US Unit 11: Post War America

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

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

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

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

Which decade? Red Scare, Korean War, interstates, Baby boom, suburbia

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

what did this supreme court case decide?

Which decade? HW Bush, Clinton, NATO action in former Yugoslavia, NAFTA, Persian Gulf War

this image is likely the result of

This image is most likely to result of

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

These children in Birmingham in 1963 are most likely

defensive alliance among the United States and western European countries

Which president? assassinated, new frontier

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

Which decade? Reagan, conservatism, military buildup, consumerism, AIDS, Challenger disaster

US policy to prevent the spread of communism

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

Turningpoint of the Civil War: Cold War brought to Asia, US military forces to containcommunism

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

which of the following is true about the event pictured?

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

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

Communist nation that invaded South Korea

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

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

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

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

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

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

which of the following is true about the event pictured?

Which president? interstates, brinkmanship, 50s, Korean War

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

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

Which decade? Watergate, Nixon, end of Vietnam War, energy crisis, hostage crisis, terrorism

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

Genocide resulted in NATO action under President Bill Clinton

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

which of the following is true about the event pictured?

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

Limited war, US could notforce an end to the war on favorable terms

Which decade? JFK, LBJ, space race, Vietnam War, counterculture