Amendments
Granted women's suffrage (right to vote)
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Provide an example of a way minorities attempted to have their voices heard and create opportunities
Sit ins, freedom rides, marches, etc.
McCarthyism helped lead to a fear of what?
Communism/Radical Governments
Describe the "domino theory"
Fear that if one country "fell" to communism, it would spread to surrounding areas.
What event led to Nixon resigning.
Watergate
Which amendment repealed the 18th?
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What did the Rosa Parks incident lead to?
Bus Boycott
After the Soviets enforced the Berlin Blockade, how did the US get supplies there?
Berlin Airlift
Lack of trust between the government and U.S. citizens was known as
Credibility Gap
Who was placed in internment camps in the United States during WWII?
Japanese-Americans
Limits the number of terms a president can serve.
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How were the tactics of the Black Panthers and Malcolm X different than those of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK-Nonviolent at all cost
Both the United States and the Soviet Union were increasing their numbers of what? (Think military/weapon)
Nuclear weapons
Describe the counter-culture movement
Hippy culture that went against norms. Anti war.
What took place at the "Manhattan Project"?
Developed the atomic bomb
Congress has the right to tax income
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This established that separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
What led to the US increasing spending in science and math?
Launch of Sputnik/Space race
The Vietcong had an advantage fighting in the jungles. In what ways did US troops fight against this.
Guerrilla War response:
Agent orange, napalm, search and destroy, operation rolling thunder.
Who was the first Hispanic Supreme Court judge?
Sonia Sotomayor
"Old enough to fight, old enough to vote"
This phrase became popular during WWII and took off during the Vietnam War. What does it mean and which amendment came from it?
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Who organized the United Farm workers in an attempt to improve rights of migrant workers?
Cesar Chavez
Define "containment"
The idea or goal of stopping the spread of communism
What was a result of the War Powers Resolution?
(Role of president/executive branch power)
Allowed congress to limit the authority of the executive branch.
Who was the first woman named to the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor