Cold War Policies
This policy aimed to stop communism from spreading to new countries?
What is Containment?
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is the Korean War?
This alliance of Western countries formed in 1949 to oppose the Soviet Union.
What is NATO?
This civil rights strategy emphasizes armed self-defense and was associated with groups like the Black Panther Party?
What is Militancy?
This case guaranteed the right to a lawyer even if a defendant cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This 1947 policy promised U.S. aid to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1962 crisis nearly caused nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Soviet-led military alliance was created in response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This strategy uses peaceful protests that break unfair laws to force change.
What is Civil Disobedience?
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This U.S. program sent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This failed U.S.-supported invasion tried to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This imaginary line divided communist North Korea and democratic South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This 1964 law banned segregation in public places and discrimination in jobs.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This case ruled race could be considered in college admissions but banned quotas.
What is Regents v. Bakke?
This theory argued that if one country became communist, nearby countries would follow.
What is Domino Theory?
This long war in Southeast Asia attempted to stop communist North Vietnam.
What is the Vietnam War?
This Cold War term describes the buildup of weapons and military strength by rival alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact
What is Arms Race?
This organization used court cases like Brown v. Board of Education to fight segregation.
What is the NAACP?
This case allowed busing to help desegregate schools.
What is Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg?
Which President supported the Marshall Plan to stop the spread of communism after World War II?
Who is Harry Truman?
Which President led the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis and increased involvement in Vietnam?
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This president was in office when the Interstate Highway System was created and promoted a Cold War strategy known as Brinkmanship.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This president pushed congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and launched the Great Society programs.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
This president resigned after the Supreme Court ruled he had to turn over the Watergate Tapes.
Who is Richard Nixon?