Key Events
The terror attacks on the World Trade Center were coordinated and connected to this Middle Eastern country.
What is Afghanistan?
Elected in 1968 and 1972, but resigned amidst scandal in 1974.
Who is President Richard Nixon?
True or False: The manufacturing sector became the largest contributor to the American economy in the 1990s.
False. High tech and service sectors growing, manufacturing decreased.
The first time America confronted Islamic extremism, this turning point event lasted 444 days and ended on Jimmy Carter's last day as President.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
The international exchange of goods, services, people and ideas.
What is globalization?
1989 marked an end to this physical symbol of Cold War separation that had endured for decades.
What is the (fall of the) Berlin Wall?
9/11 Terror Attacks, War in Afghanistan, contested election results.
Who is George W Bush?
Nickname for the economic policies of the 1980s, this included tax cuts, less government spending, and deregulation.
What is "Reaganomics"? *supply side*
Nixon's domestic priority to reduce the size and influence of the federal government that included sharing federal revenue with states.
What is "New Federalism?"
During the 1980s more than 100,000 Americans died from this disease, a shock to society.
What is AIDS?
America's fascination with flight was shaken when this shuttle, carrying the first American civilian, exploded.
What is the Challenger?
Actor turned politician, a conservative leader that symbolized strength and patriotism for Americans after decades of a "crisis of confidence"
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
Mexico, Canada and the United States entered into this agreement in the 1990s as a way to ensure open trade.
What is NAFTA? (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union began to change after the election of this Soviet leader, who symbolically visited the United States in the late 1980s.
Who is Gorbachev?
The importance of freedom of the press and the distrust between the public and elected officials are important legacies of this key event.
What is the Watergate scandal?
Iranian Hostage Crisis, second energy crisis, human rights advocate, peanut farmer from Georgia who ran as a "political outsider"
Who is President Jimmy Carter?
Conservative groups opposing abortion, school busing and the ERA joined together throughout the 1980s and became known as this.
What is the New Right?
This group of Middle Eastern countries combined in the 1970s to control the price and supply of oil, a resource the United States became more and more dependent on.
Opposing school busing and extending the Voting Rights Act was President Nixon's way of gaining southern votes, called this.
What is the "Southern Strategy?"
Who is Kuwait?
First Democrat in 15 years, NAFTA, Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine school shooting, scandal
Who is President Bill Clinton?
During the 1990s, Republicans in Congress announced this series of political reforms meant to improve American lives.
What is the Contract with America?
Defense (military) spending increased significantly in the last decade of the Cold War, including money spent on this U.S. missile defense system
What is the Strategic Defense Initative (SDI) or "Star Wars"?
Amid controversy, the election of 2000 was ultimately decided by this group.
Who is the Supreme Court? (vote to stop the recount in Florida gave the election to George W Bush)