1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Review
100
This organization was created to combat the spread of the Soviet Union/communism
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
100
Senator who accused hundreds of gov people of being communist sympathizers
Who is Joe McCarthy?
100

"reduced tension"

What is detente
100
What is stagflation?
inflation plus stagnation
100
Pennsylvania was founded by _____

Maryland was founded for ______

Massachusetts was founded in search of ________


Quakers; Catholics, religious freedom
200
Which country was created in 1947
Israel
200

Brown vs. Board (1954) overturned what?

Plessy v. Ferguson 

200
First battle of Vietnam War (this kicked the French out)
Dien Bien Phu
200
What were the Camp David Accords?
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt facilitated by Jimmy Carter
200
What was one major event that caused the colonists to shift from better treatment to full revolution?

publication of Common Sense; rejection of Olive Branch Petition

300
This showed the world how "bad/unreasonable" the Soviets were
Berlin blockade which led to the Berlin Airlift
300

American couple convicted of being Soviet spies

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg

300
Differentiate between Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

Civil Rights Act of 1964 made any discrimination illegal (officially removed Jim Crow Laws) and Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of poll taxes which allowed many more African-Americans to vote

300
What happened in both 1973 and 1979?
Oil crisis/shortage
300
Three parts of the Compromise of 1850?
California free state w/ Texas slave state; strict fugitive slave act; slave trade in DC abolished; federal gov't assumes Texas' debt; popular sovereignty put in place in New Mexico and Utah
400
Differentiate between the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Truman helping Greece and Turkey combat communism directly; Marshall gave economic aid to any European nation who was willing to be a democracy
400

Biggest failure of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency 

lack of civil rights intervention
400
What gave LBJ authority to send troops to Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
400

What was the "nail in the coffin" for President Jimmy Carter?

hostages at the embassy in Iran
400
Differentiate between Platt and Teller Amendments 
Teller: U.S. would assist Cubans in gaining their independence then leave them to rule themselves

Platt: Gave U.S. military access to Cuba and this is how they got Guantanamo Bay

500
Differentiate between Yalta, Potsdam, and Tehran conferences
Yalta- Germany's postwar organization/occupation

Tehran- open a second front against Germany

Potsdam- Truman discusses use of Atomic bomb w/ Britain but not Stalin

500
HUAC
House un-American Activities Committee
500
What contributed to public disapproval of the Vietnam War?
the draft, Tet offensive, lack of "winnings," tv footage
500
What did the "Pentagon Papers" do/tell the American public?
We were being lied to/things were being hidden from us regarding the Vietnam War 
500
Name one successful strike during the Industrial Revo and one unsuccessful 
Success: Great Railroad strike of 1877

Failures: Pullman; Haymarket Square incident; Homestead 

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