Foreign Policy (Economics)
The general foreign policy approach of the United States towards Communism during Period 8
Containment
East Asian war that set the precedent for the Vietnam War and entrenched American commitment to containment
Korean War
Bus boycott in Alabama led by MLK (1955-56)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Supreme Court case that established the legal right to abortion
Roe v. Wade
Identify ONE general trend of migration for white families during Period 8
Possible answers: white flight, suburbanization, movement to the Sun Belt
Why was the Vietnam War unpopular at home?
Possible answers: the draft, it was a "living room war", we lost
A war fought indirectly between two powers (such as the US and Soviet Union)
Proxy war
Militant civil rights group that advocated for revolutionary change for African Americans
Black Panther Party
The Supreme Court case that ended school segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
Identify one EFFECT of the GI Bill
Possible answers: increased home ownership, increased college attendance, continued racial disparities in the economy, etc.
The primary goal of the Marshall Plan
By allocating money to rebuild Western Europe after WWII, the US government would restrict the spread of Communism
International military alliance between the US, Canada, and Western Europe; stood against the Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
This federal agency was established by Richard Nixon in 1970 in response to the demands of the environmental movement
1960s law that eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests
(INCLUDE THE YEAR)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Identify a difference between the first and second Red Scare
The Second Red Scare targeted Hollywood and politicians, not working class immigrants
Harry Truman's policy of offering economic and military aid to countries OUTSIDE of Western Europe (particularly Turkey and Greece)
Truman Doctrine
Identify a country where the US orchestrated a coup or regime change during Period 8
Possible answers: Iran, Guatemala, Chile, Indonesia, Argentina, etc.
Attempted in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs, but failed
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Proposed constitutional amendment that was NOT ratified; it would establish legal equality between men and women
Lyndon B. Johnson's political platform, advocating for the eradication of poverty through federal government action
Kennedy's program of sending young college educated Americans to "third world" countries as development workers
Peace Corps
Policy advocated for by John Foster Dulles, in which the US pushed the Soviet Union as close to the precipice of nuclear war as possible
Brinkmanship
Civil rights group advocating for the interests of American women
National Organization for Women
The name of the Supreme Court during Period 8 – this was the most progressive court in US history
Warren Court
John F. Kennedy's political program, aiming to revitalize the economy and win the space race
The New Frontier