Early Cold War
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is containment?
This war ended with a country in Asia still divided at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This competition between the U.S. and USSR focused on technological achievements in space.
What is the Space Race?
This Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This term describes the increase in birth rates after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
This program focused on rebuilding European economies after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Public opinion turned against this war due to media coverage and rising casualties.
What is the Vietnam War?
This fear in the United States led to suspicion of communists living in the country during the Cold War.
What is the Red Scare?
This form of protest involved peacefully refusing to leave segregated spaces.
What are sit-ins?
During the Vietnam War, protests grew over the idea that 18-year-olds could be sent to fight but could not vote, leading to the 26th amendment, and this major change in U.S. law.
What is lowering the voting age to 18?
This Cold War belief stated that if one country in a region fell to communism, neighboring countries would likely follow.
What is the domino theory?
This controversial military policy required young American men to serve in the armed forces during the Vietnam War.
What is the draft?
These agreements aimed to limit nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR.
What are the SALT agreements?
This leader supported self-defense “by any means necessary.”
Who is Malcolm X?
This is the phrase referring to the increase in Americans moving out of cities into new housing areas.
What is suburbanization?
This doctrine provided aid to Greece and Turkey to resist communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This resolution allowed the president to increase military involvement in Vietnam without declaring war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This term describes the easing of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is détente?
This organization, led by Martin Luther King Jr., focused on organizing nonviolent protests to challenge segregation in the South.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
This political scandal involved a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
What is the Watergate scandal?
This alliance was formed to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
What is NATO?
This policy shifted the responsibility of fighting the Vietnam War to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
This government policy tried to stop the spread of communism within the United States by investigating suspected communists with little to no evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
This law banned segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This federal agency was created in 1970 to protect the environment by regulating pollution and enforcing environmental laws.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?