Cold War Begins
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
Period of fear over communist influence in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare?
Law that provided benefits for WWII veterans.
What is the GI Bill?
Landmark Supreme Court case that ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Theory that if one nation falls to communism, others will follow.
What is the domino theory?
Economic aid program to rebuild Western Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Senator who led a hunt for alleged communists in government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Economic boom and increase in births after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
Method of protest used during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What is civil disobedience (or nonviolent protest)?
Resolution that gave President Johnson broad military powers.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Military alliance of the U.S. and Western European nations.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Government committee that investigated communist activity.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
Mass-produced suburban community.
What is Levittown?
Organization led by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
Massive 1968 attack by Viet Cong that turned U.S. opinion.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Conflict in Asia that ended in stalemate at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
Executed couple accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
Cultural group that challenged 1950s conformity.
Who are the Beat Generation (or Beatniks)?
1963 event where King delivered “I Have a Dream.”
What is the March on Washington?
Papers leaked showing the government misled the public about Vietnam.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
Doctrine stating the U.S. would support countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Law that required union leaders to swear they weren’t communists
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
1956 act that built a national system of roads.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
1965 law that banned literacy tests and protected Black voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Nixon’s strategy to replace U.S. troops with South Vietnamese forces.
What is Vietnamization?