Late 1940s
Was put in place to provide economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II.
A campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
What is McCarthyism?
It allowed President Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
To protect human health and the environment by enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
Economic policies promoted by President Reagan, focusing on tax cuts, deregulation, and reducing government spending.
What was Reaganomics?
A policy aimed at containing the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to countries resisting Soviet influence.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Landmark Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
A set of domestic programs launched by President Johnson aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.
What is the Great Society?
Event that led President Nixon to resign from office.
This event marked the end of the Cold War.
What is the fall of the Soviet Union?
This conflict marked the first military action in southeast Asia of the Cold War.
What is the Korean War?
Legislation that funded the construction of the interstate highway system.
What is the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act?
It influenced public opinion through coverage of events like the Civil Rights Movement, presidential debates, and the Vietnam War.
What is television?
Peace agreements between Israel and Egypt brokered by President Carter.
What are the Camp David Accords?
This was the significance of the election of 2008.
What is the first African American president (Barack Obama) is elected?
A strategy to prevent the expansion of communism beyond its existing borders.
What is containment?
This launch was seen as a defeat for the United States as the USSR was the first to make it to space.
What is Sputnik?
This year saw the Tet Offensive, assassinations of MLK and RFK, and the chaos at the DNC.
What is 1968?
Legislation that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S. forces without congressional approval.
What is the War Powers Act?
This event led to the War on Terror and the passage of the Patriot Act.
What is 9/11 (September 11th, 2001)?
This piece of legislation provided home and education loans to returning veterans of WWII.
What is the G.I. Bill?
This was the southern response to Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Massive Resistance?
This event was the closest that the United States and Soviet Union came to all out nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This president took over for Richard Nixon and pardoned him.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Technological advancements that revolutionized how businesses operate and people communicate.
What are the personal computer, the Internet, and social media? (At least 1 needed).