Cold War Policies
The U.S. policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
She refused to give up her bus seat → sparked a boycott.
What is Rosa Parks?
Communist leader of North Vietnam.
What is Ho Chi Minh?
1954 case ruling school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Early Cold War conflict that ended in a divided nation in 1953.
What is the Korean War?
Economic assistance plan to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The group led by MLK Jr. emphasizing non-violent, direct action.
What is SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
Guerrilla fighters supporting communism in South Vietnam.
What is Viet Cong?
Executive order that banned segregation in the U.S. military.
What is Executive Order 9981?
Scandal that caused Nixon to resign.
What is Watergate?
1946 speech warning that an “Iron Curtain” had fallen in Europe — who gave it?
What is Winston Churchill?
Civil rights leader who threatened a WWII march on Washington.
What is A. Philip Randolph?
Massive bombing campaign over North Vietnam (3 years long).
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Provided broad presidential power to escalate Vietnam conflict.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
1979 nuclear incident that alarmed the nation.
What is Three Mile Island?
The resolution that gave LBJ broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Southern Democrats who split from the Democratic Party in 1948.
What is Dixiecrats?
Major 1968 attack on multiple cities during the Vietnamese New Year.
What is Tet Offensive?
This doctrine promised U.S. support to nations resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
1991 U.S. mission to free Kuwait from Iraqi control.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
Nixon’s plan to gradually replace U.S. troops with South Vietnamese forces.
What is Vietnamization?
Chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association at age 26.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.?
U.S. evacuation at the end of the war in 1975.
What is Operation Frequent Wind?
Law passed under LBJ enforcing the 14th Amendment & banning discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Terrorist attacks on the U.S. occurring on September 11, 2001.
What is 9/11?