Civil Rights
Which supreme court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
Brown v Board of Education
This was the primary goal of all U.S. foreign policy, including the Marshall Plan & Truman Doctrine, in the decades following WWII.
containment of Soviet communism
The term that characterized American foreign policy during the Cold War
Containment
This proxy war was from 1950 to 1953.
The Korean War
The belief that if one nation fell to communism then the rest would follow
Domino Theory
What was King’s tactic to eliminate segregation?
To use militant non-violence. This challenged people to fight for their rights in a peaceful way.
President associated with interstate highway system, growth of suburbs, NDEA
Eisenhower
LBJ's domestic program that sought to end poverty and discrimination and wanted to fund gov programs like Medicare and Medicaid
The Great Society
The act that gave LBJ power to wage war in Vietnam without a declaration of war
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The Supreme Court decision that argued that the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII was justified by national security threats
Korematsu vs U.S.
This act prohibited employers from paying unequally on the basis of gender.
Equal Pay Act
Anti-war protests led by college students at this school resulted in 4 student deaths at the hands of the National Guard
Kent State
The relaxation of tensions between the US and USSR under Nixon's presidency
Detente
This European country had colonial control of Vietnam before WWII and tried to re-establish that control after the war
France
The person who coined the term Gilded Age to represent the corruption of the United States internally.
Mark Twain
Under this bill, hotels, restaurants, and employers could not discriminate based on race and schools could not be segregated.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Name one of the government sponsored acts/movements during the 1960s-1970s that aimed to protect the American environment.
Earth Day; EPA; Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Wilderness Act; Endangered Species Act; Superfund Act
The event in Arkansas where Eisenhower sent in the National Guard to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision to integrate schools
The Little Rock 9
Name either the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam war, or the American backed leader of South Vietnam prior to the war
Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Din Diem
Name the supreme court case declared laws prohibiting interracial marriage unconstitutional
Loving v Virginia (1967)
The event that sparked the Gay Rights Movement.
The Stonewall Riots
This group of people were rebellious youth of the 50s, who rejected societal norms and went against many ideas of the generation before them.
Beatniks
The book written by Betty Friedan in 1963 that argued women should be given more opportunities and sparked the 2nd wave feminist movement.
Feminine Mystique
Campaign in Vietnam that turned American opinion against the war
The Tet Offensive
This book written by Rachel Carson brought a lot of attention to the bad state of the current environment - specifically, DDT
The Silent Spring