Cold War
Define Vietnamization. Which president's policy was it?
Nixon
Gradual removing of American soldiers from Vietnam while training them
What happened to Germany after WW2?
Country and capital city of Berlin were divided into 4 parts with each allied power having its own part
What was Brown vs. Board of Education?
Supreme Court case that declared segregation was unconstitutional
How did the 1920s cause the Great Depression?
Lavish spending, buying stock on margin, credit card, lack of bank regulation
What was the goal of New Deal Agencies like CCC and WPA?
Help unemployed people
Which president was assassinated and committed to the space?
John F Kennedy
Which groups were given more responsibility in WW2?
Women, Native Americans and African Americans
What is the difference between Stokely Carmichael and Malcom X?
SC: Black panthers, violence by any means necessary
MX: action needed, "make noise" and only violence if the other side uses it
What were the two sides of the culture wars?
Tradition vs Modernity
Which two presidents were in office during the 1930s? Contrast their beliefs.
Hoover: people can make their own way (Ruggged individualism)
Roosevelt: New Deal agencies - lots of gov intervention
What were the two alliances that formed during the cold war?
NATO: America and Allies
Warsaw Pact: USSR and allies
What brought the US into World War II?
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
What major event included the Little Rock Nine?
What is prohibition? Why was it enacted?
The banning of buying, selling and making alcohol
Gov thought alcohol was the root of society's problems morally
How the US end World War II in the Pacific?
Dropping the Atomic Bombs
What happened to Vietnam at the end of the VIetnam War?
North Vietnam won and united the whole country under communism
What is island hopping?
The US strategy against the Japanese where the went island to island taking them from the Japanese
Define civil disobedience. Which civil rights leader supported this strategy?
Not following a law because you believe it to be unjust/wrong - MLK Jr
What was the Red Scare?
Russian Revolution causing immigrants from Eastern Europe flooding to America and people being scared of potential communists
What's a Hooverville?
A group of "houses" made of cardboard because people couldn't afford to live in their houses and President Hoover wouldn't help