Test 12 Flashcards
This man believed Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country
Ronald Regan
This President’s welfare program was called the New Frontier
John F. Kennedy
This man strengthened the military alliance of NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This man was President during Operation Desert Storm
George H.W. Bush
This man was the only President to resign from office
Richard M. Nixon
This President convinced the Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to hear down the Berlin Wall and begin Perestroika
Ronald Regan
President Johnson’s plan for social reform was called
The Great Society
This was an attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise
The Regan Revolution
This is the legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
1964 Civil Rights Act
This I one of the decisions handed down by the liberal Supreme Court of the 1970s was Roe vs. Wade, which
Legalized abortion
The capital of California is
Sacramento
The capital of Arizona is
Phoenix
The capital of Montana is
Helena
The capital of Nebraska is
Lincoln
The capital of Texas
Austin
The capital of New York is
Albany
The capital of Florida is
Tallahassee
The capital of Idaho is
Boise
The capital of Alaska is
Juneau
The capital of Utah is
Salt Lake City
The capital of Wisconsin is
Madison
The capital of Virginia is
Richmond
The capital of Hawaii is
Honolulu
The capital of Maine is
Augusta
The capital of New Jersey
Trenton
The capital of Kentucky is
Frankfort
The capital of Vermont is
Montpelier
The capital of Pennsylvania is
Harrisburg
The capital of Oregon
Salem
The capital of Illinois
Springfield
The system of producing and distributing goods is called
Economy
Two events that caused a slowdown in the space program
- The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger
2. The explosion of the space shuttle Columbia
This is an Islamic terrorist group that is responsible for th attack on September 11, 2001
Al Qaeda
These are the two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists int eh “War on Terror.”
1 - Afghanistan
2- Iraq
The first black Major League Baseball player
Jackie Robinson
The Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character
Clarence Thomas
This is the first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
This is the first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
The first black President of the United States
Barack Obama
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,Alabama, an act which led to a change in segregation laws
Rosa Parks
This is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Regan
Sandra Day O’Connor
This is the doctor who developed a vaccine for polio
Jonas Salk
This is one of the greatest opera singers of her time
Marian Anderson
This is the first American to Fly in space
Alan Shepard
This is the person who helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
This is the first black minister active in civil rights movement
Martin Luther King,jr.
This man was President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JOhn F.Kennedy
