return from war
provide veterans with housing and tuition aid
GI bill
what the US does in Germany and Japan
demilitarization through occupation
discourages both sides from using their weapons
M.A.D
a failed attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
Bay of Pigs
president during the space race and Cuba conflicts
John F. Kennedy
generation that begins following WWII
Baby Boomers
includes domino theory, containment, and proxy wars
Truman Doctrine
MLK's approach to activism
peaceful protest/ civil disobedience
sometimes referred to as the 'forgotten war'
Korean War
president that oversees the Little Rock 9 incident
Dwight D. Eisenhower
African-Americans' goal of defeating racism & fascism
Double V
a collective defense agreement that includes the US
NATO
force against force/ by any means necessary
justifies America's entry into the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin
president who signs the Civil Rights act in 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
women reverted back to these in the postwar years
traditional gender roles
$13 billion in aid given to Western Euope
Marshall Plan
Brown vs Board of Education overturns this
separate but equal segregation
a murder that exposed the injustice of lynchings
Emmett Till
Cuba's communist dictator
Fidel Castro
communities of nearly identical suburban houses
Levittowns
ordered by LBJ to investigate JFK's assassination
Warren Commission
examples of systemic racism
redlining and gerrymandering
a meeting of black athletes to support Muhammad Ali
Cleveland Summit
a pastor who leads the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr.