Early Cold War
This 1947 policy stated that the United States would support countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This war ended in 1953 with said country still divided along the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This protest began after Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This LBJ program aimed to eliminate poverty in the United States
What is the Great Society(or War on Poverty)
This president of the 1980s promoted tax cuts, deregulation, and supply-side economics.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This economic plan provided billions in aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
American soldiers were given orders to destroy this Vietnamese village due to misinformation, leading to hundreds of innocent deaths.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
This organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. coordinated nonviolent civil rights campaigns across the South.
What is the SCLC?
This 1965 law removed national origin quotas in immigration policy.
What is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965?
This economic policy emphasized tax cuts, deregulation, and reduced government spending.
What is Reaganomics?
This 1950s period of intense anti-communist suspicion was characterized by intense paranoia and the blacklisting of innocent people.
What is McCarthyism (or Second Red Scare)
Do not accept Red Scare
This theory argued that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This 1963 march in Washington included Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
What is the Watergate scandal?
This was the comical nickname given by critics of Reagan's proposed anti missile system
What is Star Wars?
Signed in 1955, this mutual defense treaty was the Soviet Union's direct response to West Germany joining NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This 1964 congressional resolution expanded presidential authority in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This group associated with Malcolm X promoted Black nationalism and self-defense.
What is the Nation of Islam?
This Supreme Court case legalized abortion nationwide.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This 1987 treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear missiles between the U.S. and USSR.
What is the INF Treaty?
This Cold War strategy replaced earlier containment policy with a massive expansion of U.S. military and economic commitment to fighting communism globally.
What is containment escalation policy (NSC-68 doctrine)?
This policy under Nixon reduced Cold War tensions through diplomatic engagement with communist nations.
What is détente? (adi youre a bum)
This 1965 law eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This Nixon political strategy shifted many white Southern voters from the Democratic to Republican Party.
What is the Southern Strategy?
This military campaign targeted the Middle East after the September 11th attacks
What is the War on Terror?