Cold War & Containment
What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism after WWII?
Containment
What was the goal of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
To end segregation on public buses
What was the name of the mass-produced suburban housing development after WWII?
Levittown
What theory justified U.S. involvement in Vietnam to prevent communism from spreading?
Domino Theory
What scandal forced Nixon to resign in 1974?
Watergate
What program provided U.S. aid to help rebuild Western Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What 1954 Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What term refers to the significant increase in birthrates post-WWII?
Baby Boom
What policy began under Nixon to gradually withdraw troops from Vietnam?
Vietnamization
Who won the presidency in 1960 and inspired Americans with “New Frontier” programs?
John F. Kennedy
This military alliance reflected U.S. Cold War containment policies in Europe.
What is NATO?
What was the main strategy of the early Civil Rights Movement?
Nonviolent protest
What act provided WWII veterans with education and housing assistance?
GI Bill
What resolution gave President Johnson broad war powers in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What domestic program under LBJ aimed to end poverty and racial injustice?
The Great Society
What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?
To supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade
What civil rights leader promoted Black nationalism and criticized nonviolence?
Malcolm X
What decade is most associated with mass consumer culture and conformity?
1950s
What act limited presidential power to commit troops without congressional approval?
War Powers Act (1973)
What 1950s senator became notorious for accusing government officials of being communists?
Joseph McCarthy
What Cold War crisis brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What federal law ended legal segregation in public accommodations?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What term refers to the migration of whites from urban areas to suburbs?
White flight
What 1970 incident involved the killing of student protesters by the National Guard?
Kent State shootings
What group played a key role in mobilizing support for conservative politicians in the 1980s?
The Religious Right
What did Eisenhower warn against in his farewell address?
The military-industrial complex.
What group was formed to promote civil rights through youth activism and sit-ins?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What did advertising promote as part of the “American Dream” in the 1950s?
Homeownership and consumer goods
What group led many antiwar protests during the Vietnam era?
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
What 1970s event contributed to economic stagflation in the U.S.?
Oil embargo and energy crisis