Honors American Cultures Review
Harry Truman
-The Accidental President
-Campaign of 1948, Whistlestop
Campaign
Domestic Policy: Fair Deal, Finish
New Deal
-Federal Housing Act
-Increase Minimum Wage
-Extend Social Security
-Employment Act of 1946
-Taft-Hartley Act
-GI Bill of Rights
-House Committee on UnAmerican
Activities
Foreign Policy, Win WWII
-United Nations established
-German Occupation
-Japanese Occupation
-Nuremberg Trials
-Potsdam Declaration
-Executive Order #9981
-Alger Hiss Case
-Rosenberg’s Case
-McCarran Internal Security Bill
-Iron Curtain Speech
-Truman Doctrine
-Containment Policy
-Truman Doctrine
-Marshall Plan
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
-Greece and Turkey
-Israel
-Berlin Crisis(Airlift)
-China Becomes Communist
Korean War
-Defensive Perimeter
-38th Parallel
-Inchon Landing
-Chinese Entry into the War
-UN counterattack(MacArthur’s
Resignation)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Foreign Policy
-Brinkmanship
-Massive Retaliation
-Domino Theory
-Central Intelligence Agency
-Open Skies Initiative
-Geneva Conference & SEATO
-Eisenhower Doctrine
-“I Shall Go to Korea.”
Vietnam
-Ho Chi Minh
-Truman Doctine
-CIA Topples Guatemala
-Cuba-Fidel Castro takes over
JFK
-“Cornerstone of the free world”
-Diem’s Assassination
-Self-immolation of Quang Duc
-Quiet Escalation of the War
Soviet Union
-Sputnik
-U-2 Incident, Francis Gary Powers
-Warsaw Pact
-Suez Crisis
-Hungarian Revolt, Failure of
Massive Retaliation
Domestic Policy
-Admission of Alaska/Hawaii
-Korea, Communism, Capitalism
-Highway Act of 1956
-Baby Boomers
-Leavittowns
-Keeping up with the Jones’, The
Beats
-NASA
-NDEA
-Operation Wetback
Civil Rights
-Brown vs. the Board of Education
-Montgomery Bus Boycott
-Little Rock Nine
-Civil Rights Act of 1957
-Student Nonviolent Coordination
Committee (SNCC)
-Lynching of Emmitt Till
Eisenhower
-Domino Theory
-Geneva Convention
-Fall of Dien Bien Phu
-South Viet Election of 1956
-Ngo Dinh Diem
LBJ
-Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
-Operation Rolling Thunder
-Search and Destroy
-Pacification
-Operation Phoenix
-Credibility Gap
-Operation Menu
-Body Count
-Tet Offensive
-Hawks vs. Doves
-Linebacker I/II
Nixon
-Peace with Honor
-“Greatest Bomber of all Time”
-Vietnamization
-Pentagon Papers
-Madman Theory
-My Lai Massacre
-Kent State Incident
-Triangular Diplomacy
-Op. Linebacker I/II
-War Powers Resolution
Ford
-Ho Chi Minh Offensive
-Vietnam Wall
-Fall of Saigon
The 1960’s
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy “Camelot”
-Foreign Policy-“Flexible Response”
-Alliance for Progress
-Peace Corps
-Space Program
-Sputnik-Yuri Gagarin
-Alan Shepard-Freedom 7
-Bay of Pigs Incident
-Berlin Crisis
-Vienna Conference
-Berlin Wall
-Nikita Khruschev
-Cuban Missile Crisis
-Closest we have ever gotten
to Nuclear War
-Trade Expansion Act
-Speech at American University
-Robert McNamara
-Bobby Kennedy
-Limited Test Ban Treaty
-Hotline established
Domestic Policy-New Frontier
-Minimum Wage Act of 1961
-Fair Labor Standards Act
-Equal Pay Act of 1963
JFK Assassination
-Magic Bullet Theory
-John Connally
-Dallas, Texas
-J.D. Tippitt
-Conspiracy Theory
-Warren Commission
The 1970’s
Richard Milhous Nixon
Foreign Policy
Domestic Policy-Great Society
-Peace with Honor
-4% Tax Cut
-Nixon Doctrine
-Civil Rights Act of 1964
-“Greatest Bomber of all Time”
-War on Poverty
-Vietnamization
-Office of Economic Opportunity
-War Powers Resolution
-Food Stamp Program Realpolitik
-Job Corps
-Head Start
Moon Landings
-Upward Bound
Détente-Visits to Russia (SALT)
-VISTA
-China
Medicare
Medicaid
Middle East Involvement
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-6 Day War
Department of Transportation
-Yom Kippur War
Housing and Urban Development
-Chile & Overthrow
Act
Domestic Policy
1968-The Worst Year in US History New Federalism
-USS Pueblo attacked
-stagflation
-Tet Offensive
-90 Day freeze on wages/prices
-Assassination of Dr. MLK Jr.
-“Checkers Speech”
-Civil Rights Riots
-Aid to Families w/ Dependent
-Assassination of RFK
Children
-Chicago Democratic Convention
-Philadelphia Plan
Lyndon Baines Johnson
FoPo -Vietnam involvement
Civil Rights
-Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE)
-Freedom Riders
-Birmingham, Alabama incident
-March on Washington
-March on Selma
-Freedom Summer
-Watts Riots
-Bio of MLK
-Bio of Malcolm X
Hippie Counterculture
-Berkeley, CA
-Women’s Movement
-Art (Pop Art)
-Musical Revolution
-The End of the Hippies
Energy Crisis & Other
-Trans-Alaska Pipeline
-Nuclear Power
-Formation of EPA
-Clean Air Act of 1970
-26th Amendment
-Roe v. Wade
Watergate
-Plumbers & CREEP
-Woodward & Bernstein
-Deepthroat
-Spiro Agnew
-Nixon resignation
Gerald Ford
Domestic Policy-pardon of Nixon &
Draft Dodgers
Whip Inflation Now (WIN)
-Title IX
-ERA almost passed
Foreign Policy
-Mayaquez incident
-Ho Chi Minh Offensive
-SALT II
-Helsinki Agreements
-Angolan invasion by Cuba
Jimmy Carter
Domestic Policy
-Pardon of Draft Dodgers
-Recession
-Energy Crisis(OPEC)
-Dept. of Education Created
Foreign-Focus on Human Rights
-Panama Canal Treaties
-Recognition of China
-Camp David Accords
-USSR
-SALT II
-Carter Doctrine
-Afghanistan invasion
-Iran-Hostage Crisis
-Operation Eagle Claw
The 1980’s
Ronald Reagan-Background
First Term
-Iran-Hostage Crisis
-Reaganomics
-Tax Cuts (25% in 3 Years)
-Military Buildup
-Fires all Air Traffic Controllers
-Terrorism
-Lebanon
-Achille Lauro
-W. Berlin
-Strategic Defense Initiative
-Pan Am 103
-Reagan Doctrine
-The Evil Empire
-Grenadan Invasion
-South Korean KAL 007
Second Term
-Geneva
-Reyjkavik
-INF Treaty
-Mikhail Gorbachev
-Savings and Loan Scandal
-Stock Market Crash
-National Debt
-Iran-Contra Affair
-Boland Amendment
George Herbert Walker Bush
-“Read My Lips”
-Persian Gulf War
-Fall of the Berlin Wall
-Tiananmen Square
-Solidarity
-Conventional Forces in Europe
-START II
-End of the Cold War
Boris Yeltsin and the End of the
USSR
Panama-Manuel Noriega
Somalia-Operation Restore Hope
Domestic Policy-Recession of 1990
National Debt
Bill Clinton
-Governor of Arkansas
-NAFTA Treaty
-START II Treaty passed
-Oslo Accords
-Peace with North Korea
-Haiti-Operation Uphold Democracy
-Dayton Accords
-Good Friday Agreements
-Foreign Terrorism in the 1990’s
-Khobar Towers
-USS Cole
-Somalia-Mohammed Farah Aidid
-Operation Infinite Reach & Osama
-Iraq Missile Attacks
Embassy Bombings-Kenya/Tanzania
Domestic Policy
-Omnibus Budget Act
-Brady Bill
-Contract w/America & Newt
Gingrich
-5 Causes of Domestic Terrorism
-Impeachment and Acquittal
-Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky
George W. Bush
-Governor of Texas
-Campaign of 2000 vs. Al Gore
-China spy plane incident
-September 11th
-Operation Enduring Freedom
-War in Iraq
-Roadmap to Peace
-Axis of Evil (6 Countries)
-Iran-development of nuclear
weapons
Domestic Policy
-Dept of Homeland Security
-Tax Cut (2001 & 2003)
-Patriot Act
-No Child Left Behind
-Partial Birth Abortion Act
-National Intelligence Office
-Columbia Disaster
-Hurricane Katrina
-Virginia Tech Shooting
Name
Harry Truman
Dwight
Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Lyndon Baines
Johnson
Richard Milhous
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Herbert
Walker Bush
William
Jefferson Clinton
George W. Bush
Years in Office
Vice President(s) Political Party
How did they leave office