The cold war
An American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe after World War II. It aimed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 countries, ensuring stable conditions for democratic institutions to thrive.
These two major events heightened American-Soviet tensions
What is Cuba and Berlin Wall?
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender; Most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation in U.S. history; Prohibited discrimination in employment and public facilities
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Was a regional defense organization whose purpose was to foster a system of mutual support to protect Southeast Asia against Communist expansion.
What is Southeast Asia Treaty Organization?
Organization Formed in 1966 to fight for legislative changes, including the Equal Rights Amendment
What is National Organization for Women
was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s.
civil rights movement, anti-war protests, and a push for greater social justice, particularly for African Americans. This era saw transformative events that challenged the status quo and sparked widespread activism aimed at achieving equality and justice.
What is Turbulent Sixties?
A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
What is Montgomery bus Boycott?
Were signed by French and Vietnam representatives and provided for a cease-fire and temporary division of Vietnam into two military zones at latitude 17 °N.
Geneva Accords
A court case that legalized abortion by ruling that state laws could not restrict it during the first three months of pregnancy. Based on 4th Amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons.
what is Roe v. Wade?
An American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army; Argued with Truman about dropping the bomb on China
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
An act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that prohibited any less favorable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. It was later replaced by the Equality Act 2010, which gives women (and men) the right to equal pay for equal work.
What is the Equal Pay Act?
Were the first pieces of federal civil rights legislation passed since Reconstruction. The Act was initially conceived to better enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments but was met with fierce resistance from southern white segregationist senators.
What is the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960?
Was the last major event of the Vietnam War and effectively signaled the bitterly contested unification of Vietnam; Vietnam united under communism
what is the Fall of Saigon?
Founded by Gloria Steinem and several other women, provided viewpoints of feminist issues and familiarized its audience with the arguments and issues of the women's movement.
what is Ms. Magazine?
Winner of the 1952 presidential election; a war hero; lead the Allied forces to victory in Europe during World War II; built the modern interstate highway system; addressed the challenges of a rapidly changing world
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Created to help veterans of World War II. It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.
What is Serviceman's Readjustment Act or G.I bill?
This Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 23, 1964, prohibits the use of poll taxes in federal elections. This amendment was designed to eliminate financial barriers that could prevent citizens from voting, ensuring that the right to vote cannot be denied based on the failure to pay a tax.
What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
A federal law designed to check the U.S. president's power to commit the country to armed conflict without congressional consent. It requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying U.S. armed forces into hostilities and limits military engagement to 60 days without congressional authorization
What is War Powers Resolution?
A landmark Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the Constitution protects the liberty of married couples to use contraceptives without government restriction. The case challenged a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives and assisting others in using them.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
A major confrontation in 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Cuba.
What is Cuban missile crisis?
Was enacted in 1964 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society initiative, aimed at combating poverty in the United States. It established various social programs to facilitate education, health, employment, and general welfare for impoverished Americans, allocating approximately $1 billion in its first year to fund these initiatives.
What is Economic Opportunity Act?
Were both organizations that played significant roles in the Civil Rights Movement. They collaborated on efforts such as the Freedom Rides, which aimed to desegregate interstate bus transportation; later on, Expelled white members and advocated Black Power
what is CORE and SNCC?
Was a United States war crime committed on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. At least 347 and up to 504 civilians, almost all women, children, and elderly were killed
what is the My Lai Massacre?
Best-selling book by feminist thinker Betty Friedan. This work challenged women to move beyond the drudgery of suburban housewives and helped launch what would become second-wave feminism.
What is The Feminine Mystique?