Which Decade?
The Marshall Plan; NATO is formed; Containment and the HUAC begin.
What were the 1940s?
Perhaps Carter's greatest achievement - the Camp David Accords, produced peace between Israel and this Middle Eastern nation.
What was Egypt?
Bush was this president's VP.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
This organization founded by Jerry Falwell (who founded Liberty University) aligned itself with the republicans party and helped Reagan win in '80 and '84.
What was the Moral Majority
Reagan's nemesis for most of his Cold War presidency, they became friends by the time he left office.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
Watergate; Kent State; OPEC embargos and high gas prices; Roe v Wade decision
What were the 1970s?
This nation's revolution and hostage taking of 52 Americans haunted the last year of Carter's presidency.
What was Iran?
Less than a year after he became president, President Bush watched with the rest of the world as this symbol of the Cold War came down in November 1989.
What was the Berlin Wall?
After the passage of Civil Rights legislation, many conservatives in this region of the country switched parties, helping to elect Nixon and Ronald Reagan
What was the South or southern region?
Name of the city where Reagan said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
What was West Berlin?
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall; SDI; Perestroika; Berlin Wall comes down
What were the 1980s?
To fight inflation, this raised interest rates as high as 20% during Carter's presidency.
What was the Federal Reserve Bank?
Forty two years after the USSR invaded this country and deposed it's elected government, this nation became the second nation to break away from the USSR
What was Hungary?
What upset many religious conservatives was this SCOTUS ruling that said all women in every state must be allowed to have an abortion during the first three months of her pregnancy.
What was Roe v Wade?
America spent billions on Reagan's proposal to build lasers that could shoot down enemy nuclear missiles.
What was Stars Wars or SDI -the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Medicaid and Medicare; Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam War; Woodstock
What were the 1960s?
The USA and other nations boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow after they invaded this country.
What was Afghanistan?
When this military alliance disbanded in 1991, the world knew the Cold War was really over.
?What was the Warsaw Pact?
Reagan was the former republican governor of this state, which now almost always votes democratic.
What is California?
This scandal, where American weapons were sold to Iran and the money obtained was filtered to rebels fighting communist in South America, somewhat tarnished Reagan's second term, but most people really didn't care.
What was the Iran - Contra Scandal?
Massive Retaliation; the rise of the military industrial complex; the Interstate Highway system starts; Korean War ends; Castro brings communism to Cuba.
What were the 1950s?
before going into politics, this was Jimmy Carter's profession.
What was the Malta Summit (Conference)
Reigniting the Cold War, Reagan referred to the USSR as this two word Euphemism . . . (maybe he watched Star Wars too much)?
What was the Evil Empire?
This first of it's kind treaty actually decreased the number of nuclear weapons for both the USA and the USSR.
What was the INF Treaty or the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?