Period 8 (1945–1980)
Cold War
Cold War
What was containment?
Stop spread of communism
Who was Rosa Parks?
Sparked Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was Eisenhower?
WWII hero, moderate GOP
What was suburbanization?
Growth of suburbs
What was the GI Bill?
Veteran benefits
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Aid to anti-communists
What was Brown v. Board?
Desegregated schools
What was the Great Society?
LBJ’s anti-poverty programs
What was baby boom?
Post-WWII birth surge
What was the impact of TV?
Mass culture, news spread
What was the Marshall Plan?
Economic aid to Europe
What did Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Banned segregation
What happened in Watergate?
Nixon scandal
What was second-wave feminism?
Gender equality movement
What was the “long civil rights movement”?
Pre-1950 roots
What happened in the Korean War?
Stalemate at 38th
Who was Malcolm X?
Militant civil rights leader
What was the New Right?
Conservative backlash
What was counterculture?
Youth rebellion, 1960s
Compare MLK & Malcolm X.
Nonviolence vs. militancy
What was détente?
Easing of Cold War tensions
What was Black Power?
Pride, self-determination
Why did trust in gov’t decline?
Vietnam, Watergate
How did immigration change?
From Latin America, Asia
How did Vietnam War divide America?
Protest, disillusionment