Early Cold War
Name of the first Soviet satellite into space in 1957, launching the beginning of the space race.
What is Sputnik?
Which President ultimately was blamed for escalating the war in Vietnam by increasing the number of American troops after 1965
Who is President Lyndon Johnson?
Leader of the non-violent protests in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma during the Civil Rights Movement. Delivered his "I have dream" speech in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
The name of TWO government or Civil Rights leaders who were assassinated during the 1960s.
Who is JFK, RFK, MLK, or Malcom X?
This resolution authorized Johnson (essentially a "blank check") to significantly escalate the Vietnam war, resulted from an incident in Vietnam where two US destroyers were fired upon.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Main spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, seen as the father of the Black Power Movement. Assassinated in 1965
Who is Malcolm X?
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated public schools nationwide.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union with Dolores Huerta. Leader of the Delano grape strike and boycott.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This gave financial aid to Western European countries after WWII to rebuild and recover economically, also to promote capitalism and democracy.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Nixon's policy in 1970s to increasingly turn over the fighting in Vietnam to the South Vietnamese army.
What is Vietnamization?
Name of the scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
What is Watergate?
These were done by college students who sat in the "whites only" section of segregated restaurants as a form of non-violent protest.
What are lunch-counter sit-ins?
LBJ's domestic plan to battle poverty, included programs such as Head Start, Medicare & Medicaid
What is the Great Society?
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?
Military offensive launched by the Vietcong in 1968 against 100 cities in. Showed the US was not winning the war & led to increased nationwide protest
What is the Tet Offensive?
The name of the book written by Betty Friedan in 1963 that launched the 1970s Feminist Movement.
What is the Feminine Mystique?
This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Middle East peace agreement negotiated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 between Israel and Egypt
What is the Camp David Accords?
In his Farewell Address, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people about the growing power of this in 1960?
What is the Military Industrial Complex?
This reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1973 and limited the president's ability to deploy military forces without the approval of Congress.
What is the War Powers Act?
The Alabama governor who famously stated "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Who is George Wallace?
This event in 1961, coordinated by SNCC, was an effort to ensure that bus stations and public facilities throughout the South had desegregated
What is the Freedom Rides?
Name of the book published by Rachel Carson about the dangers of DDT and other pesticides. It launches the "Green Movement."
What is Silent Spring?