Cold War
was the cabinet position of Bobby Kennedy in JFK’s administration.
Attorney General
was government documents saying the public was misled about war.
Pentagon Papers
Where did the Japanese bomb that brought the United States into World War II?
Pearl Harbor
How did Harry Truman and the United States decide to bring a quicker end to the war in Pacific against the Japanese? Simply put, what did they do?
Drop the Atomic Bombs
Who refused to give up their seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
Rosa Parks
Who was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Did Nixon order the break in to Watergate?
Likely not
What took place at midnight on November 9, 1989 when bulldozers began leveling the symbol of communist repression?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
was the city in which John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Dallas
was the name of the Space shuttle that exploded in 1986.
Challenger
What nation did Germany invade that began World War II?
Poland
What part of Korea was Communist and what part of Korea was backed by the United States?
North- Commy
South- U.S.
Event in which more than 250,000 demonstrators, African Americans and whites, gathered near the Lincoln Memorial and heard speeches and sang songs.
March on Washington
Describe the Media’s role in the Vietnam War.
Answers may vary
What is Watergate centered around?
Nixon winning reelection in 1972
Describe the Iran hostage crisis.
revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took 52 American hostages since the U.S. supported the new Shah. Carter was unsuccessful in returning the hostages
was 13 Days in October of 1962 in which the Soviet Union planted ballistic nuclear missiles in Cuba pointed at the United States. The U.S. blockaded Cuba after that until an agreement was reached with the Soviet Union for removal.
Cuban Missile Crisis
the Supreme Court Case that legalized abortion in 1973.
Roe v. Wade
Who did Germany align with right before the beginning of WWII that kind of surprised the World? This nation eventually sided with the Allies after Hitler decided to invade them…………
Soviet Union
What did Executive Order 9066 do?
sent Japanese in America to Concentration Camps
Legislation that banned discrimination in employment, public accommodations, and power to enforce desegregation of African Americans.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Until World War II, who was Vietnam ruled by?
French
Where did Watergate take place?
Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in DC
What did Richard Nixon decide to do in August of 1974?
Step down from the Presidency of the United States
Why did Saddam Hussein of Iraq invade Kuwait?
Oil
during the Vietnamese New Year, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched a massive surprise attack.
Tet Offense
War was when Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Kuwait.
Persian Gulf War
What disease did Franklin Delano Roosevelt get that affects the skeletal muscles and eventually landed him in a wheelchair?
Polio
Why did Truman fire Macarthur in the Korean War?
he wants to expand the war against China
What brought an end to the fighting of the Korean War?
Armistice signed in July of 1953
What part of Vietnam was Communist, and what part of Vietnam was Noncommunist? Which side did the United States support?
North- Commy
South- noncommy
U.S. supported the South
What happened at Watergate?
5 men broke in to steal campaign information and wiretap telephones
What controversial decision did Gerald Ford make early in his term?
Pardon Richard Nixon
What coordinated actions and a decisive ground offensive by the United States led to victory in the Persian Gulf War?
Desert Storm
______________ of ______________ invasion was an attempts early in JFK's administration in April of 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba who had ties to the Soviet Union but the invasion failed.
Bay of Pigs
involves an accident that took place involving a partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 reactor in Pennsylvania partial nuclear meltdown.
Three Mile Island
List one cause of the Great Depression?
Low interest rates and overproduction, Global Depression, Uneven distribution of wealth, Business cycle
What did the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 do? BE SPECIFIC!
Jews lost property, citizenship, individual freedoms and rights
A powerful demonstration that took place on May 2nd, 1963, heroic young people marched in groups from churches to downtown businesses and many were attacked by police, killed, and many were arrested.
Children's March
Where did Nixon secretly bomb that was hidden from public, Congress, and military leaders.
Cambodia
What month and year did a cease fire take place that ended American involvement in Vietnam?
January of 1973
What did Nixon and the White House do in response to Watergate?
Cover it up
What led to the fall of the Soviet Union?
Economic Stagnation
Issues finnancially competing with the U.S.
Nationalistic Riseups