Gr 6 Ch 14 Flashcards
This president’s welfare program was called the New Frontier
John F Kennedy
He strengthened the military alliance of NATO
Dwight D Eisenhower
Operation Desert Storm and Iraq was under his presidency
George H.W. Bush
He was the only president to resign from office
Richard M. Nixon
This president convinced the Soviet union leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall and begin Perestroika
Ronald Reagan
President Johnson’s plan for social reform was called this
The Great Society
The attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise was called this
The Reagan Revolution
The legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
The 1964 Civil Rights Act
One of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade which did this
Legalized abortion
You need to know these states and their capitals and where they are located.
Look at the list.
The system of producing and distributing goods
Economy
Two events that caused a slowdown in the space program
The explosion of space shuttle Challenger
The explosion of space shuttle Columbia
And Islamic terrorist group responsible for the attack on September 11, 2001
Al Qaeda
Two countries were the US military attack to terrorists in the war on terror
Afghanistan and Iraq
The first black major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
The Supreme Court justices who stressed the importance of moral character
Clarence Thomas
The first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
The first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The first black president of the United States
Barack Obama
