Cold War at Home
What was the name of the Soviet satellite the reached the atmosphere first ?
Sputnik
What alliance was formed to combat communism
NATO
Why did the U.S. pull out troops in 1975
A decline in American Support
Who was Thurgood Marshall
A civil rights lawyer, turned Supreme Court Justice
The Name of Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic program. What type of society did he want
The Great Society
What happened after the bay of pigs invasion in Cuba
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What alliance did the Soviet Union create in response to NATO
The Warsaw Pact
Why did the U.S. send troops to Korea
to contain communism
What civil rights act did Alabama Governor George Wallace protest by standing in front of a school
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was Betty Friedan
Women's right activist in the 1960s
Name the two "races" the U.S. and USSR participated in
Arms race and Space race
The NATO response after the Soviet Union blocked off all entry ways to Berlin
The Berlin Airlift
What was Tet Offensive
Who were the Black Panthers
A civil rights activists group who advocated for self defense when protesting.
Where did people move to after WWII
The suburbs
Who was Senator McCarthy and what did he do?
He used McCarthyism to further his political agenda by calling people communists with no evidence.
What was the Marshall Plan
Economic relief given to countries at risk of being taken over by the Soviet Union
What is the Domino Theory?
The idea that if one country fell to communism others would follow
What Civil Rights Act made it illegal to discriminate in the Work Place
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The space race
The Truman doctrine and the Eisenhower doctrine both had this goal in common
To contain communism
What is operation rolling thunder
in 1965-1969 the U.S. started a constant air attack on North Vietnam
What did the 24th amendment do?
Got rid of polls tax
What major invention changed American Culture forever in the 1950s
The TV