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This U.S. foreign policy in 1947 aimed to provide economic and military aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This U.S. president launched the "Great Society" programs to fight poverty and racial injustice in the 1960s.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This former Hollywood actor and California governor became the face of the conservative movement in the 1960s and later won the presidency in 1980.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This act, passed in 1944, helped returning WWII veterans buy homes and attend college, contributing to a growing middle class.
What was the GI Bill?
This Cold War conflict from 1950-1953 saw U.S. forces fight under a United Nations command to stop the spread of communism in Asia.
What was the Korean War?
This health insurance program was created under the Great Society to provide healthcare for Americans over 65 years old.
What is Medicare?
This civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a major bus boycott.
Who was Rosa Parks?
This 1978 California ballot initiative, backed by conservatives, significantly reduced property taxes and set the stage for nationwide tax revolts.
What was Proposition 13?
The construction of this vast network of roads under Eisenhower in 1956 facilitated suburbanization and economic growth.
What is the interstate Highway System?
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its satellite states formed this military alliance in 1955.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This 1965 legislation abolished literacy tests and other voter suppression tactics, ensuring voting rights for African Americans.
What was the voting rights act of 1965?
This second-wave feminist wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963, challenging traditional gender roles.
Who was Betty Friedan?
The conservative backlash against the counterculture movement of the 1960s led to this Republican presidential candidate’s "Southern Strategy" in 1968.
Who was Richard Nixon?
The postwar baby boom contributed to demand for this product, revolutionizing transportation for American teenagers.
What is the automobile?
This unsuccessful 1961 U.S.-backed invasion attempted to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This 1965 immigration law ended the quota system favoring Northern and Western Europeans, leading to increased immigration from Asia and Latin America.
The immigration and nationality act of 1965
his 1969 protest at the Stonewall Inn in New York City is considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
What were the Stonewall Riots?
The rise of conservatism was bolstered by this influential think tank, founded in 1973, which promoted free-market policies and limited government.
What was the Heritage Foundation?
Amid rising divorce rates and changing family structures, this term became more widely used to describe women balancing jobs and home life.
What was the "working woman"?
The U.S. policy of improving relations with China and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, led by President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, was known as this.
What is detente?
The Warren Court, known for expanding civil liberties, ruled in this 1966 case that police must inform suspects of their rights before interrogation.
What was Miranda v. Arizona?
This 1973 Supreme Court decision protected a woman's right to have an abortion under the right to privacy.
What was Roe v. Wade?
The rise of conservatism in the 1970s was fueled in part by the economic crisis known as this, a combination of stagnant growth and high inflation.
What was Stagflation?
This genre of music, associated with dance clubs and nightlife, gained massive popularity in the late 1970s before facing a backlash.
What is disco?