A Communist in Every Closet
This US Senator led the Red Scare, triggering mass hysteria and senseless arrests all over America
Joseph McCarthy :(
The idealized 1950s domestic lifestyle
Dad works, mom stays at home, 2-3 perfect children. Everyone is straight, blonde, and Christian.
President who infamously resigned in disgrace after the Watergate Scandal in 1974
President Richard Nixon
The Supreme Court decision which overturned Plessy v Ferguson and forced Jim Crow states to desegregate
Brown vs. board of Education
The first family sitcom to air on tv. It depicted the everyday life of a Jewish immigrant family in New York City.
The Goldbergs
In response to this 1957 Soviet satellite, the US government poured funding into space research and the creation of NASA
Sputnink
These communities developed as white middle class families got enough money to buy property outside of the city
The suburbs
The two politicians who diplomatically avoided a disastrous war during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK and Nikita Khrushchev
Black Panther leader often overlooked in history due to their violent protest tactics
Malcolm X
The name of a revolutionary women's magazine created to counter the sexist and patronizing ways in which women were portrayed in media
Ms. Magazine
The Korean War was an example of this foreign policy created by President Truman. Name the policy and define it.
Containment - Keeping communism of spreading beyond the Soviet Union by engaging in proxy wars against Soviet-backed forces.
1950s counterculture group led by the likes of Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac
The Beatniks
President Johnson's plan to reform society through policies targeting racism, crime, and poverty.
The Great Society
Journalist who became the leader of the Women’s Liberation Movement after Betty Friedan was criticized for excluding lesbian and Black women.
Gloria Steinem
Folk singer who rose to prominence in the 1960s and was a major figure in the Greenwich Village hippie scene
Bob Dylan
The Military Industrial Comples
How Betty Friedan described the societal issue of depressed, trapped, and unfulfilled suburban housewives
The problem that has no name
The first televised presidential debate which forever changed how ordinary people consume political news
1960 JFK vs. Nixon
First Black Supreme Court justice (appointed in 1967)
Thurgood Marshall
Tactic used by the Women’s Liberation Movement and the Vietnam anti-war protesters to educate people on the injustices they were fighting again
Consciousness raising/teach-ins
One of the first major Cold War crises where US and Great Britain rushed to supply a German city with basic necessities after Soviet invasion.
The Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
Homophobic phenomenon comparable to the Red Scare, which resulted from a push for solely heterosexual relationships and homogenous communities
The Lavender Scare
The name of a period of eased tension between America and the Soviet Union from 1967-1979
Détente
Leaders of the movement empowering Mexican and other Latino groups, particularly low wage workers
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
Musical that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1966 and is Ms. Raykhtsaum’s favorite movie of all time
The Sound of Music