World War II
Reason the U.S. joined WWII?
What is Pearl Harbor?
What nation was the chief rival to the U.S. in the Cold War?
What is the U.S.S.R.
President who escalated the war in Vietnam
Who is LBJ?
Which President was forced from office due to Watergate Scandal?
Who is President Nixon?
First Black President elected in 2008
Who is Barack Obama?
List the major Axis Powers
Who are Germany, Japan and Italy?
U.S. effort to help Europe rebuild and recover after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
A more common name for those involved in the counterculture movement during the 60's
What is a hippie?
Agency charged with protecting America's environment and keeping its air, water and land free from pollution?
What is the EPA?
Name what was attacked on 9/11 2001.
What was the Pentagon and World Trade Center (twin towers)?
Mass murder; the attempt to annihilate or eliminate a whole group of people.
What is genocide?
Belief that if one nation turned to communism that others around it would also go Red.
What is the Domino Theory?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What is Congressional approval for adding troops or fighting in Vietnam?
Name of program that was designed to increase participation and pay for women to go to university and enjoy sports and other programs like men.
What is Title IX?
Act that was designed to gather information on possible terror attacks but which threatened American's privacy?
What is the Patriot Act?
Decisive Battle in the Pacific between the U.S. and Japan
What is the Battle of Midway?
Purpose of G.I. Bill
What is to provide money for college to returning veterans?
What does Vietnamization mean?
What is Nixon's policy to give the ground fighting duties to the South Vietnamese?
President behind the "Just Say No" drug campaign during the 1980's
Who is Reagan?
First Female Supreme Court Justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Executive Order 9066
What gave authority for internment of Japanese Americans during WWII?
Committee that investigated Americans suspected of being or harboring support for communists.
What is the HUAC (House Unamerican Affairs Committee)?
American public loses trust in government due to exaggerations, lies and constant media attention to the war in Vietnam.
What is a credibility gap?
Scandal caused by sale of weapons and use of funds to fight communism in Central America
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Name of Obama's signature legislation
What is the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare)?