Unit 7/8
Who were the 4 Presidents during the Vietnam War?
1. President Eisenhower (1953-1961)
2. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
3. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
4. Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
What were the 4 main examples of Civil Right movements?
1. African American Civil Rights
2. Chicano Movement
3. AIM: American Indian Movement
4. Women's Liberation
Who were the 4 Presidents during the End of The Cold War?
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
Who were the 4 Presidents of the Modern Era?
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-2016)
What were the 6 policies during the Cold War?
1. Warsaw Pact
2. Truman Doctrine
3. Domino Theory
4. NATO
5. Containment
6. Marshall Plan
What did the 15th Amendment and the 19th Amendment do?
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote, and the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Energy Crisis?
Arab nations that controlled OPEC banned petroleum exports to nations that supported Israel & implemented reductions in production.
What is the name of one of the strongest hurricane recorded that hit New Orleans?
Hurricane Katrina.
What 3 countries were apart of Indochina?
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Which Civil Rights leader believed in civil disobedience, to eliminate racial segregation and discrimination, and was the author of "I Have a Dream" Speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
Former CIA agents were caught breaking into the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate complex buildings and wiretapping phones and stealing documents for Nixon's reelection campaign.
Who or what organization was responsible for the attack on September 11th, 2001?
Al-Qaeda.
What countries controlled Vietnam?
France and Japan. They were trying to kick out the French.
What was the name of the group that used violence, terrorism, and intimidation to prevent racial minorities from participating in the political process?
The Ku Klux Klan.
What are 4 things that were promised in the Reaganomics?
1. Administration would lower taxes
2. Reduce gov't spending on welfare
3. Build up the U.S. armed forces
4. Create a more conservative federal court.
What were the 4 key points of the 2008 Economic Crisis?
1. Mortgage lenders relaxed standards to lend money to risky borrowers
2. Risky borrowers drove up prices for mortgages
3. Low interest rates & easy access to credit
4. The Gov't deregulated banking, so banks lacked supervision