American Cultural History

The Early Cold War

100

1. This 1947 doctrine declared that the United States would fight the spread of Communism anywhere

Truman Doctrine

200

1. He rose to fame on the strength of accusing the State Department of harboring Communists

Joseph McCarthy

300

1. This plan was intended to spur economic development in war torn Europe to provide a defense against communism and new markets for American business

Marshall Plan

400

1. Ultimately, more Americans accused of being _________ were fired during the Red Scare, so it’s often been nicknamed the __________

Gay; Lavender Scare

500

1. This was the nickname for the CIA’s international activity during Eisenhower’s presidency, name at least 3 countries where they intervened…

Dirty Wars; Iran, Guatemala, Cuba

Postwar Prosperity:

100

1. Unions in the 1950s fought for this, it assured that a single income support an entire household

Family Wage

200

1. This referred to federal programs’ practice of naming white neighborhoods desirable and integrated or mainly poc neighborhoods as “undesirable”

Redlining

300

1. The Republican victory in the 1946 election led to a series of anti-labor laws, most famously _________, which allowed states to pass “open shop” laws

Taft-Hartley Act

400

1. From movies like Rebel without a cause to books like Catcher in the Rye, parents in the 1950s feared what among their children

Juvenile Delinquency

500

1. These 3 laws helped pave the way for the rise of the suburbs 

[GI Bill, Federal Highway Act, FHA]

Civil Rights

100

1. This famous decision ended legal segregation in our nation’s schools.

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

200

1. A lifelong activist, she sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but he came to be known as the leader

Rosa Parks

300

1. This organization of students started when the ______movement took off across the south 

SNCC; Sit-in Movement

400

1. This city’s protests against busing & school integration in the 1970s symbolized how far the CRM still had to go

Boston (Detroit is also acceptable)

500

1. It was after protests in this city that JFK announced his support for civil rights legislation. It was after protests in this city that LBJ announced his support for voter rights legislation

Birmingham; Selma

60s &70s Politics

100

1. He was famous for advocating “Law & Order” even though his presidency ended in scandal

Nixon

200

1. Many believe that the deciding factor in the Kennedy Nixon 1960 election was this

Televised Debate

300

1. Name the two near catastrophes with Cuba that took place during JFK’s presidency

Bay of Pigs Invasion; Cuban Missile Crisis

400

1. Although roundly defeated in 1964, his platform is often seen as the beginning of the New Right

Barry Goldwater

500

This famous Supreme Court decision required that arrestees be read their rights

Miranda vs. Arizona

Vietnam & the 2nd half of the Cold War

100

1. This resolution gave LBJ the authority to expand the War in Vietnam

Gulf of Tonkin

200

1. This is the name for Nixon’s policy of “easing tensions” of the Cold War

Détente

300

1. For many Americans the moment of watching the US Embassy under attack in this event of Vietnam convinced them that the Vietnam war was unwinnable

Tet Offensive

400

1. This foreign policy crisis crippled the Carter Administration

Iran Hostage Crisis

500

1. After promising to end the war in Vietnam, Nixon actually expanded the war into these two countries. 

Laos; Cambodia