Domain 5: Post World War II to Present, 1945- Present. Be sure that what you are creating is relevant to this Domain.
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List 10 Facts or ideas which are relevant to our current unit of study. Write one full sentence per fact or idea. (Knowledge)
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The Cold War: The Korean War & The Vietnam War
G.I. Bill & Executive Order 9981
Brown v. Board of Education
Sputnik & The Space Race
Civil Rights Legislation: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965
Johnson’s Great Society
War Powers Act
Camp David Accords
Watergate Scandal & Nixon’s Resignation
Clinton’s Impeachment
Reaganomics
9/11 & the War on Terror
Presidential Election of 2008
The Truman Doctrine established the policy of containment against communism.
The Marshall Plan provided economic assistance to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II.
The Korean War and the Vietnam War were both conflicts fought during the Cold War era.
The G.I. Bill provided benefits to World War II veterans, while Executive Order 9981 desegregated the military.
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case that ended legal segregation in schools.
Sputnik and the Space Race were significant events in the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Civil Rights Legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, aimed to end discrimination and protect voting rights.
Johnson's Great Society programs expanded social welfare policies in the 1960s.
The War Powers Act was passed to limit the president's ability to send troops into combat without Congressional approval.
The Camp David Accords were a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
The Watergate Scandal led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974.
President Clinton was impeached in 1998 but remained in office.
Reaganomics refers to President Reagan's economic policies of tax cuts and deregulation.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks led to the War on Terror and US military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The presidential election of 2008 resulted in the election of the first African American president, Barack Obama.