Domain 5 US History - Cold War to Modern US Politics

1. Domain 5
Day 1
Work Session
● Domain Assignment (35 min)
● Class Discussion
Closing
● Finish Domain 5 Assignment
Week After EOC

2. Domain 5
Day 2
Work Session
● Domain Assignment (35 min)
● Class Discussion
Closing
● Finish Domain 5 Assignment
Domain 5- Cold War-
Modern Era

3. Domain 5
Unit 8: Cold War & Civil Rights
Unit 9: Modern US History

4. What was the
significance of
the Cold War?

5. A political, economic and military
competition between the Soviet
Union and America, last four
decades

6. What was the significance of the
Containment Policy?

7. After Soviet Union takes control of
Berlin, U.S. foreign policy to stop
the spread of Communism

8. What was the significance of the
Marshall Plan?

9. U.S. foreign policy to stop the
spread of Communism in Europe by
giving European countries $13 billion
dollars to rebuild their countries.

10. What was the significance of the
Truman Doctrine?

11. U.S. foreign policy to stop the
spread of Communism by giving any
country military and economic aid
(example Turkey and Greece)

12. What was the significance of the
Korean War?

13. U.S. troops help stop the spread of
Communism to South Korea

14. What was the
geographic
significance of
the Korean
War?

15. Creates the 38th Parallel to divide
Communist North Korea from
Democratic South Korea

16. How did the G. I.
Bill impact
Americans?

17. Provided education, medical care,
pension, and mortgage loans for
military veterans

18. How President
Truman impact
the Civil Rights
Movement?

19. He passes an executive order
integrating the U.S. military

20. How did Joseph McCarthy impact
the Cold War?

21. He accused government workers of
being spies for the Soviet Union

22. Define:
McCarthyism

23. The reckless accusations
unsupported by evidence

24. What was the
significance of
the National
Interstate and
Defense
Highways Act?

25. To develop interstate highways that
connected major cities and provide
a system of roads for public defense

26. What was the
significance of
Brown v. Board
of Education?

27. Supreme court case that ruled the
“Separate but Equal” Doctrine was
unconstitutional

28. What court case
was overruled by
Brown v. Board of
Education?

29. Plessy v. Ferguson

30. What was
Sputnik?

31. An artificial satellite developed by
the Soviet Union

32. How did Sputnik impact American
Society?

33. It led to an increase in U.S.
technological innovations and
education (more math and science)

34. What political
dictator started a
revolution in
Cuba that led to
the country
becoming
Communist?

35. Fidel Castro

36. What was the significance of the
Bay of Pigs Invasion?

37. U.S. planned attack on Cuba, fails

38. What was the significance of the Cuban
Missile Crisis?

39. Soviet Union attempts to provide
Cuba with nuclear weapons, U.S.
creates a naval block-aid to prevent
the Soviet Unions plan.

40. What did the Soviet Union agree to do
as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

41. Remove nuclear weapons from
Cuba

42. What did the
United States
agree to do as
a result of the
Cuban Missile
Crisis?

43. Remove nuclear weapons from
Turkey

44. Why did the United States
participate the Vietnam War?

45. To stop the spread of communism in
Vietnam.

46. What was the
significance of
the Gulf of
Tonkin
Resolution?

47. Led Lyndon B.
Johnson to
escalate U.S. War
efforts in Vietnam

48. What was the
political result of
the John F.
Kennedy
Assassination?

49. Showed the American government
would live on and helped pass the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting
Rights Act of 1965

50. What was the purpose of Lyndon B.
Johnson’s Great Society?

51. Use government to provide economic
support for disadvantaged Americans

52. List 3 social
programs that
were part of
Johnson’s Great
Society?

53. Head start programs, Economic
Opportunity Act, and Medicare

54. List three events that were impacted by
the creation of the Television?

55. Civil Rights movement, Kennedy-
Nixon Presidential Debate, and
Vietnam War

56. List two tactics used by Civil Rights
groups?

57. List two tactics used by Civil Rights
groups?

58. What was the
significance of
Martin Luther
King Jr.’s
Letter from a
Birmingham
Jail?

59. He addresses white Christian
leaders and their belief that the Civil
Rights Movement was moving too
fast

60. What was the
significance of
Martin Luther
King Jr.’s I
Have a Dream
Speech?

61. Equal rights for all citizens

62. What was the
significance of
Cesar Chavez?

63. Created the National Farm Workers
Association, uses non-violent
protests to gain labor and civil rights
for Hispanic Americans.

64. List 4 social and political problems
of 1968?

65. The Tet-Offensive in Vietnam,
Assassination of MLK Jr.,
Assassination of Robert Kennedy,
and the Election of Richard Nixon

66. What was the
significance of
the Tet-
Offensive of
1968?

67. North Vietnamese surprise attack
U.S. troops during a holiday, result
U.S. citizens want out of Vietnam

68. What was the
significance of
the 1968
Presidential
Election?

69. Nixon tried to look like the one that
was going to restore law and order,
bad politics increased the number of
Republican.

70. What was the
significance of
Nixon’s trip to
China?

71. Increase trade with China

72. What was the significance of the War
Powers Act?

73. Limits the power of the President,
President must notify Congress
within 48 hours after deploying
military abroad, Troops cannot be
deployed for more than 60 days
without congressional approval

74. What was the significance of Carter’s
Camp David Accords?

75. President Jimmy Carter help Israel
and Egypt reach a peace agreement,
peace in the Middle East.

76. What was the
significance of the
1979 Iranian
Revolution?

77. The Shah (supporter of America) of
Iran goes to America for cancer
treatment, the Grand Ayatollah
takes control of Iran

78. What was
the
significance
of the
Iranian
Hostage
Crisis?

79. Jimmy Carter responded to the raid
of U.S. Embassy by demanding
hostages be released but this failed.

80. What was the
significance of the
Environmental
Protection
Agency?

81. Used to conserve resources more
wisely, sets limits on pollution, to
conduct environmental research

82. What was the
significance
of the
National
Organization
for Women?

83. They want equal rights for women,
especially equal pay

84. What was the Watergate Scandal?

85. Nixon’s administration is caught
breaking into the Democratic
Headquarters

86. List two
results of the
Watergate
Scandal

87. Nixon resigns, Americans lose faith
in politicians

88. Which
president
pardoned
Nixon?

89. Gerald Ford

90. What happened
to the Soviet
Union during the
Reagan
Administration?

91. Collapsed due
to Reagans
overspending
on the military

92. Why was Bill
Clinton
impeached?

93. He lied under oath
(Perjury)

94. What was the
result of Bill
Clinton’s
impeachment?

95. Clinton was acquitted of all crimes

96. Describe the
attacks of
September
11, 2001?

97. Terrorist attack the Twin Towers in
New York, the Pentagon, and one
crashes in Pennsylvania

98. What was
the result of
September
11, 2001?

99. Starts the War on Terror

100. What was the
significance of
Reaganomics?

102. Balance the budget and encourage
economic growth, cut taxes on
wealthy so they can invest

103. What technologies have impacted
American Politics?

104. Social Media-Was a place where
biases and incorrect information can
be spread
The Internet-Lets people buy more
stuff online opposed to in stores

105. What was the
significance of
the
Presidential
Election of
2008?

106. Election of Barack Obama, Many
people gathered in D.C. to see his
inaugural address, the first African
American President