President?
Barrack Obama
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and was arrested. This eventually led to the start of a bus boycott in what city?
Montgomery, AL
What was the name of Reagan's economic plan that called for tax cuts, less government spending, and less regulations to help address the problems of inflation and high unemployment?
Supply Side economics (Reaganomic)
American Hostages were taken in this country under Jimmy Carter's presidency?
Iran
What new government agency did John F Kennedy create with the goal of putting a man on the moon?
NASA
What new government agency was created after the 9/11 attacks?
Department of Homeland Security