International Relations
What did the boundaries between communist-controlled countries and free nations become known as?
Iron Curtain
The tradition of separate but equal
Segregation
Labeled as American spies or traitors. Some were guilty and some were not, but many lose their jobs and reputations
McCarthyism
Established by President Eisenhower after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Charged with overseeing the massacre of more than 100 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai.
Lt. William Calley
Provided military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
Truman Doctrine
Principal attorney in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
Under whose leadership did communist forces win the civil war in China?
Mao Tse Tung
First person to step on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
University where members of the National Guard killed 4 students and injured 9 others as they were protesting the war.
Kent State
Formed by the U.S. and its Western allies to provide for a common military defense against the Soviet Union and it's allies.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Which case did the Supreme Court declare segregation unconstitutional?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Which gulf did the North Vietnamese fire torpedoes at the American destroyer, Maddox?
Gulf of Tonkin
Sought to bring more equality to African Americans, especially in housing rights and schools
Civil Rights Act
American soldiers who never returned from Vietnam were referred to as:
Missing in Actions (MIAs)
The fall to communism of one country, leading to the fall of it's neighboring countries is referred to as?
Domino Effect
Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.
Rosa Parks
A series of attacks beginning unexpectedly during a major Vietnamese holiday.
Tet Offensive
Became president after President Kennedy was assassinated.
Lyndon Johnson
Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Led the country in attempting to find, label, and blacklist communists-those who he saw as American traitors or spies.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Organized a boycott of the buses in Montgomery
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Confirmed what the public had believed for a long time; the government was dishonest in reporting military progress and it's motives for American involvement.
The Pentagon Papers
Enacted by Congress to provide job training and rebuild inner cities
War on Poverty
American President who demanded the Berlin Wall to be torn down.
President Ronald Reagan