Culture/Society
This genre of music emerged when African Americans rhythm and blues met White country music. It was seen as rebellious and was famous among teenagers.
What is Rock n' Roll?
This act was passed in 1964 and outlawed segregation in public places and employment discrimination.
What was the Civil Rights act of 1964?
This was America's main way to "win over" new countries.
The United States tried to stop the spread of communism using this policy.
What is containment?
The availability of this technology in the 1980's changed the way business and home life worked, and has had a lasting impact on the economy to this day.
What is the Personal Computer (PC)? (Home Computer)
What was the role of women in society after WW2?
Women had traditional expectations of staying at home and raising children. Homemaking was the full time job of millions of women.
This set of laws was used by Southern states to "legally" continue discriminating Black Americans.
What are the Jim Crow laws?
This country's government was overthrown by the CIA because it tried to nationalize the holding of foreign oil companies.
What is Iran?
This agency was created in 1958 to compete with the Soviet Union's space achievements.
What is NASA?
This 1986 disaster in the Soviet Union brought attention to the use of nuclear energy and caused a significant reevaluation of energy policy.
What was the Chernobyl disaster?
This movement in the 1960's challenged cultural norms with protests against war, racial and political injustice, and sexism.
In 1954, this Supreme Court case said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What was Brown vs. Board of Education?
In this crisis, Egypt seized a British-French owned canal. France, Britain, and Israel carried a surprise attack to regain control.
What was the Suez Crisis?
This invisible line divided Europe into communist and capitalist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This crisis caused by energy shortages and oil embargoes made Americans reconsider environmental policy and energy consumption.
What was the energy crisis? (Oil Crisis)
This group of writers and intellectuals were the role models for rebellion. They advocated for spontaneity, use of drugs and going against societal standards.
Who were the Beatniks?
This organization was founded in 1909 helped fight for civil rights in courts and still exists today.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
This war was a surprise attack on Israel by Syria and Egypt to regain lost land. Israel quickly won with American support, and the Arab nations of OPEC placed devastating oil embargos on Israel's supporters.
What was the Yom Kippur (October) War?
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this president famously said, "We will not tolerate Soviet missiles in Cuba."
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This agency was created in 1970 under Nixon to regulate pollution and protect natural resources and the environment.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency? (EPA)
This group of people in the business world started to dominate industries such as food, hotel, transportation, insurance, and banking.
Who are conglomerates?
In 1965, this march/protest was met with violence and became known as Bloody Sunday.
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
This document promised aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism.
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
This doctrine/policy from the 1980s dramatically increased military spending and defense initiatives, pressuring the Soviet Union and eventually leading to its collapse.
What was the Reagan Doctrine?
This post-war technology revolutionized farming and fed a growing population, but had significant environmental impacts such as water contamination and soil depletion.
What is the use of pesticides? (Chemical Farming)