Civil Rights
This type of Segregation was commonly practiced in the north and refers to segregation enforced by social custom, rather than law
What is De Facto Segregation?
The name for Nixon's strategy of prioritizing realistic goals over ideology
What is RealPolitik?
The nickname for Reagans Strategic Defense Initiative
What is "Star Wars"
Name of the worst nuclear disaster in human history that took place in modern day Ukraine
What is Chernobyl?
This famous boycott sought to end segregation on bussing following the actions of Rosa Parks in the late 1950s
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A French word meaning "loosening", Nixon pursued this as a way to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China
What is Detente?
City where Reagan gave his famous "tear down this wall" speech in 1987
What is Berlin?
This event is seen as the symbolic end to the Cold War
What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Meaning Segregation "by law" and most commonly practiced in the south
What is DeJure Segregation
Richards Nixon's new policy of only protecting countries when under a nuclear threat
What is the Nixon Doctrine?
This was Reagans policy of supporting anti communist insurgencies through out the developing world
What was the Reagan Doctrine?
It means "openness" in Russian and refers to the Soviet attempts to allow more polirical freedom in the 1980s
What is Glasnost?
Double Jeopardy
This famous supreme court case ruled that segregation was unconstitutional
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
This was the first agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to limit Nuclear Weapons
What is SALT I?
Leader of the Soviet Union who had a good relationship with Ronald Reagan
Who is Mikael Gorbachev
It means "restructuring" in Russia and refers to the Soviet attempts to reform their economy in the late 1980s
What is Perestroika?
This was the supreme court case that originally ruled Segregation to be legal so long as conditions were equal
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
The name for Nixons strategy to appeal to southern voters by emphasizing states rights
What is the "Southern Strategy"
Double Jeopardy
Name Reagan used to refer to the Soviet Union early in his presidency
What is the "Evil Empire"
This is the location of the Chinese protest that ended with 1000s being killed by the government
What is Tiananmen Square?