Cold War/Red Scare
This was the senator that lied about knowing Communists in the U.S. government for fame
This was the President that escalated conflict in the Vietnam War.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This was the conjunction (term) for the economic situation of the 1970s
What is Stagflation?
What is "Let's Make America Great Again."
This President was impeached but not removed from office in 1998
This is the LARGE generation that was born in the late 1940s/early 1950s after World War II
Who are the Baby Boomers? (What is the Baby Boom)
This was the "Blank Check" that allowed the U.S. (Presidency) to increase military involvement in South Vietnam
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
What is wire-tapping/utilizing listening devices?
This was a religious group that supported Reagan and his campaign policies
What is the Moral Majority?
This was a trade association the United States joined in 1993 to encourage easier trade between neighboring countries.
What is NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
This is where industrialization begin to move to geographically during the 1950s?
What is the sunbelt?
This was one major reason that people stopped supporting U.S. involvement in Vietnam
What is -- unclear goals to win/no territorial goals, lack of success after several years, extremely high number of casualties
This was a key reason for deindustrialization of the U.S. economy in the later 20th century.
What is reliance on foreign imports?
This was the key reason the National Debt increased drastically under Reagan's presidency
What is Military/Defense spending?
This war lasted only about 5 weeks in 1991, and was fought over an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
What is the Persian Gulf War?
This was essentially a "New Deal" for Western Europe to recover from World War II
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was the most infamous university protest during the Vietnam War in May of 1970 where 4 students were shot dead by the state's national guard
What is Kent State University?
This was a major foreign policy achievement of Jimmy Carter
What are the Camp David Accords?
This was the reason that Reagan's reputation survived the Iran-Contra Affair
What is he apologized?
This signaled the end of the Cold War would come soon in 1989
What is the Berlin Wall falling?
This is an area of the economy/national spending that the U.S. government exponentially spent more of the budget on during the Cold War
What is the military-industrial complex?
This was the publication of government documents that exposed all of the covert operations LBJ's administration led in Vietnam that were not told to the public.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This was the term for easing of tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
What is Detente?
These were the THREE (You must name all three) key points of Reagan's campaign/policies
What is: Immigration reform, Tax cuts for big businesses, and cut spending on welfare programs
This was a trend in the United States government's relationship with the economy and government spending from the 1980s onward
What is Increasing the National Debt?