Conflicts
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communists. Often referred to as the "Forgotten War."
What is the Korean War?
The US was trying to contain this.
What is Communism?
This couple was executed for passing secret atomic weapons information to the Soviet Union.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
Coordinated protests in which people occupy seats or floor space.
What are sit-ins?
The arms race was centered around the development of these weapons.
What are nuclear weapons?
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Theory that if one country fell to communism, surrounding countries would also fall.
What is the domino theory?
He led a "witch hunt" during the Second Red Scare claiming that communists had infiltrated the government.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
Purposely breaking an unjust law and accepting the punishment or consequence for your actions.
What is civil disobedience?
In school children were instructed to do this in the event of an atomic bomb.
What is duck and cover?
Unsuccessful invasion of Cuba launched by the US government.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
After JFK's assassination, he became president and escalated the war in Vietnam.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson(LBJ)?
Group that set out to test if local police were upholding the law that segregation in bus terminals, restrooms, and other facilities serving passengers traveling across state lines was illegal.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This unpopular war was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists.
What is the Vietnam War?
Plan to provide financial support to Europe to help them rebuild after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
He was the first of nine presidents during the Cold War.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
MLK and other Civil Rights activists joined together to form this group.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference(SCLC)?
The years of the Cold War.
What is 1945, 1991
After the ruling in Brown v. Education, these students were set to integrate a local high school, but were denied access by the governor, the National Guard and citizens.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Brown v. Board of Education overturned the Supreme Court ruling in this previous case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The resolution that was passed by the U.S. congress gave President Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Vietnam from communism.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?