Test 6 Flashcards
What were the major events of Kennedy’s Presidency?
- Peace Corps
- Bay of Pigs
- Berlin Wall (June/August 1961)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 22-26,1963)
- Space Race
What did the 25th Amendment do?
Passed to make it possible for the Vice President to take over if the president were incapacitated, but not dead. It also allowed the President to appoint a Vice President if the job were vacant.
What did the 26th Amendment do?
Gave 18 year olds the right to vote
Who was the former governor of Georgia who had to deal with the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Jimmy Carter
Who was the “Teflon” President who survived an assassination attempt and invaded Grenada?
Ronald Reagan
What kept George Bush Sr. from being reelected?
The economy
Which President was the First Baby Boomer President?
Bill Clinton
Which president was the first to appoint a female attorney general?
Bill Clinton
Which president appointed the first woman to the supreme court? Who appointed the second?
Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton
Who won the election of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were signed?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which President was not only sued for sexual harassment but also had an affair with an intern?
Bill Clinton
Who was sworn in as president after the death of John F. Kennedy?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which President had the Watergate Scandal?
Richard M. Nixon
Which President pardoned Nixon?
Gerald Ford
Who was President when the Iranian Hostages were taken? When they were released?
Jimmy Carter. Released when Ronald Reagan came into office.
Who was President when the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What is Terrorism?
The use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal. Intended to instill fear in people and frighten governments into changing policies.
Where was Osama Bin Laden from?
From one of Saudia Arabia’s wealthiest families, operated from Afghanistan.
Where was the U.S.S Cole when it exploded?
Aden, Yemen
Who said, “We will not tire; We will not falter; We will not fail” in response to the 9/11 attack?
George W. Bush
Whose death was announced on the evening of May 2011?
Osama Bin Laden
Tinker V. Des Moines
Students had right to protest Vietnam war with armbands
Title IV
Required equal “access and opportunities” for girls in education
