Early Cold War
This proxy war was fought between 1950 and 1953 over the 38th parallel, with no advancement on either side
What is the Korean War?
This resolution authorized LBJ to take “any necessary measures” to retaliate from an incident in Vietnam in which two destroyers were fired upon; escalated the war in Vietnam
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the foremost advocate for active, nonviolent protests
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
What was Nixon’s policy to slowly return power and responsibility to South Vietnam (only to see it fall to communism)?
What is Vietnamization?
This group of students were the first to integrate in Arkansas schools and were escorted by the national guard when Eisenhower deployed troops
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This was the primary goal of all US foreign policy including the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in the decades following WWII
What is the policy of containment?
This Viet-Cong offensive in 1968 targeted South Vietnam and American military posts and began to change public perception about the chances of “winning”
What is the TET Offensive?
The landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
Leader of the Nation of Islam and advocate for black nationalism and separatist movement
Who is Malcolm X?
The term for the group of people born post WWII composed the largest sector of age groups in (17 year olds in 1964)
Who are Baby Boomers?
This committee used fear tactics and gained publicity during the 1950s for its investigations of communist sympathizers
What is HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?
The massacre and cover-up scandalized the war in Vietnam when hundreds of unarmed civilians were brutally killed in 1968
What is the My Lai Massacre?
LBJ’s “War on Poverty” program, including healthcare and education, was often underfunded because of the costs of the Vietnam War
What is the Great Society?
Author and women’s rights activist who wrote the Feminine Mystique
Who is Betty Friedan?
This group organized the Freedom Rides of the early 1960s and actively supported sit-ins and voter registration drives
What is CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)?
This blockade of Soviet ships was the closest the US and USSR came to nuclear war (lasted for 13 days)
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This air strike operation in Vietnam aimed at defeating morale and destroying Communist targets, but was ultimately unsuccessful
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
The most important piece of civil rights legislation since the Civil War that caused a division in Southern Democrats
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The term for mutual coexistence used during the Cold War
What is detente?
Betty Friedan co-founded this group in 1966
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)?
The politician who referred to the “iron curtain” in a speech in 1946
Who is Winston Churchill?
Student protests against the bombing in Cambodia and opposition to the war in Vietnam led to 4 students being killed in Ohio (then 8 days later in Mississippi)
What is Kent State (Jackson State)?
The leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers who actively lead a hunger strike and held rallies to call for better pay and working conditions for migrant workers
Who is Cesar Chavez?
Early civil rights leader who threatened to march on Washington in 1941 and prompted FDR to issue Executive Order 8802 to ban discrimination in defense industries
Who is Asa Philip Randolph?
This conservative political action group was formed in response to the liberal policies of the 1970s and pushed for a ban on abortions, allowing school prayer, and was started by Jerry Falwell.
What is the Moral Majority?