Cold War
A city in Europe that was divided by a wall and had a communist side and a capitalist side.
Berlin
President who had to resign due to the Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon
A movement against traditional authority it included anti-war protestors, hippies, civil rights activists, and feminists
Counterculture movement
A type of rock music that became popular in the 90s. Nirvana was the most popular in the genre.
Grunge
Iran and the US were allies until which event?
Iranian Revolution
Supporting a side in a war but not getting directly involved is called what type of warfare?
Proxy War
President who came up with the economic policy of "Trickle Down Economics"
Ronald Reagan
In the 1970s, a movement that fought for women to have equal pay to men
Feminist movement
Many people who lived in the suburbs found out about the daily struggles of those living in inner cities through what?
Hip-Hop Music
What was Iraq's dictator's name in the Gulf War?
Saddam Hussein
The calming of tensions between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1970s was called what?
Detente
President during the Gulf War
George H.W Bush
In the 1980s, A recent college grad living in NYC and working a finance job would be part of what culture?
Yuppie Culture
What country did Iraq invade to start the Gulf War?
Kuwait
A small carribean island that was invaded by US Marines as part of a fight against the spread of communism in the 1980s?
Grenada
What country are the contra rebels from?
Nicaragua
Who was president during the dot com boom in the 90s?
Bill Clinton
What two events in the 1970s made Americans skeptical of their own government?
Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal
What natural resource did Iraq want in the Gulf War?
Oil
What decade did the Soviet Union collapse?
1990s (1991)
Name a country in Eastern Europe that was communist besides the Soviet Union.
East Germany, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Yugoslavia
Which President pardoned Richard Nixon after the watergate scandal?
Gerald R Ford
What law made discrimination in education based on gender illegal? Hint: It gave more funding to women's sports.
Title IX
When people mass invested in online company stocks?
Dot Com Boom
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979? It was considered the Soviet Union's version of Vietnam. (Hint: Osama Bin Laden fought in this war.)
Afghanistan