U.S. Citizens were kidnapped by armed students in the Middle East in an effort to return the Shah to his country
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
100
Passed in 1972. Both men and women have the same rights and protections. Held back 201 years before ratified.
What is Equal Rights Amendment?
100
Gave the "I have a Dream" speech
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
100
First integrated circuits were founded by NASA
Could also track business inventory easier and faster
What are computers?
100
Economic policies created by Ronald Reagan. Has budged cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending. Debt soared, but economy recovered.
What is Reaganomics?
200
Nixon's strategy for making amends to relationships with communist nations
What is Détente?
200
Passed by Nixon in 1973 to protect species from extinction.
What is the Endangered Species Act
200
Secretly sold weapons behind the Government's back during the Iran Hostage Crisis
Who is Ronald Reagan
200
Began as inter connectivity between computers using telecommunications networks. Nowadays used for memes.
What is the Internet?
200
President in 1977. Promised to restore integrity to presidency. Promoted human rights.
What is Jimmy Carter?
300
SCOTUS case in 1973 in an effort to give women the option to abort the child during the first trimester
What is Roe v. Wade?
300
Reduced Executive branch power in favor of Congress' power as a result of the Vietnam war.
What is War Powers Act?
300
First Black player in Major League Baseball.
Played for the Dodgers in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
Penicillin was the first to provide large quantities in 1942. Used as a new form of medication
What is Vaccines?
300
Provided most of America's oil and cut off supply to U.S. in 1973 when we sent aid to Israel. Quadrupled price when it resumed. Nicknamed OPEC. (Need exact name :] )
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
400
Set of programs from LBJ. Wanted to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. Launched Medicare and Medicaid for the poor and elderly.
What is Great Society?
400
Part of the Educational Amendment of 1972. Banned gender discrimination.
What is Title IX?
400
Nine African American students who faced intense racist resistance as they attended High School.
Eisenhower placed National Guard at the school to ensure their safety.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
400
Used originally for the military to make a "ping" out of 24 different satellites back down to earth.
What is a GPS?
400
Rejected the legacy of the New Deal and mobilized a conservative coalition of voters. Politician credited with sparking the resurgence of the conservative movement in 1960.
What is Barry Goldwater?
500
SCOTUS case. Students sued after getting in trouble for wearing black armbands to school to protest involvement in the Vietnam War
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
500
Executive order by Nixon in 1970. This group is responsible for maintaining and enforcing national environmental laws
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
500
First Female Justice in the Supreme Court.
Appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Supported women's rights groups
Who is Sandra Day O'Conner?
500
Wasn't invented for space programs, but popularized by NASA
What is Velcro?
500
1954 case that gave Mexican Americans equal protection under 14th amendment. Spawned after Pedro ______ was on a murder trial wit nah all white jury.