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Decades Final Review Flashcards

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Republican only one to resign,

Excellent foreign affairs, ended Vietnam

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Richard nixon

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Richard Nixon
Gerald ford
Jimmy carter

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1970’s

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Republican, only president never elected to national office, moderate, calmed nation

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Gerald ford

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Democrat, sought compassion and peace for U.S., Middle East, and Cold War

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Jimmy carter

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Ronald Reagan

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1980’s

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Republican, former actor who starred in over 50 Hollywood movies
Returned national pride played role in end to Cold War
Survived assassination attempt

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Ronald Reagan

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George W. Bush

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2000’s

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No child left behind
Elementary and secondary education act
War in Iraq
War in Afghanistan

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George W. Bush

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Truman

Eisenhower

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1950’s

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John F Kennedy

Lyndon B Johnson

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1960’s

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Democrat,
Only catholic president
Young charismatic revered

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John F Kennedy

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Democrat,
Committed U.S. to Vietnam War in 1964
War on Poverty

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Lyndon B Johnson

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George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton

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1990’s

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Republican
Hero of WWII - rode Reagan momentum
Promised “a kinder and gentler nation” of tradition and conversation

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George H W Bush

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1st president born post WWII

Personal scandals plague presidency, questions of fidelity and ethics are raised

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Bill Clinton

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Obesity is growing

82% of Americans vote drug abuse is main problem

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2000’s

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Space race
Little rock crisis
Suez crisis

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1960’s

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Kent state tragedy
My lai trial
Watergate
Iran hostage crisis

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1970’s

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U.S invades Panama

Iran vs. Iraq

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1980’s

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Era ofAssassinations

Prague Spring

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1960’s

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Era of terror - tons of bombings
Warsaw Pact broken
Panama Canal returned
Free elections in South Africa

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1990’s

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War in Iraq

War in Afghanistan “ War on terror”

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2000’s

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6 Day War

Soccer War

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1960’s

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Desert Storm

Bosnian Civil War

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1990’s

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Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam war
Algerian war

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1950’s

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Yom Kippur war
Vietnam war ends
Khmer Rouge genocide
Russia invades Afghanistan

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1970’s

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Falkland war
Cold War ends Berlin Wall torn down
Iran vs Iraq

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1980’s

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Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert Kennedy
Malcolm X
Betty Friedan
Cesar Chavez
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1960s

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World Trade Center bombing
Oklahoma City Bombing
Unabomber strikes
Olympic Park bombing

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1990s

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Walter Lippman

Benjamin Spock

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1950s

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911 worst attack in American history
North Korea test nuclear missiles
Saddam Hussein weapons of mass Destruction

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2000’s

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Roe versus Wade trial
Environmental Protection Agency
26th amendment

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1970s

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Margaret Thatcher
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sally ride
Geraldine Ferraro
Krista McAuliffe
Elizabeth Dole
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1980s

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Credit card
Super glue
Hydrogen bomb
McDonald's
Hovercraft
Hula hoop
Barbie doll
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1950s

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Artificial heart and liver
Wireless headset
YouTube
iPhone
Hybrid car
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2000s

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Video games
UPC scanners
VCRs
Email
 Floppy disks
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1970s

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Cloning
World Wide Web
DVD
MP3

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1990s

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Laser
ATM
Household microwave
Computer mouse
Handheld calculator
Soft contact lenses
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1960s

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Cell phones
.com
DNA fingerprinting
Compact discs

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1980s

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Famous televised trials
School violence
Environmental fears

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1990’s

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Social networking
Skinny jeans
Crocs
Tattoos

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2000s

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Women’s rights Fight
The me decade
Media reflects change

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1970s

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Swing dancing

Sock Hops; drive-ins; the soda fountain; carhops

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1950s

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Civil rights fight
Emergence of the counterculture
Media still family-friendly
Environmental protection

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1960s

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Conservatism
Nationalism
Materialism
Terrorism

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1980s

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Booming consumerism
Abstract Expressionism
Andy Warhol
Jailhouse rock
3-D and science-fiction movies
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1950s

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Mikael Gorbachev
Nelson Mandela
Pope John Paul 11

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1980s

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Started To worryabout pollution

Brady Bunch

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1960s

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New millennium art
Green friendly era
Wicked hairspray Mama Mia
Different races of artists
Architecture cool sleek modern
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2000s

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Parachute pants

Afros

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1970s

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Steroids in baseball
NHL lockout
Dale Earnhardt dies
Phelps Olympic sweep

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2000s

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Global warming, hurricanes, earthquakes

Columbine high massacre in Colorado

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1990s

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