Civil Rights Movement
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
This Cold War idea suggested that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
Domino Theory
Why did President Johnson launch the Great Society programs?
To fight poverty and social injustice
This U.S. strategy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide by not letting any new countries fall to communism.
Containment
This feminist author wrote The Feminine Mystique and criticized traditional roles for women.
This major law banned discrimination in public places and employment.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This 1964 congressional resolution allowed the president to escalate the Vietnam War without a formal declaration of war.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This Great Society program provides insurance for Americans over age 65
Medicare
What event caused the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
This law eliminated national-origin quotas in immigration policy.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Civil rights activists used sit-ins, marches, and boycotts based on this philosophy promoted by Martin Luther King Jr..
Non Violent Protest
This 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces shocked Americans and decreased support for the war.
Tet Offensive
This War on Poverty program provided early childhood education for low-invoice children.
Head Start
This Cold War policy under Dwight D. Eisenhower relied heavily nuclear weapons to deter enemies.
Massive Retaliation
This Supreme Court case required police to inform suspects of their rights when arrested.
Miranda v. Arizona
This earlier Supreme Court decision allowing “separate but equal” was overturned in 1954.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This policy under Richard Nixon aimed to gradually withdraw U.S. troops and give South Vietnam more responsibility for fighting the war.
Vietnamization
What is the major historical program of the 1930s that inspired many Great Society reforms?
New Deal
This term describes easing Cold War Tensions, including arms agreements and improved relations with China.
Detente
This Middle Eastern conflict in 1973 triggered the oil embargo and global energy crisis
Yom Kippur War
This civil rights leader criticized nonviolence and supported self-defense and Black nationalism in the early 1960s.
Malcolm X
This 1973 law limited presidential power by requiring the president to consult Congress before sending troops into combat.
War Powers Act
The main goal of Great Society was antipoverty programs was to break the cycle of poverty through these two things
Education and job training
In his 1961 farewell address, Eisenhower warned Americans about the influence of this powerful alliance between defense industries and the military.
Military-industrial complex
This oil production organization caused a major energy crisis in 1973 by placing an embargo on oil exports to Western Countries-full name not just abbreviation
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries