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The so-called "Truman Doctrine" was specifically designed to aid countries trying to resist the spread of
Communism
38th Parallel
name given to the latitude line that divides North and South Korea
Johnson's "Great Society" consisted of reforms in health care, education, and
civil rights
Why might it be said that the United States "won" the so-called "Space Race"?
By landing on the moon
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the soviet missiles from Cuba as long as the US agreed not to invade Cuba
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 sought tp end a series of laws known as
Jim Crow Laws
NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) its purpose was to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means
A very popular form of protest during the anti-Vietnam War movement was
Draft card burning
Who is most closely associated with the principle of nonviolent resistance?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Explain the Domino Theory
if one country was to fall to communism, countries around it will soon fall
In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph Mcarthy earned national attention for falsely accusing many people of being
Communist
Marshall Plan
American Initiative enacted in 1948 to provide aid to Western Europe
The first man-made satellite to be placed into orbit was
Sputnik 1
Which US president found himself in a "showdown" with Nikita Khrushchev over the issue of Soviet Missile bases in Cuba?
President John F. Kennedy
The US involved itself in Vietnam in the 1960s because
The US wanted to keep communism contained and prevent it from spreading to the rest of Asia
The Truman Doctrine of the late 1940s was the U.S. policy of offering aid to countries threatened by
Communism
Holocaust
the genocide of European Jews in World War 2
An opponent of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution would argue that it was unconstitutional because it gave too much power to the
executive branch
What was the MAIN reason Richard Nixon traveled to China in 1972?
to normalize relation between the US and China
What programs were created under Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society
Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Kent State protest of 1970 was met with violent force by the
Ohio National Guard
Korean war
The war fought between North and South Korea between 1950-1953
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, this African-American woman refused an order by a bus driver to give up her seat to a white person. Her actions made her a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. Her name is
Rosa Parks
Which military tactic is most closely identified with the Viet Cong?
Guerilla Warfare/fighting
How did the War Powers Act of 1973 impact the relationship between the President of the legislative branch?
It made it to where the president had to notify congress within 48 hours of sending troops somewhere and they cannot keep them there without congressional approval for more the 60 days