Modern America Matrix
HIS/145 Version 5
Kimberly M. Johnson
University of Phoenix Material
Modern America Matrix
Week One: 1950s
The Korean War
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the Korean War.
Japanese occupation; Soviet position after war; 38th parallel, Truman; Syngman Rhee,
NSC-68; Soviet support of North; UN position; Chinese involvement; Inchon; Talks at
Panmunjom; Martin Letter; General MacArthur; Stalemate; POWs, Armistice agreement
Event
Significance in Korean War
Soviet
position
after war;
38th parallel
Truman;
Syngman
Rhee
Soviet
support of
North
Talks at
Panmunjom;
General
MacArthur
Stalemate;
POWs
The Fabulous Fifties
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1950s.
The Hula Hoop, Disneyland, The Mickey Mouse Club, Interstate Highways, Dishwashers,
Hi-fis and Stereos, Poodle Skirts, McDonald’s, Drive-in Theaters, Levittown, Dr. Spock,
Ozzie and Harriett, Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, The
Honeymooners, Amos ‘n Andy, My Little Margie, Echo Park, Persistent Poverty, Black
Urban Migration, Urban Renewal, Massive Resistance, Beats; American Bandstand; Elvis
Presley; James Dean
Event
Significance
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Modern America Matrix
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Kimberly M. Johnson
The Hula
Hoop
Poodle
Skirts
The
Mickey
Mouse
Club
Drive-in
Theaters
American
Bandstand
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Modern America Matrix
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Kimberly M. Johnson
Week Two: 1960s
Kennedy’s Presidency
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1960s.
Domestic Reforms, Tariff Reductions, Tax Cuts to Spur Growth, The Age of Camelot, The
Peace Corps, Space Exploration, The Alliance for Progress, The Fair Labor Standards
Act, The Equal Pay Act, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, JFK’s Assassination
Event
Significance
Johnson’s Presidency
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1960s.
Medicare, Medicaid, The War on Poverty, The Apollo Program, The Department of
Housing and Urban Development, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Tax Cuts for Economic
Growth, Job Corps; National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities; National School
Lunch Act; Wilderness Act; Food Stamp Act of 1964; The Voting Rights Act of 1965, The
Immigration Act of 1965; the Rolling Stones; the Beatles; Flower Children; Abbie Hoffman
and the Chicago Seven; Kent State killings
Event
Significance
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Week Three: 1970s
Watergate
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance in relation to the Watergate
scandal.
CREEP; Dirty tricks; Break-in; Erwin Committee; Archibald Cox; The Washington Post;
Woodward and Bernstein; Mark Felt; John Dean; Phone tapings; Saturday Night
Massacre; Spiro Agnew; Supreme Court and tapes; Smoking Gun; Resignation; Ford
pardons Nixon
Event
Significance
Post-Watergate Presidencies
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1970s.
Post-Watergate Public Opinion, The Arab Oil Embargo, Stagflation, High Interest Rates,
The Crisis of Confidence, Energy crisis; The Iranian Hostage Crisis, The Sagebrush
Rebellion, OPEC, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy
Event
Significance
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Kimberly M. Johnson
Week Four: 1980s
The Eighties, part I
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1980s.
The Sunbelt, Suburban Conservatism, The Tax Revolt, Corporate Elites,
Neoconservatives, Populist Conservatives, Deregulation, The Federal Reserve Board,
The Energy Glut, The 1981 Tax Cuts, Spending Cuts, Military Spending, Technology
Event
Significance
The Eighties, part II
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1980s.
Feminism; Homelessness; Republicans and the environment; Malls; Alternative rock;
Madonna; Michael Jackson; AIDS; The Cosby Show; Sandra Day O’Connor; We Are the
World; Global Warming; Geraldine Ferraro
Event
Significance
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Modern America Matrix
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Kimberly M. Johnson
Week Five: 1990s to Present
The Nineties
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond.
The Liberation of Kuwait, Ross Perot, NAFTA, The Contract with America, Bob Dole,
GATT, The Uruguay Round, The World Trade Organization, Kosovo, The European
Union, Enron, Technology Industries, Income Inequality, Outsourcing, Al Gore,
Environmental Activism, The New World Order
Event
Significance
The Communication Revolution
From the following list, choose five and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond.
The Internet; Social Networking; Cell Phones; Telecommunications; Internet Marketing;
Corporate media; Microprocessor; Microsoft; Apple; IBM; E-mail; World Wide Web
Event
Significance
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