Cold War
The American promise to help rebuild Europe after World War II in hopes to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
A famous non-violent Civil Rights Leader.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The rush for couples to get married and have children after World War II led to this.
What is the baby boom?
The theory that when one country falls to communism another will eventually fall right after.
What is the Domino Theory?
The presidential election that introduced television into politics.
What is the election of 1960?
Conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was the closest the world came to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The effect of Brown v. Board of Education.
What ended segregation?
Shows in the 1950’s started to show suburban family life in reference to.
What is the nuclear family?
The leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and was the leading communist during the war.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Scandal involving President Nixon that resulted in his resignation from Presidency.
What was the Watergate Scandal?
Year long mission that flew food and supplies into Western Berlin after the Soviets blocked off access to resources.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Laws that denied African Americans equal rights.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
This pamphlet suggested that communists had infiltrated the media to spread propaganda.
What are the Red Channels?
A flammable liquid-solid material that stuck to many surfaces, and when ignited, the surface or thing that was stuck by the material was immediately burned.
What is Napalm?
A national campaign started by President Nixon in 1971.
What is the War on Drugs?
This American diplomat became chief policy formulator of containment during the Cold War. He believed that the United States needed to contain communism due to Soviet hostility.
Who is George Kennan?
The president that signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This was denounced by young people during the 1960s because of how institutionalized it was.
What is Christianity?
This assault was launched on all South Vietnamese villages on a Chinese holiday, was considered a turning point in the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The president whose domestic policy adopted conservative language but followed liberal policies.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This bill stated that immigrant officials could turn any immigrant away if they believed they were a threat to national security.
What is the McCarran-Walter Act?
March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama.
Where were Civil Rights activists brutally attacked?
These groups were formed after the Stonewall incident and protested discrimination, homophobia, and violence against gay people.
What is the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists’ Alliance?
This resolution gave the president the authority to escalate U.S involvement in Vietnam after a U.S destroyer was attacked off the shore of Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This philosopher believed in leading a society which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Who is Karl Marx?