8.2-8.3
Cold War & Red Scare
Cold War & Red Scare
Strategy adopted by Truman designed to prevent Soviet expansion without starting a war.
Containment
This movement was started after students in Greensboro, North Carolina were refused service at a Whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter. It was meant to call attention to the injustice of segregated facilities by making sure to be seen in such facilities.
Sit-in Movement
This rebellious group of writers and intellectuals led by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, advocated spontaneity, use of drugs, and rebellion against societal standards.
Beatniks (Beat Generation)
Misinformation from military and civilian leaders combined with Johnson's reluctance to speak frankly to the American people about the scope and the costs of the war created what the media called this
Credibility Gap
This Festival in upper New York state reflected the zenith of the counterculture and ended with many becoming addicts and some young people destroying their lives as a result of experimenting with hallucinogenics like LSD and other drugs.
Woodstock
Policy implemented by Nixon in order to facilitate the easing of tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Detente
Eisenhower ordered federal troops to stand guard in this city in order to protect Black students who were facing extreme resistance to their attendance at school
Little Rock, Arkansas
In response to FDR being elected four times, Congress proposed this constitutional amendment which limited a president to a maximum of two full terms in office.
22nd Amendment
Event that led to Congress giving LBJ a "blank check" to take "all necessary measures" to protect U.S. interests in Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf Incident
Rachel Carson wrote this to expose the harmful effects of pesticides
Silent Spring
A major blunder by JFK, this failed mission sent CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Name one of the measures taken to prevent those of a lower socioeconomic status (often people of color) from voting.
-Poll Taxes
-Literacy Tests
President Carter acted as an intermediary in this negotiation between Egypt and Israel
Camp David Accords
Original leader of South Vietnam who was deposed and killed by South Vietnamese generals, something later found to be done with the knowledge of the Kennedy administration
Ngo Dinh Diem
The first major protest of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) took place on the UC Berkeley campus and called for an end to university restrictions on students' political activities
Free Speech Movement
This group, originally established in 1939 to seek out Nazis, was reactivated in postwar years to find Communists. It investigated government officials along with other organizations such as the Boy Scouts and the Hollywood film industry.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
He was the chairman of the SNCC who refused to be associated with the nonviolent movement, advocated "black power" (especially economic power), and racial separatism. Hint: It's not Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Members of this group hoped to expand their political power by coordinating their oil policies.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Congress passed this law to reign in the executive power given to LBJ during the Vietnam War. The law required the president to report to Congress within 48 hours after taking military action and provided that Congress would have to approve any military action that lasted more than 60 days.
War Powers Act
This organization was created to enforce federal programs and policies on air and water pollution, radiation issues, pesticides, and solid waste.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This couple, known as the "Pair in the Electric Chair", were convicted of treason and executed, something that civil rights groups attributed to anti-Communist hysteria
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
This court case resulted in the requirement that state courts provide counsel (services of an attorney) for indigent (poor) defendants.
Gideon v. Wainwright
This pro-business act made it so that businesses could not require workers to join a union before being hired, permitted states to pass "right to work" laws, outlawed secondary boycotts, and made it so the president could invoke an 80-day cooling off period before a strike.
Taft-Hartley Act
Name of the regional defense pact made to help prevent the domino theory from coming true. Members agreed to defend one another in case of an attack within the region.
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
This bill permanently set aside certain federal lands from commercial economic development in order to preserve them in their natural state.
Wilderness Act