Pre-1970
What was the alliance between fascists Japan, Italy and Germany called during WW2?
The Axis
What was the scandal that prompted Richard Nixons impeachment by the house of representvies?
Watergate
Reagan's economic philosophy was a return to the pre-WW2 doctrine. what was this economic philosophy called?
Laissez-Faire
What was the name of the major trade deal passed by Bill Clinton?
NAFTA
The Afforadble Care Act or "Obamacare" did what?
Expanded who could recessive Medicare and Medicaid
American entered WW1 after the sinking of this ship.
The Lusitania
What was the name of the papers that reviled several U.S presidents had lied about American intervention in Vietnam?
Pentagon Papers
Reaganomics or "trickle-down-economics" was based primarily based on what?
Reducing taxes on corporations and high income individuals
The first gulf war occurred when which country invaded Kuwait neighbor?
Iraq
This act was passed by congress after 9/11 which allowed intelligence agencies to use surveillance on the American people.
The Patriot Act
Dwight Eisenhower refused to make new federal programs throughout his presidency. Except one. What was it?
Interstate Highway System
What issue did Jimmy Carter fail to repsond to that most contributed to his failure in the 1980 campaign?
The Iran hostage Crisis
What was the Iran-Contra affair?
The CIA was selling weapons to the revolutionary government of Iran to send money to fund anti-communist gorilla fighters in Nicaragua.
Bill Clintons 1996 platform was focused on what?
Running as a centrist and moderate
The bush administration claimed two things to justify the invasion of Iraq. What where they?
Saddam Hussein had links to 9/11 and Iraq was developing nuclear weapons.
The supreme court case Plessy vs Ferguson established what?
Richard Nixon depicted himself as an advocate for which demographic of American society?
middle class suburban voters or the "silent majority"
The soviet union collapse under Mikhail Gorbachev after he passed what reforms?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Bill Clinton was reformed several social programs in his presidency. How did he change welfare?
Only employed people could apply for it and allowed the states to manage it.
The 2008 stock market crash and global recession was caused by what?
bursting of the housing market bubble, speculation of subprime mortgages
What was the cause of the Dust Bowl?
Destruction of the topsoil by over farming.
What was the emergency act passed by congress that gave the executive branch more power to use military force?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The "New Right" formed under Reagan brought three new groups into the republican voter base. What where they?
Evangelicals, sunbelt voters, and populists.
Bill Clinton sent American troops into the Balkans and helped establish which state?
Kosovo
Obama passed which act to deal with the 2008 Recession?