Flashcards in Gr 6 Ch 14 Deck (48)
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This president's welfare program was called the New Frontier
John F Kennedy
2
He strengthened the military alliance of NATO
Dwight D Eisenhower
3
Operation Desert Storm and Iraq was under his presidency
George H.W. Bush
4
He was the only president to resign from office
Richard M. Nixon
5
This president convinced the Soviet union leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall and begin Perestroika
Ronald Reagan
6
President Johnson's plan for social reform was called this
The Great Society
7
The attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise was called this
The Reagan Revolution
8
The legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
The 1964 Civil Rights Act
9
One of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade which did this
Legalized abortion
10
You need to know these states and their capitals and where they are located.
Look at the list.
11
The system of producing and distributing goods
Economy
12
Two events that caused a slowdown in the space program
The explosion of space shuttle Challenger
The explosion of space shuttle Columbia
13
And Islamic terrorist group responsible for the attack on September 11, 2001
Al Qaeda
14
Two countries were the US military attack to terrorists in the war on terror
Afghanistan and Iraq
15
The first black major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
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The Supreme Court justices who stressed the importance of moral character
Clarence Thomas
17
The first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
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The first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
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The first black president of the United States
Barack Obama
20
A lady who refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and act which lead to a change in segregation laws
Rosa Parks
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First woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Ragan
Sandra Day O'Connor
22
The Doctor Who developed a vaccine for polio
Jonas Salk
23
One of the greatest opera singers of her time
Marian Anderson
24
The first American to fly in space
Alan Shepard
25
He helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
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The black minister active in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
27
The president during the Cuban missile crisis
John F. Kennedy
28
Explain what a liberal and a conservative believe. Use complete sentences.
Look it up in the book.
29
He believed communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country
Ronald Reagan
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