Cold War Foundations
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism globally
containment
Fear of communism within the U.S.
The Red Scare
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
This war became the most controversial Cold War conflict
The Vietnam War
This program expanded welfare and fought poverty
The Great Society
This U.S. program gave economic aid to rebuild Europe and prevent communism
The Marshall Plan
This senator led aggressive investigations into alleged communists
Joseph McCarthy
This leader promoted nonviolent protest
Martin Luther King Jr.
This event escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This movement pushed for women’s equality
the feminist movement
This alliance was created by the U.S. and Western nations in 1949
NATO
This practice ruined reputations based on accusations of disloyalty
McCarthyism
This law banned segregation in public places (1964)
The Civil Rights Act
This offensive shocked Americans and hurt support for the war
The Tet Offensive
This book helped launch second-wave feminism
The Feminine Mystique
This 1947 policy committed the United States to supporting countries resisting communism, marking a major shift toward global involvement
The Truman Doctrine
This broader impact of Cold War fears led to limits on civil liberties and free speech in the U.S.
the suppression of civil liberties
This law protected voting rights (1965)
The Voting Rights Act
This president began withdrawing troops while expanding bombing
Richard Nixon
This environmental law aimed to reduce pollution (1970)
The Clean Air Act
This idea justified U.S. involvement abroad to stop one country from leading others to communism
the domino theory
This case showed Cold War fears affecting justice (execution for spying)
The Rosenberg Case
This describes continued racial separation and inequality that remained even after major civil rights laws were passed
de facto segregation
This policy aimed to reduce Cold War tensions in the 1970s
détente
This scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon
Watergate