World War II
This was the civil war where Francisco Franco emerged victorious and was considered to be the predecessor to WWII.
Spanish Civil War
A political campaign led by Joseph McCarthy who accused the US government and other institutions of being infiltrated by communists. Leading to political persecution and panic.
McCarthyism
Organization designed to support better treatment for African Americans. Created by WEB DuBois.
NAACP
In this event, four Ohio college students were killed in an anti-war protest by the National Guard.
Kent State Killings
This was a group of Americans soldiers became dissatisfied after WWI and expressed their frustration with modernist art.
Lost Generation.
This invasion led to the start of WWII.
Invasion of Poland.
Marshall Plan
The term for segregated facilities and segregation laws for African Americans in the Southern United States.
Jim Crow.
This man was the president of the USA during the early Vietnam War and was the founder of the Great Society, a series of welfare and other reformations to fight the War on Poverty. He would only serve one term as POTUS.
Lyndon B. Johnson
American soldiers who protested treatment of veterans and occupied government buildings as a form of protest. They were arrested and beaten on live television by government forces led by General MacArthur.
Bonus Army
This was the name of the operation that resulted in the creation of the nuclear bomb.
Manhattan Project
Policy of the United States to prevent the spread of communism.
Containment
The Supreme Court ruling that made segregation unconstitutional and ordered the desegregation of schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
They were a militant Black Power organization that protested the mistreatment of African Americans and the draft.
Black Panthers
A series of reforms by FDR designed to lift Americans out of the Great Depression.
New Deal
This man succeeded FDR as President and went on to lead the country during the end of WWII and the Korean War.
Harry Truman
Residential neighborhoods outside of big cities. People moved to them in large numbers and were racially segregated.
Suburbs
The Supreme Court ruling that created "separate but equal" laws were constitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
This man was the President of South Vietnam. He was eventually assassinated in a coup.
Ngo Dihn Diem
An opponent of FDR who believed the New Deal did not go far enough and sought to redistribute the wealth of rich Americans.
Huey Long
This bill provided low-cost mortgages, loans to start businesses, and tuition and living expenses for education for WWII veterans.
GI Bill
Dwight D. Eisenhower's most famous project as president. Created a large transportation system across the US and was one of the country's biggest public works projects to date.
Interstate Highway Act
This African American teenager was murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. The publicity of this tragedy was one of the sparks to start the Civil Rights movement.
Emmett Till.
A Native American advocacy group that supported treaty rights and sovereignty. Had taken over Alcatraz, Indian Affairs headquarters, and Wounded Knee in protest of the government.
American Indian Movement
Named after President Herbert Hoover, these shantytowns were home to the most poor and homeless during the Great Depression.
Hoovervilles.