Study Guide 1
This theory motivated the US to be hard on communism
Domino Theory
Name of the leader that Castro overthrew
Batista
Name of the movmement(s) supporting womens' rights
Feminism
What US president escalated the Vietnam War?
Johnson
Political and economic policy in which the people are in control of the means of production and social classes do not exist.
Communsim
The Truman Doctrine promised to help out countries at threat of communism but the __________ plan actually gave the aid.
Marshall
What was the cause of the Korean War?
North Korea wished to spread communism to South Korea
Malcolm X's activist group
Nation of Islam
Why did the Vietnam War begin?
The North wanted to spread communism to the South.
The idea that communism should be kept where it is without letting it spread
Name 1 event where the US attempted containment
Berlin Crisis
Korean War
What was the cause of the Berlin Crisis?
Stalin blockaded W Berlin because he felt left out
MLK Jr.'s Activist Group
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Nixon's ____________ policy got the US out of Vietnam
Vietnamization
_____ policies deal with how a country spends its money
Economic
Name the 2 leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK and Khrushchev
True or false: Germany remained divided after the Berlin crisis.
True
What happened in Birmingham, AL during Civil Rights?
MLK jr. was arrested
Watergate: wiretapping conversations w/o consent
Form of protest where people break the law non-violently (ex. sit-ins, boycotts)
Civil Disobedience
Truman and Stalin
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Both the US and USSR removed their missiles
Supreme Court case that gave women the right to choose when it comes to pregnancy. Was later overturned.
Roe v Wade
Who became president after Nixon stepped down?
Ford
When you are in a government position and are accused of doing something illegal you are ____.
impeached