Civil Rights
Cold War
Modern Conflicts
Presidents
Policies
100

Laws that kept Black and White people apart.

Jim Crow Laws

100

The U.S. plan to stop the spread of Communism.

Containment

100

The terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks.

Al-Qaeda

100

He was the leader of the U.S. during the 9/11 attacks.

George W. Bush

100

A plan for things inside the United States.

Domestic Policy

200

To bring different races together in schools.

Integration

200

The "Wall" that divided a city in Germany.

Berlin Wall

200

This law gave the gov't more power to stop spies.

USA PATRIOT Act

200

The first African American president.

Barack Obama

200

A plan for how the U.S. talks to other countries.

Foreign Policy

300

Non-violent protest where people sit and wait. (Civil Disobedience)

Sit-in

300

The 13-day scare over missiles being placed 90 miles away from the US Coastline.

Cuban Missile Crisis

300

The building for the U.S. military that was hit on 9/11.

The Pentagon

300

He officially resigned (left office) after the Watergate scandal. Congress was moving forward with impeachment procedures. 

Richard Nixon

300

The U.S. helping the UN is _____ policy.

Foreign

400

This law made literacy tests for voting illegal.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

400

An "invisible line" that divid East and West Europe.

Iron Curtain

400

The war started in 2001 to find Al-Qaeda.

War on Terror (Afghanistan)

400

Was sworn in as President after JFK was assassinated. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)

400

The "Great Society" was a _____ policy.

Domestic (The Great Society)

500

The name of the group that used lawsuits to end segregation.

NAACP

500

The "theory" that if one country becomes Communist, others will too.

Domino Theory

500

The Department created after 9/11 to protect the U.S. borders.

Homeland Security

500

He was the first president to visit Communist China.

Richard Nixon

500

The "Doctrine" that said the U.S. will help any country fighting Communism.

Truman Doctrine