Conflicts
What years did the Cold War start and end.
What is 1945, 1991
Countries in Central/Eastern Europe under Soviet control. Soviet Union wanted satellite states to avoid being directly attacked if a war with the US began
What is Satellite States: ?
I am what the U.S and Russia were building in competition of each other.
What are nuclear weapons?
a series of nonviolent, youth-led protests in 1960 that challenged racial segregation in the American South
What is the The lunch counter sit-ins?
It is the organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and th US after WWII was THIS KIND of conflict?
What is psychological conflict?
provided over $ 13 billion in economic aid to rebuild Western European economies after World War II, aimed at speeding up recovery, increasing trade, and stopping the spread of communism (containment).
What is The Marshall Plan?
A fortified wall made of concrete made to prevent East Germans escaping to West Berlin.
What is The Berlin Wall?
a pivotal 1963 civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC.
Who is The Birmingham Campaign?
Military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Created in response to NATO.
What is Warsaw Pact?
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
a Cold War policy that predicted communist governments would spread from one country to neighboring countries
What is the Domino Theory ?
a federal law to check the President's power to commit U.S. armed forces to armed conflict without congressional approval.
Who are the War Powers Act ?
were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation, primarily in the American South, from the late 19th century until the mid-1960s.
What is the Jim Crow laws?
premier civil rights organization established to fight racial discrimination, violence (lynching), and segregation
What is The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the early 1950s, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin that led to many false arrests and trials.
What is McCarthyism?
type of warfare fought by smaller resistance groups in fast-moving, small-scale actions against orthodox military
What is Guerilla Warfare?
is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled police must inform suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning them while in custody.
What is Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
expanded federal surveillance powers to combat terrorism, often creating conflict between national security needs and civil liberties.
What is The Patriot Act?
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
What is the Vietnam War?
U.S. foreign policy promising military and economic aid to nations resisting communism
What is the Truman Doctrine?
political scandal during the Nixon administration. A break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.
What is The Watergate Scandal?
a foundational 13-month mass protest that ended racial segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks in December 1955,
What is The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a prominent African-American civil rights organization. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, it was founded in 1957 following the Montgomery bus boycott. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the group coordinated nonviolent direct-action protests, voter registration drives, and leadership training to combat racial segregation and injustice.
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?