The Cold War
Civil Rights Movement
Postwar America
Civil Liberties & the Courts
U.S. Foreign Policy
100

This Cold War strategy was used by President Truman to justify helping South Korea after it was invaded by communist North Korea.

Containment

100

This famous protest involved students sitting at a segregated lunch counter and refusing to leave.

lunch counter sit-ins

100

This government act gave veterans funds for college, home loans, and job training.

GI Bill of Rights

100

This case ensured that people accused of crimes must be informed of their rights.

Miranda v. Arizona

100

This was Eisenhower's response to Britain, France, and Israel trying to take control of the Suez Canal.

he did not support their actions

200

This was the first major postwar target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

the film industry

200

This 1955 event showed that nonviolent protest by ordinary people could bring about change during the Civil Rights.

Montgomery bus boycott

200

1950s television programs typically portrayed this type of family structure.

Families centered around the father as the breadwinner and the mother as the homemaker.

200

This was a major criticism of the Miranda ruling.

it gave criminals a technicality to avoid punishment

200

This was the first major Cold War event involving U.S. and Soviet planes supplying a city with food and fuel.

Berlin Airlift

300

The Eisenhower administration developed this military strategy, based on the threat of total nuclear war.

mutually assured destruction (MAD)

300

This 1964 law banned segregation in public places and prohibited employment discrimination.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

300

Middle-class prosperity in the 1950s unexpectedly led to discontent with this social trend.

conformity and materialism

300

These two Americans were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviets.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

300

The first Cold War military aid program to help Greece and Turkey.

Truman Doctrine

400

He exploited Americans' fears of communism and the Soviet Union, launching a wave of baseless accusations.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

400

This organization stood out from other civil rights groups due to its militancy in protecting African Americans from police abuse.

Black Panther Party

400

This aspect of President Johnson’s Great Society prepared poor children for kindergarten.

Head Start

400

This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

400

This country launched the first artificial satellite, which prompted the U.S. to increase space and science funding.

the Soviet Union

500

This U.S. education law passed in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik.

National Defense Education Act

500

This Supreme Court decision led to the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Brown v. Board of Education

500

This law required equal wages for equal work in commercial industries.

Equal Pay Act

500

This was the stated goal of the Little Rock Nine

to challenge racial segregation in education

500

This Cold War crisis involved North Korea invading across the 38th parallel.

start of the Korean War

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