Cold War
His reckless accusations of communist infiltration in the government created a climate of fear, illustrating the domestic tensions of the Second Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This unanimous Supreme Court ruling declared that 'separate but equal' was inherently unequal, sparking the legal dismantling of Jim Crow segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
In October 1962, this president came to the brink of nuclear war after spy planes discovered Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
Who is John F. Kennedy, Jr. or JFK?
The 1970 killing of four students at this university by the National Guard significantly increased anti-war sentiment and deepened distrust of the government.
What is Kent State?
This 1969 music festival became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?
This established the precedent for U.S. interventionism during the Cold War by providing aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communist pressure.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This year-long protest successfully desegregated public buses and brought Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence as a leader.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
By challenging the 'cult of domesticity,' her work helped launch the modern feminist movement and the push for gender equality.
Who is Betty Friedan?
This political crisis involving Nixon's re-election committee led to intense public distrust in government, Nixon’s resignation in 1974 to avoid impeachment.
What is Watergate?
The television centralized American culture and played a key role in political events, most notably the 1960 televised debates between these two presidential candidates.
Who are Kennedy and Nixon?
This was a US-sponsored initiative that provided over $13 billion to rebuild Western Europe after World War II, aiming to prevent the spread of communism by alleviating economic distress.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This civil rights leader's "by any means necessary" phrase contrasted him with Martin Luther King, Jr.'s non-violent forms of civil disobedience.
Who is Malcolm X?
This law gave the federal government power to oversee elections in the South, leading to a dramatic increase in African American voter registration.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The demographic of Americans that Nixon targeted to build a new conservative coalition and move away from Great Society liberalism.
What is the "Silent Majority?"
In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest met this number of presidents.
What is three?
This Cold War foreign policy is characterized by taking a nation to the absolute edge or verge of nuclear war to coerce an adversary into backing down.
What is brinkmanship?
A radical shift in the US Civil Rights Movement reflected growing frustration with the pace of change and emphasized racial pride, self-determination, and economic independence over integration.
What is Black Power?
This president's ambitious agenda represented the peak of 20th-century liberalism, expanding the federal government's role in social welfare and civil rights.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson or LBJ?
Her leadership of the 'STOP ERA' campaign demonstrated the rising power of the New Right and social conservatism in the 1970s.
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
Released in 1975, this movie revolutionized the American film industry by creating the modern "summer blockbuster" model, shifting Hollywood toward high-budget, heavily marketed action films.
What is Jaws?
Eisenhower's warning highlighted the potential for the permanent arms industry to exert undue influence over American government and democracy.
What is the military-industrial complex?
This organization, led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, focused on community organizing and armed self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This uprising against police harassment served as the catalyst for the gay liberation movement in the United States.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
This 444-day standoff contributed to a sense of national crisis and helped lead to the conservative 'Reagan Revolution' in 1980.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
This band's greatest hits album was released 50 years ago in 1976 and is now the No. 1 selling album of all time according to new certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, which tracks U.S. sales and streaming equivalents. It is the first album to go quadruple diamond, selling over 40 million units.
Who are The Eagles?