STAAR Stampede: Cold War to Present

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

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

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

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

Carter negotiated what peace agreement to end hostilities between Israel & Egypt?

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

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

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

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

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

What was the $13 billion American"plan" to re-build post-WW2 Europe & to prevent the spread of this?

What congressional law outlawed racial segregation & employment discrimination?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

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

What 1-year successful non-violent mass-protest started by this woman's arrest?

What landmark case ruled that they must inform suspects of their rights before questioning?

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

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

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

What was Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus trying to stop?

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

What congressional action gave Pres. Johnson war powers to use military force here?

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

What Cold War conflict does this picture represent?

What agency was used by Eisenhower to combat communism in Iran & Guatemala?

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

The Vietnam & Korean Wars represent what Cold War foreign policy?

Reagan-era scandal involved illegally selling weapons to Iran to fund rebels in Nicaragua

American-led coalition of 28 nations fought to liberate what nation in the Persian Gulf War?

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

What alliance provided collective security against Soviet attacks?

What was his war on poverty and racial injustice?

What was the purpose of this speech at the March on Washington?

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

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

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

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

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

What case gave women the right to terminate their pregnancy based on the right to privacy?

What was Truman's response to this crisis?

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

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

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

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

U.S. pledged $400 million in aid to any country facing communist revolutions (Greece & Turkey)

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

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

What Nixon Cold War foreign policy is pictured below?

In 2008, who beat out John McCain & Hillary Clinton to become President?