Presidents
President during the end of World War II
Truman
What strategy did Truman and the early Cold War president employ in dealing with Russia and communism.
Containment
Who surrendered last in WWII and why?
Japan; atomic bombs (2)
Nixon had to resign over this.....
The Watergate Scandal
Led the Cuban revolution
Fidel Castro
A World War II war hero. Name ONE additional war hero who became president.
Dwight D Eisenhower. (Many...Jackson, Grant, Harrison, Taylor....)
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan
To provide MONEY and RESOURCES to Western Europe after WWII in order to stabilize them so we would not repeat what happened after WWI.
The North Vietnamese were democratic and were fighting against the South Vietcong communist. (T or F)
FALSE
What was S.A.L.T.? And which president presided over the first agreement
Strategic Arm Limitations Treaty (Arms reductions)
Nixon
He was General Eisenhower's Vice President. Was a strong republican, anti-communist in the mid to late 1950s
Richard Nixon
Employed the foreign policy of détente better and more often than any other president in this time period.
Nixon. Visited our enemies...China and Russia to deescalate tensions (détente)
The Second "Red Scare" was led by this US Senator. His unfiltered zeal led to his political demise.
Joseph McCarthy. McCarthyism.
The Bay of Pigs invasion is an example of what foreign policy strategy.
Rollback (did not have to say this); but this strategy employs covert operations to install new regimes; favored by Kennedy in Cuba and Vietnam.
What Supreme Court case did away with Plessy v Ferguson?
Brown v Board of Education (Separate but equal was determined to be unconstitutional)
She refused to sit at the back of the bus after segregation was deemed unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks
Name the three presidents in this time period who first became president WITHOUT being elected president.
Truman (FDR died); Lyndon B Johnson (JFK was killed); Gerald Ford (Nixon resigned)
Give TWO reason why the 1950s is called the "Affluent Society"
GI Bill - college was cheap; low interest loans - houses were cheap; suburbs popping up - housing was plentiful; income was doubling; consumerism was high
General during the Korean War. He is fired by President Truman for not obeying orders. Who is this general AND what was the significance of his firing.
General MacArthur. Set the modern day precedent that the Commander-In-Chief is the elected civilian and not the appointed, popular war hero.
This proved to Americans that we were not winning the war in Vietnam. What was this and explain.
The Tet Offensive. The North Vietcong were attacking the South Vietcong and US positions. They were on the attack and we were playing defense....unable to really identify and subdue the enemy.
This event called up a strategy used (somewhat!) by President Lincoln prior to the start of the Civil War.
The Berlin Airlift
The Great Society president. Name TWO points to the GREAT Society legislation.
LBJ; Civil Rights act; HUD (poor, city housing); Medicare and Medicaid programs for the poor and elderly; eased up immigration laws (easier to immigrate into the US); numerous environmental protection laws
What nonconformist movement started in the 1950s? What were they advocating?
Beatniks; they advocated individuality over conformity; question authority
What really marked the end of the Cold War? Give ONE reasons.
1. Gorbachev becomes leader and implements some freedom of speech and some free market trade.
2. The US is very strong while Russia is struggling economically; Reagan uses this to his advantage and intensifies rhetoric RETURNS to Brinkmanship.
Give THREE things the countercultural movement called for in the late 1960s.
1. Strong focus on civil rights 2. Feminism
3. Gay rights 4. Drug law reform
5. Anti-war
Teddy Roosevelt had the Square Deal. FDR had the New Deal. LBJ had the Great Society. What did John F. Kennedy have that never came to fruition due to his assassination.
The New Frontier