VAUS SOL Review 11: Post WWII

Invaded Kuwait for access to oil reserves and lost the Persian Gulf War - also invaded in 03

first woman in space

This image is most likely to result of

what did this supreme court case decide?

which of the following is true about the event pictured?

Communism, Mao Zedong, Opened up trade relations with US during the 1970s

Which president? Ground forces in Vietnam, Great Society, Civil Rights legislation 

US resumed diplomatic relations in the 1990s after they ended their policy of apartheid

this senator who is playing on the fears of communism by recklessly accusing Americans is...

first war in which women served in combat roles

Which of the following is a result of these attacks?

first woman on the supreme court

this image best exemplifies 

Which president? Vietnamization, Peace with Honor, Watergate, resignation

Occupied most of Eastern & Central Europe, Communism, and totalitarianism

Which of the following was a result of the red scare?

Which president? Persian Gulf War, end of the cold war

US policy to prevent the spread of communism

lead attorney for Brown v. BOE case; first African American on Supreme Court

formed to create a body for the nations to try to prevent future global wars

defensive alliance among the United States and western European countries

this practice would not longer be legal in the USA due to

first man on the moon

which of the following contributed to the fall of the soviet union?

Was partitioned into E & W. West became democratic and resumed self-government after few years

who was the lead attorney for this landmark supreme court case?

fear of communism and the threat of nuclear war affected American life in CW this is known as

Soviet Union and her communist allies in E Europe (satellite nations) behind the Iron Curtain

Limited war, US could not force an end to the war on favorable terms

Occupied by US forces & soon adopted a democratic form of gov, became a strong ally of the US

Turning point of the Cold War: Cold War brought to Asia, US uses force for containment

Ended by Nixon with Vietnamization, Peace with Honor. Falls to communism in 1975

Location of Soviet missiles led to missile crisis and the brink of nuclear war

second woman on the supreme court

Genocide resulted in NATO action under President Bill Clinton

Which president? NATO action in former Yugoslavia, relations with Vietnam and South Africa

Which president? assassinated, new frontier, "ask not what your country can do for you..."

second African American on Supreme Court

Which president? conservatism, military buildup, cut taxes, "tear down this wall"

first american to orbit the earth

US policy to help rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism

Which president? 9/11 attacks, war in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, patriot act