End of WWII
The doctrine founded after WW2, promising U.S. military and economic aid to any country that found itself under threat of international communism
Truman Doctrine
A militant civil rights group that sought recognition of dishonoured treaties and, for some members, armed resistance and separation from the United States.
American Indian Movement AIM
Name of the university that saw four students killed by national guardsmen for protesting Vietnam
Kent State
A peacetime military alliance with the U.S as its leader, determining that if one nation is attacked, all are attacked. Served to help counter Soviet Power
NATO
The first major proxy war of the Cold War, which ended in a ceasefire after Chinese intervention, tested the limits of the newly created United Nations
Korean War
Name the two landmark civil rights acts Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law during his presidency
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The name of the book that questioned a woman's role in society in the sixties.
Feminine Mystique
The leaked release of insider information from military intelligence revealing the public was being lied to about the war.
Pentagon Papers
The title given to this policy, which aimed to stop communist influence from spreading beyond its point of origin (wherever it sprang up)
Containment
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Name given to the first student-run left-wing political organization, which challenged previous values and later the Vietnam War.
SDS Students for a Democratic Society
Controversial military/government policy that disproportionately affected working-class males and minority males. Sparked outrage among young voters
The Draft
Name of the senator who used the post-WW2 wave of fear at the height of Cold War tensions to advance his career using false evidence and fear tactics
Who is Joseph McCarthy
Failed attack on Cuba by United States-funded militants to try and stop Fidel Castro under President John F. Kennedy.
What is the Bay of Pigs incident?
A charismatic black leader who called for black separatism. At the end of his life, he began to temper his separatist creed.
Who is Malcolm X?
New Government Agency which owed its creation to the Environmental Rights movement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Name of the surprise attack in South Vietnam by Vietcong forces, which exposed U.S and South Vietnamese military weakensses and the year of its occurrence
Tet Offensive, 1968
Provided over $13 billion to West European Countries to ensure post-war stability and prevent the spread of communism
Expansion of a well-established U.S. anti-communist policy, which claimed any uncontrolled spread of communist ideology would spark a chain reaction leading to entire regions falling under Soviet Control.
Domino Theory
Name given to the presiding justices of the Supreme Court, which oversaw all major legal reforms from 1953 to 1969
Warren Court
Name of the term that all civil rights groups disagreed with. Family standards of the 1950s claimed women should belong at home as housewives and serve as moral guides for their families also known as....
The Cult of Domesticity
National advisor to President Nixon who advocated for the expansion of bombing missions into neutral Laos and Cambodia, causing widespread condemnation and resulting in war crimes
Henry Kissinger