STAAR Stampede: Cold War to Present (Revised)

The Iran-Contra Affair involved illegally selling weapons to Iran to fund rebels in what nation

What Wisconsin Senator accused Democrats in the State Department of being communists?

What incident hurt relations between the U.S. & U.S.S.R. during the Eisenhower administration?

What Soviet spies stole info that helped the U.S.S.R. build their first atomic bomb?

4 students were killed during a protest of the bombing of Cambodia at what Ohio university?

What civil rights separatist was shot when he split from this organization?

What was his war on poverty and racial injustice?

What Native American group was responsible for the Trail of Broken Treaties & Wounded Knee?

What congressional law was passed as a result of this march?

Who promised "Peace with honor" & was elected president in 1968, thanks to the Silent Majority?

U.S. pledged $400 million in aid to any country facing communist revolutions

What attacks by the Vietcong & N. Vietnam caused the American public to question the war?

What economic theory argued that tax cuts will make people invest & cause economic growth?

What interracial group rode these in the deep South to protest segregation?

A U.S. - led coalition of 28 nations fought to liberate what nation in the Persian Gulf War?

With Executive Order 9981, President Truman became the first President to address Civil Rights

In 2008, Barack Obama beat out these 2 U.S. Senators to become President, including primaries

The Vietnam & Korean Wars represent what foreign policy?

What Nixon Cold War foreign policy is pictured below?

What failed CIA plot to overthrow this dictator involved Cuban exiles?

Bush started the War on Terror by invading what nation in 2002, claiming it trained terrorists?

What was Truman's response to this?

Speech given by Winston Churchill warning of the spreading of communism & a divided Europe

What National Organization for Women organizer wrote the book that coined the term, feminism?

What 1954 peace agreement divided this country along the 17th parallel?

At what political rally was this famous speech given?

Who devised a "plan" to re-build post-WW2 Europe to prevent the spread of this?

What was the peace agreement signed to end hostilities between these two middle east nations?  

How did JFK respond to this crisis involving nuclear missiles found on this island?

Who achieved JFK's mission when he step foot on this?

Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam & trained S. Vietnamese soldiers to take over the war

What congressional law was meant to outlaw this?

What congressional law created this, which actually was created for military purposes?

What terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attacks on 9/11?

What was Gov. Orval Faubus trying to prevent, but was overruled by President Eisenhower?

What international organization's embargo caused gas shortages, high gas prices, & this?

The Big Three planned out this new international organization aimed at preventing WW3

This Congressional law provided loans for land or a money for college

Bill Clinton became the 2nd President to be impeached over what scandal? 

Name the war

What alliance provided collective security against Soviet attacks?

Students stormed what U.S. Embassy & held hostages for 444 days? cost him the presidency

Nixon visited what Asian communist country as part of his triangulation strategy?

What congressional law established the Department of Defense and this agency?

What 1-year successful non-violent mass-protest was sparked by this woman's personal protest?

Who was the first African-American in Major League Baseball?

Bush invaded what country in 2003, claiming it had weapons of mass destruction & terrorists?

The Soviet invasion of what Middle-Eastern country threatened U.S. access to oil?

The fall of this in 1989 signaled the end of what in Eastern Europe?

U.S. response to the launch of this in 1957

What scandal involved a break-in, a cover-up, recorded conversations, & resulted in this?