Laws and Policy
Which President?
1970s
Foreign Relations
1980s/90s/2000s
100

This law was created to prevent future domestic terror attacks by spying on the phone and online activities of Americans.

What is the Patriot Act

100

I was impeached by Congress for lying under oath about my relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Who is Bill Clinton

100

I wrote the book Silent Spring about the environmental crisis in American during the 1970s.

Who is Rachel Carlson

100

This conflict was directly related to the American response after the terrorist attacks on 9/11

What is the War on Terror

100

This was President Reagan's economic policy that reduced the role of the government programs and increased military spending.

What is Reaganomics

200

Bill Clinton created this law to create free trade in North America

What is NAFTA

200

I was unable to secure the release of the Hostages in Iran, leading to a landslide loss in the 1980 election.

Who is Jimmy Carter

200

My presidency was plagued by foreign conflict and a stagflationary economy leading to me serving just one term in office.

Who is Jimmy Carter

200

Richard Nixon eases tensions with China by making a visit to the Great Wall, playing a ping pong tournament and having dinner with the Chinese leader.

What is Detente

200

What economic boom was created during the presidency of Bill Clinton, resulting in a surplus economy?

What is the Tech Boom

300

Congress passed this Bill to reduce the powers of the President after the Vietnam War

What is the War Powers Act

300

I am the only President to resign my position after the Watergate Scandal.

Who is Richard Nixon

300

Richard Nixon would eventually admit defeat in the Vietnam War, choosing to remove American troops and give the war back to the South Vietnamese in a policy known as

What is Vietnamitization

300

This was considered a major success for the Carter administration, creating a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel

What is the Camp David Accords

300

The Ayatollah assume control over the Iranian government, resulting in a new government that was at odds with the West and America.

What is the Iranian Revolution

400

This law was created by President Obama requiring all Americans to have health coverage.

What is the Affordable Care Act

400

I was the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

Who is Barak Obama

400

I was unpopular with the American people because of my pardon of Richard Nixon after the Watergate Scandal.

Who is Gerald Ford

400

This short lived war was fought when Iraq invaded the oil rich country of Kuwait, forcing Un action to stop them.

What is Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield

400

Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda launch coordinated attacks on several targets including the World Trade Center, resulting the deaths of more than 2,500 Americans.

What is 9/11 terrorist attacks

500

These policies were created to give more power to the people of the Soviet Union, eventually leading to it's collapse.

What are Glasnost and Perestroika

500

I am credited with bringing an end to the Cold War after nearly 50 years of turmoil due to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Who is Ronald Reagan

500

College campuses across the nation protest the escalation of the Vietnam War, some turn violent, including one where 4 people are killed in a confrontation with the National Guard.

What is the Kent State Protests

500

These Cold war Treaties were intended to ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States by reducing the build up of nuclear weapons.

What are the S.A.L.T 1&2 Treaties

500

These inventions led to dramatic changes in the lives of all Americans, including changes to work (remote working), social lives (declines in interactions, social media, etc) 

Personal Computer and Internet