Cold War Tensions
This policy of containing Soviet expansion was named after the U.S. diplomat who proposed it in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1950-1953 conflict involved North and South Korea, with U.S. support for South Korea
What is the Korean War?
This civil rights leader delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This scandal is described as an attempt by Nixon to cover up a burglary at the DNC headquarters
What is the Watergate Scandal?
This competition for political influence over other countries led to this 45-year-long conflict.
What is the Cold War?
This 1961 barrier in Berlin symbolized the physical and ideological division between East and West.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This 1964 congressional resolution gave President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This office was broken into, sparking the Watergate investigation
What is the Democratic National Committee Headquarters?
Oil shortages and rising prices were the result of this organization's embargo in 1973 over the US support of Israel in its war with Egypt.
What is OPEC?
This 1962 crisis brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 1968 military offensive by North Vietnamese forces was a turning point in public perception of the war
What is the Tet Offensive?
This 1955 event sparked a major civil rights movement when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Nixon's foreign policy shifted relations from confrontation to negotiation, easing Cold War tensions.
What is detente?
During the late-1960s, this led to a decline in support for the Vietnam War
What is the graphic news coverage by television networks?
This international organization was formed in 1949 as a military alliance against Soviet expansion
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This 1975 event marked the end of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
What is the Fall of Saigon?
This 1965 civil rights legislation prohibited discriminatory voting practices.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Nixon was pardoned by this man before he could be criminally charged
Who is Gerald Ford?
This competition between the USA and USSR focused on technological superiority and national prestige
What is the space race?
This 1957 Soviet satellite launch sparked the U.S. space race and technological competition.
What is Sputnik?
This was passed in 1973 as a response to presidential actions in Korea and Vietnam that involved the nation's armed forces in combat without congressional approval.
What is the War Powers Act?
This civil rights organization, founded in 1909, was crucial in legal battles against racial discrimination
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
Nixon negotiated this during his visit to Moscow to limit nuclear testing and ICBM numbers.
What is the SALT treaty?
The fall of this in 1989 is most closely associated with the beginning of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?