1 / 2

Puts the Names with the Key Events (hint: the colors do mean something?)

Social Studies – Quick Quiz over the last Three Scores (60 years). Puts the Names with the Key Events (hint: the colors do mean something?) A. Eisenhower (1953-1961) B. Kennedy (1961-1963) C. Johnson (1963-1969) D. Nixon (1969-1974) E. Ford (1974-1977) F. Carter (1977-1981)

brett-odonnell
Download Presentation

Puts the Names with the Key Events (hint: the colors do mean something?)

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Social Studies – Quick Quiz over the last Three Scores (60 years) Puts the Names with the Key Events (hint: the colors do mean something?) A. Eisenhower (1953-1961)B. Kennedy (1961-1963) C. Johnson (1963-1969) D. Nixon (1969-1974)E. Ford (1974-1977) F. Carter (1977-1981) G. Reagan (1981-1989)H. Bush 41 (1989-1993)I. Clinton (1993-2001) J. Bush 43 (2001-2009)K. Obama (2009 - ?) ____ Domino Theory (SE Asia) ___ CINC during the 1st Persian Gulf War 1991 (Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait) ___ A nation on the move (cars and the Interstate Highway Act 1956), ___ Resigns to avoid Impeachment (only President to ever do this) ___ Passes the 1964 Civil rights Act and the Voting Rights Act as part of his “Great Society” Programs ___ 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis (closest we come to war with USSR) ___ Only President to never be elected VP or Pres. ___ 1957 Integration at Central High School (Arkansas) – 1950s start of Civil Rights movement. ___ Responsible for the Camp David Accords (peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, first of its kind) and amnesty for draft dodgers. ___ The Iran-Contra Affair hurt his presidency (we are covertly selling weapons to Iran and funneling the profits to the Contras in Nicaragua as they fight the Communist-government Sandinistas) ___ Domestic Policy is called the “New Frontier”, wants to put a man on the moon and spend more for the sciences and math in schools ___ Eisenhower Doctrine (help countries in the Middle East resist Communism) ___ Given the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, we fight in Vietnam from 1964 -1973. things go bad after the TET offensive in 1968, Americans want out! ___ Only the second president to be impeached (by the House, perjury and obstructing justice are the charges) ___ People will not re-elect him because he pardons the former president ___ Reaches out to the USSR and China as part of détente (first president to do so) ___ Loses the popular vote but wins in the Electoral College (Florida has the nation’s eyes on it) ___ Planned by a previous president, he executes this Poor plan to have Cuban Freedom fighters come ashore and retake Cuba from Castro in 1961. ___ Vice President under Eisenhower, he loses in 1960 to Kennedy

  2. Social Studies – Quick Quiz over the last Three Scores (60 years) Puts the Names with the Key Events (hint: the colors do mean something?) A. Eisenhower (1953-1961)B. Kennedy (1961-1963) C. Johnson (1963-1969) D. Nixon (1969-1974)E. Ford (1974-1977) F. Carter (1977-1981) G. Reagan (1981-1989)H. Bush 41 (1989-1993)I. Clinton (1993-2001) J. Bush 43 (2001-2009)K. Obama (2009 - ?) ___ Budget deficits lead this President to have to change his stance on taxes, “read my lips” no new taxes will hurt his re-election bid ___ Often called the “great communicator”, he believes in “Supply side” or “trickle down” economics. ___ The War Powers Act passes despite his veto and puts parameters on the use of the military (must notify Congress in 48 hours and can’t stay for more than 60 days unless approved by Congress) ___ NAFTA (free trade between Canada, USA and Mexico) will happen on his watch and has economic implications ___ We will go to war in Iraq over a perception of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) being there. ___ Iran Hostage Crisis hurts his presidency as he can’t free those being held captive in the American Embassy – 444 days in captivity) ___ Promoted the Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress before his assassination ___ “Star Wars”, the Strategic Defense Initiative, a massive satellite Shield to intercept and destroy Soviet missiles was his pet defense project. ___ Domestic problems included inflation and OPEC oil shortages ___ After 9/11, his war on terror will take us to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and al Queda Put these Movement Leaders with their Movements • Betty Friedan B. Cesar Chavez C. Ralph Nader • D. Martin Luther King E. Rachel Carson F. Malcolm X ___ National Organization fro Women – author, “Feminine Mystique) ___ Consumer Movement, “Unsafe at any Speed” ___ “ Silent Spring” – leads to the EPA and Environmental Movement ___ The Civil Rights Movement (civil disobedience) ___ Civil Right Leader (doesn’t want integration – willing to fight for more opportunity for African Americans) ___ Chicano Movement (UFW for Migrant Farm Workers)

More Related