Cold War
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
What is Containment?
Gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Building in Washington D.C. that was the Democrat Headquarters for the 1972 election.
What is Watergate?
President elected in 1988
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This war started when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is The Korean War?
Movement which called for African American power and independence
What is the Black Power Movement?
A war between the Communist armies of N. Vietnam and Non-communist armies of S. Vietnam.
What is Vietnam War?
One unique feature of the presidential election of 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore is that: (1) the Supreme Court played an important role in the final outcome (2) no third-party candidate was on the ballot (3) both candidates had previously served as vice president (4) the electoral votes in Florida were divided between the candidates
What is (1) the Supreme Court played an important role in the final outcome?
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
A Hispanic activist who worked to improve economic opportunities
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This was granted by Ford to Nixon and caused a great deal of controversy.
What is a pardon?
Which action did President Ronald Reagan support to achieve economic growth?
(1) lowering taxes on corporations and individuals (2) increasing spending on social welfare programs (3) cutting defense budgets (4) increasing the regulation of industry
What is (1) lowering taxes on corporations and individuals?
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western nations.
What is NATO?
The ruling in this Supreme Court case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
Nixon was forced to resign, and Americans lost trust in their government.
What are the consequences of Watergate?
The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States (1919) and the passage of the USA Patriot Act (2001) demonstrate the principle that the federal government can (1) guarantee citizens the right to bear arms (2) restrict the power of the president (3) limit individual rights in times of national emergency (4) expand the liberties protected by the Bill of Rights
What is (3) limit individual rights in times of national emergency?
North Vietnam won the war, the US had to withdraw, and the Peninsula was united under communism.
What are the consequences of the Vietnam War?
Nation of Islam leader who argued that integration would never solve African Americans' problems
Who is Malcolm X?
The U.S. relied on this organization for oil beginning in the early 1970s.
What is OPEC?
President Ronald Reagan and President George W. Bush shared the belief that tax cuts would result in (1) a reduction in exports (2) the growth of the economy (3) an increase in the federal bureaucracy (4) a rise in unemployment
What is (2) the growth of the economy?