Cold War Conflict and Tension
Basic U.S. policy of the Cold War, which sought to contain communism within its existing geographic boundaries
Containment
Identify 2 strategies/events/groups used by the African American Civil Rights movement to achieve rights
- Sit-ins
-Montgomery Bus Boycott
-March on Washington
-Civil Disobedience
-March on Salem
-Brown v. Board of Education
-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
-Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
-Freedom Rides
-Freedom Summer
-Affirmative action
-School bussing
-Malcolm X
Black Panther Party
This began in reaction to the launching of Sputnik
The Space Race
What group of people are characterized by young people going against societal norms
Hippies
Name of the ideal family structure
Nuclear family - mom, dad, kids
What are the names of alliance organizations established by the US and USSR?
NATO and Warsaw Pact
What amendment did women attempt to pass in the 1970s? Were the successful?
Equal Rights Amendment and no
Identify two reasons as to why the economy struggled in the 1970s.
Stagflation
OPEC oil embargo
Identify who wrote the following in the Port Huron statement:
“We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit.”
Students for a Democratic Society
$26 billion over ten-year period for the construction of national integrated highway system
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
How did the Korean War end?
Stalemate, establishment of the DMZ at the 38th parallel, US negotiate peace with North Korea
2 laws passed by Johnson to solidify civil rights
Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
What was the solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
US remove missiles out of Turkey and Italy in exchange for USSR remove missiles out of Cuba
Identify two large protest events against the Vietnam War
Kent State Massacre
Democratic National Convention of 1968
What is the name of the law that assisted WWII veterans? How did this contribute to the economy?
GI Bill or Servicemen's Readjustment Act - provides loans for housing, college tuition
Congress gave the executive branch power to do what was necessary following the attack of a U.S. naval warship in the Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What are the verdicts in Gideon v. Wainwright, Engel v. Vitale, and Baker v. Carr decided under the Warren Court?
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
If a person cannot afford an attorney in court, then the state must provide one for them
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Deemed school prayer unconstitutional as it violated the First Amendment provision for the separation of Church and State
Decided states must redraw their legislative districts so that they are more accurately upholding voting rights
Watergate cover-up
Hippies and young people of the 60's and 70's are part of what generation?
Baby Boomers
Name of conservative that ran for president in 1964 but lost, sparked the rise of the conservative movement
Barry Goldwater
Policy to provide military funding to South Vietnam and reduction of U.S. troops
How many of Johnson's Great Society programs you can name?
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
Founded and funded several programs including Head Start, Job Corps, Upward Bound, and Volunteer in Service to America
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Abolished immigration quotas
Provided new opportunities for America-seeking immigrants
Identify 2 achievements of Nixon's presidency
-Environmental protections
-Lowered the voting age to 18
-Ended the war in Vietnam
-Normalized relations with China
Name of the counterculture group before hippies, most prominent in the 50's and early 60's
Beatniks
What are some economic, political, and social reasons conservatism arose in the 60s and 70s? What were conservatives reacting against?
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