Cold War and Kennedy-Johnson Administrations

Lesson 8: Cold War and Kennedy Administration

• Describe the United Nations and its three main divisions.
• Explain how the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and NATO deterred communist advancement.
• Detail the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights.
• Define the Cold War and Dwight Eisenhower's key foreign policy strategy.
• Note the key features of 1950s culture.
• Explain Truman's role in assisting African-Americans.
• Summarize the achievements of Lee Harvey Oswald, Fidel Castro, and Neil Armstrong.
• Detail Kennedy's actions regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Explain Kennedy's inaugural statement and its meaning.

Lesson 9: Johnson and Nixon Administrations

• Identify: Lyndon Johnson, Robert C. Weaver, War Powers Act, and the 26th Amendment.
• Identify the Great Society.
• State the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona.
• Discuss the Vietnam War in terms of leadership, strategy, military tactics, human and monetary resources, protests, and ending events.
• Explain the Watergate incident and Richard Nixon's role.

Lesson 10: Civil Rights Movement

• Identify key figures in the Civil Rights Movement (Stokely Carmichael, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr.).
• Note historic and political firsts achieved by key figures (Carol Moseley Braun, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Douglas Wilder, and Barack Obama).
• Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Affirmative Action.
• Describe the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.
• Identify the SNCC and its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Lesson 11: Women's Movement, Carter, and World Affairs

• Explain the association of NOW, ERA, and Roe v. Wade with the women's movement.
• Outline Jimmy Carter's achievements concerning the Panama Canal Treaty and Camp David Accords.
• Detail the Iran hostage crisis.

Lesson 12: Presidents Reagan to Obama

• Identify the historical firsts achieved by Sandra Day O'Connor and Madeleine Albright.
• Explain the justifications for the wars with Iraq by George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
• Detail the events of 9/11.
• Explain the Reagan Revolution.
• Discuss the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the result of his Senate trial.
• Identify the current president of the United States.

General Study Skills

• Be prepared to read and interpret graphs, charts, maps, and political cartoons.
• Develop the ability to make inferences, draw conclusions, and interpret primary sources.
• Employ other social studies skills.

This quiz covers key events and policies during the Cold War era, focusing on the administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. It explores the United Nations, the Marshall Plan, the GI Bill, and significant cultural and political achievements of the 1950s and 60s. Test your knowledge on the major figures, events, and legislative milestones that shaped American history during this critical period.