US History - 1980's to 2001
This president survived an assassination attempt two months after taking office in 1981
Ronald Reagan
President who announced goal of moon landing by end of 1960's
John F Kennedy
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii
The constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote, ratified in 1920
19th amendment
This U.S. president led the nation during World War I and advocated for the League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
A conflict codenamed "Operation Desert Storm", saw US-led forces expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait
Gulf War
Apollo 11
Name of US effort to develop atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
(Actually run in Los Alamos NM - research, Oak Ridge TN - uranium, Hanford WA - plutonium, Chicago IL - first nuclear reaction, and Trinity NM Test Site - detonation)
This famous gangster was a key figure during Prohibition and was involved in bootlegging and organized crime.
Al Capone
This book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry and led to reforms in food safety.
The Jungle
A tech company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994
Amazon
The name of the scandal that caused President Nixon to resign in 1974
Watergate
Name of the 1947 Plan to provide economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
A cultural movement that celebrated African American culture, art, and literature during the 1920s in NYC
Harlem Renaissance
(examples: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington)
This amendment, ratified in 1913, established a federal income tax system in the United States
16th Amendment
Name several buildings damaged or destroyed in 9/11 attack
World Trade Center North & South towers, US Customs Building / WTC 6 (NYC), Pentagon (Wash DC)
US Capitol was also a target, but not successful
Site of the most serious American nuclear accident in history in 1979 due to partial reactor meltdown
Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Result: tighter regulation via NRC, anti-nuclear activism
This senator led a series of controversial hearings in the early 1950s targeting alleged communists in the U.S. government.
Joseph McCarthy
This landmark 1925 court case debated the teaching of evolution in schools and symbolized the conflict between science and religion.
Scopes Monkey Trial
(Key figures: Clarence Darrow)
The U.S. joined WWI in 1917 primarily in response to unrestricted submarine warfare by this nation.
Germany
This act, signed into law in 2001, expanded the surveillance powers of the U.S. government in the wake of 9/11.
USA PATRIOT Act
This 1962 book by Rachel Carson raised awareness about environmental issues and the dangers of pesticides.
Silent Spring
A type of housing development style that was typified by Levittown
Suburbs
(Low-to-medium density mass-produced detached single family homes. Made possible by highways, GI Bill, post-WW2 Prosperity)
This environmental disaster, caused by drought and poor agricultural practices, forced thousands to migrate west in the 1930s.
Dust Bowl
This major disease outbreak killed millions of people worldwide between 1918 and 1919, spreading rapidly in crowded conditions during and after World War I.
The Influenza Pandemic (Spanish Flu)