The Cold War was a clash between these two countries' ideologies
United States and USSR
100
A communist revolutionary, he led the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Ho Chi Minh
100
One of two women who refused to give up their seat on a Montgomery bus, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks or Claudette Colvin
100
This broad term is used to describe the youth of the 1960s who protested the war, indulged in hallucinogenic drugs, and practiced "free love."
Counterculture
100
Known as The Big Three, these were the most prominent Allied leaders during World War II
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin
200
The assumption that if one country became Communist, other countries in the region would also fall to communism
Domino Theory
200
When a U.S. naval destroyer clashed with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in this area, the United States greatly expanded its troop strength in Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin
200
The landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned racial segregation in schools
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
200
The American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied this island to draw attention to their cause
Alcatraz
200
The two Japanese cities bombed by the United States using atomic weapons
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
U.S. strategy designed to thwart the spread of communism around the world
Containment
300
A radical movement that opposed the military-industrial complex and U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. They urged more public attention to conditions of African-Americans and the poor
The New Left
300
Sit-ins began here when four African-American students were denied service at a Woolworth's lunch counter
Greensboro, North Carolina
300
Led by Gloria Steinem, this form of feminism sought to dismantle the system of patriarchy and used disruptive protests to bring attention to their cause
Radical Feminism
300
The U.S. government-sponsored research collaboration that produced the first atomic bombs
Manhattan Project
400
Developed in 1947, it promised economic and financial aid to "free peoples" fighting communism anywhere
The Truman Doctrine
400
The highly organized and devastating attack in January of 1968 launched by North Vietnam in which multiple targets were hit throughout the country
Tet Offensive
400
Considered the matriarch of the Civil Rights Movement, she worked with young activists to found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Ella Baker
400
This event sparked the Gay Rights Movement in 1969.
Stonewall Inn Riot/Rebellion
400
This ideology, practiced by Germany and Italy, was anti-democratic, anti-communist, suppressed civil liberties, encouraged violence, and stressed hypernationalism
Fascism
500
A time when homosexuals were targeted as particularly vulnerable to communist influences
Lavender Scare
500
One of two chemical agents used by the United States to defoliate jungles and kill insurgents
Agent Orange or Napalm
500
This Act of Congress dismantled Jim Crow laws and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
A liberal feminist, she co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and wrote The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
500
Composed of angry World War I veterans, they marched on Washington in 1932 in protest of compensation for their services