1990's-Present
A high speed connection to the internet
Broadband
legal forgiveness of a crime
pardon
A poor nation that lacks political stability, is based on agriculture, and that has difficult time meeting the needs of many citizens. A former label is "third-world country."
underdeveloped nation
A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
poll tax
A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
space race
Another name for oil
Petroleum
The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment.
Watergate
A person that is captured or imprisoned from the opposition during a time of war
prisoners of war (POW)
A law that bans gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funds
Title IX
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Korean War
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon; led to a focus on eliminating terrorism.
9/11
an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
President George W. Bush
A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
Domino Theory
1957 - Governor Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Little Rock Central High School. Eisenhower sent in U.S. paratroopers to ensure the students could attend class.
Little Rock Crisis
a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.
arms race
Initiated by President George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the broadly defined war on terror aimed to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world.
War on Terror
an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
President Ronald Reagan
Marked the end of the Vietnam War in April, 1975 when North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam, forcing all Americans left to flee in disarray as the capitol was taken
Fall of Saigon
African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.
Booker T. Washington
1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
Truman Doctrine
War in 1991 when the US came to Kuwait's rescue after Iraq invaded in 1990
Persian Gulf War
Purpose - to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure a regular supply of petroleum to consumers
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
Vietnam War
1927-1993. Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.
Cesar Chavez
The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee.
McCarthyism