Early Cold War
Military alliance of democratic countries in Europe along with Canada and the United States
NATO
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and pushed for the United States to make it to the moon
John F. Kennedy
These laws were created in the South to suppress the voting rights and freedom of African-Americans
Jim Crow Laws
This project led to the creation of the first atomic weapon by the United States
Manhattan Project
This group fought for the rights of Native Americans and represented them legally
AIM
Main enemy of the United States during the Cold War Era
Soviet Union (USSR)
President who pushed forward many Conservative items during the 1980s
Ronald Reagan
This person fought for racial equality, but promoted more radical methods
Malcolm X
This was the closest the United States ever got to nuclear annihilation during the Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
What amendment was highlighted by the feminist movement in the 1970s
ERA
Created by the USSR to defend other Communist countries in Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
President who led during the height of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement
Lyndon B. Johnson
This court case created the term “separate but equal,” which allowed the South to segregate schools and other institutions
This was the first object sent into space by the Soviets, which scared the United States
Sputnik
President who was the leader at D-Day, created the highway system, and was nicknamed “Ike.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman agreed to send billions of dollars to help Western Europe
Marshall Plan
President who is known for Watergate and the Vietnamization of the Vietnam War
Richard Nixon
This person represented the NAACP at the Supreme Court, and was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This was the widespread belief and fear that Communists were in the United States government
McCarthyism
What was Mutually Assured Destruction?
The threat of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The economic plan of the USSR to rebuild Eastern Europe after WWII
Molotov Plan
President who decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and who would represent the United States at the Potsdam Conference
Harry Truman
This congressional act was passed in order to desegregate all public facilities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This process provided supplies to the Capitalist peoples of the West in a city that was divided by a wall
Berlin Airlift
This idea stated that if one country fell to Communism, more would follow.
Domino Theory