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New Deal
FDR
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK
Stock Market Crash
Hoover
Détente
Nixon
Bull Moose Party; Progressive president; Meat Inspection Act, etc
Teddy Roosevelt
US policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Containment
What caused the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea
A pledge that the U.S. would use overwhelming force to settle serious conflicts
Massive retaliation
What was the goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion?
to overthrow Castro’s communist gov’t
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
USSR agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba
Civil Rights group headed by MLK Jr.
SCLC
Court case that ended legal separation of races
Brown v. Board of Ed
Laws that kept African Americans segregated after Civil War
Jim Crow Laws
Name that event: CORE/SNCC members refusing to leave segregated lunch counters
Sit-ins
List two facts about the Black Panthers
-Part of the Black Power movement -Were a political party -Offered social services to the people -Fought police brutality
Leader of the Vietminh
Ho Chi Minh
What was Operation Rolling Thunder?
Bombing campaign of Northern Vietnam
Turning point in war; Public opinion no longer supports war
Tet Offensive
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Gave the president power to use any necessary forces in Vietnam
Put the following events in order: -War Powers Act -French colony -American combat troops -Tet Offensive
French colony; American combat troops; Tet Offensive; War Powers Act
Nixon was forced to release _____ to Congress during the Watergate scandal
tapes
Nixon’s Cold War policy
Détente
Pardoned Nixon
Gerald Ford
Peace Agreement between Israel and Egypt – negotiated by Jimmy Carter
Camp David Accords
Crisis of Carter’s presidency; Ended as soon as Reagan assumed office
Iranian-Hostage
Justification used by George W. Bush for entering Iraq in 2003
Weapons of Mass Destruction
WWII Generals in Europe and Pacific
Eisenhower and MacArthur
U.S. strategy in the Pacific (WWII)
Island Hopping
Why did U.S. enter WWI?
Unrestricted submarine warfare; Lusitania; Zimmerman note
Reasons for Spanish American War
Cuban independence battle; Yellow journalism; Maine; de Lome letter