Early Cold War
Vietnam War & Protests
Important People/Groups
Civil Rights
Rights & Power Movements
100
This gave money to any country battling communism although it starts with $400 million in aid to Turkey and Greece.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
100
Name of the massacre in which American soldiers killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1968 - it changes the minds of many Americans. 
What is the My Lai Massacre?
100
The leader of non-violent protest and civil disobedience during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
100
This non-violent protest started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
100

The Supreme Court ruling that protected personal privacy and allowed women to obtain a legal abortion

What is Roe v. Wade?

200
This is the closest the US and Soviet Union came to nuclear war, and included a US blockade of Soviet ships. 
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200

This resolution authorized Johnson (essentially a "blank check") to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate from an incident in Vietnam in which two US destroyers were fired upon.

What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
200
Main spokesperson for the Nation of Islam who is also seen as the father of the Black Power Movement.
Who is Malcolm X?
200

This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated public schools nationwide.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200
Leader of the "Brown Movement" who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300
This gave aid to Western European countries after WWII as a way to recover economically but mostly to sustain capitalism and democracy.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
This event included a Vietnam War student protest on a college campus in which the police mistakenly shot into the crowd, killing 4 college students.
What is Kent State?
300

The civil rights organization of (primarily) ministers who coordinated and supported non-violent action to desegregate the South

Who is the SCLC?

300

The lunch-counter sit-ins at the "white section" in Woolworths first happened in this city. 

Where is Greensboro, NC

300

LBJ's plan to battle the "War on Poverty"

What is the Great Society?

400

This top secret paper stressed the urgency of the growing Cold War to President Truman in 1950 and was essential in America's decision to enter the Cold War. 

What was the NSC-68?

400
Name of the large student organization which protested America's involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?
400
The Alabama governor who famously stated "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Who is George Wallace?
400

The Warren Court decision which upheld the rights of the accused and cannot self-incriminate

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

400

The name of the book written by Betty Friedan that launched the 1970s Feminist Movement.

What is the Feminine Mystique?

500

The author of the Long Telegram, who was the first to address the treat of the Soviet Union as well as introduce the policy of containment as a US foreign policy.

Who is George Kennan?

500
This reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and limits the president's ability to deploy military forces without the approval of Congress.
What is the War Powers Act?
500
The woman who headed the "Stop ERA" movement, not wanting an equal rights amendment for women, believing it would put women in combat and break traditional roles of the family. 
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
500
This event, coordinated by SNCC, was an effort to help African Americans register to vote in Mississippi. It also included the murder of 3 SNCC members by KKK members. 
What is Freedom Summer?
500

A student manifesto created by activist (Tom Hayden), a University of Michigan student, that rejected mainstream society and called on individuals to make social decisions and participate in democracy.

What is the Port Huron Statement?

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