This president resigned before he could've been impeached following a national scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
100
This law passed in 1973 which required the Present to have the consent of Congress if troops are sent into action for more than 60 days.
What is the Wars Power Act?
100
The easing of tension between nations used by President Nixon to prevent conflict in the Cold War.
What is détente?
100
This national scandal involved a President who illegally broke in the Democratic Party headquarters to wiretap the phones in 1972.
What is the Watergate Affair?
200
President during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is JFK
200
This agreement came from President Nixon's willingness to pursue détente which limits the number of defensive missile sites.
What is the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreement?
200
The policy towards China set out by Secretary of State John Hay allowing any nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence.
What is the open door policy?
200
This 1973 landmark Supreme Court case declared state laws that made abortion illegal were unconstitutional.
What is Roe v. Wade?
300
Along with President Andrew Johnson, this president was the other president in American history that was impeached but not convicted.
Who is Bill Clinton?
300
This agreement called for the removal of trade restrictions between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
300
These programs of the federal government provide economic assistance to the disabled, unemployed, poor, and aged.
What is social security, welfare, medicare, medicaid
300
This war was a state of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
What is the Cold War?
400
The 4 people assassinated in the 1960's
Who are JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X
400
This was the peace treaty between Egyptian President Anwar ed-Sadat & Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, when bought together to the president's retreat by President Carter in 1979.
What are the Camp David Accords?
400
This war, also known as Operation Desert Storm, had over 500,000 US Troops to begin a total air assault on Iraq in 1991.
What is the Persian Gulf War?
400
The 2000 Presidential election popularized this term which is used for a state in which the voters are almost evenly divided between the major parties.
What is a swing state?
500
Author of Silent Spring
Who is Rachel Carson
500
How U.S. and Chinese Officials broke the ice during the 70's before meetings
What is Ping Pong Diplomacy
500
Group of people who fought against social issues and corrupt government during the Gilded Age.