COLD WAR FOUNDATIONS
Post-WWII population surge that reshaped suburbs and the economy.
What is the Baby Boom?
Policy of ending racial segregation in public institutions.
What is desegregation?
Belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
Secret source who helped expose the Watergate scandal.
Who was Deep Throat?
1991 U.S.-led war to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
Government aid program that helped WWII veterans buy homes and attend college.
What is the GI Bill?
Term coined by Winston Churchill describing division between East and West Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Group of African American students who integrated a high school in Arkansas.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Policy under John F. Kennedy allowing a range of military responses.
What is flexible response?
President’s claim of confidentiality for communications.
What is executive privilege?
Foreign policy justifying preemptive strikes after 9/11.
What is the Bush Doctrine?
Term describing the influence of defense spending on politics and economy.
What is the military-industrial complex?
U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism globally.
What is containment?
Civil Rights Act provision banning workplace discrimination.
What is Title VII?
Student activist manifesto calling for participatory democracy.
What is the Port Huron Statement?
Period of eased tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is détente?
Terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.
What is al-Qaeda?
Youth movement rejecting traditional values in the 1960s.
What is the counterculture?
Mass-produced suburban communities symbolizing postwar prosperity.
What are Levittowns?
Movement emphasizing racial pride, autonomy, and sometimes separation.
What is Black Power?
Strategy of shifting war responsibility to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Economic condition of high inflation and unemployment.
What is stagflation?
Global agreement to reduce emissions linked to climate change.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Health crisis that emerged in the 1980s with major social impact.
What is HIV/AIDS?
Cold War strategy threatening overwhelming nuclear response to aggression.
What is massive retaliation?
Political approach focusing on issues specific to particular social groups.
What is identity politics?
Military strategy focused on winning “hearts and minds” against insurgents.
What is counterinsurgency?
Conservative economic policy emphasizing tax cuts and deregulation.
What is Reaganomics?
Major 2008 economic downturn caused by housing collapse.
What is the Great Recession?
Housing loan crisis involving risky lending practices.
What is the subprime mortgage crisis?