Vietnam War
The theory is that when one country falls to communism another will eventually fall right after
What is the Domino Theory?
The American promise to help rebuild Europe after World War II in hopes to stop the spread of communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
The presidential election introduced television into politics.
What is the election of 1960?
A famous non-violent Civil Rights Leader who had a dream.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The rush for couples to get married and have children after world war 2 led to this.
What is the Baby Boom?
The leader of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and was the leading communist during the war
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was the closest the world came to nuclear war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A national campaign started by President Nixon in 1971.
What is the War on Drugs?
Brown v. Board of Education
What ended segregation?
Shows in the 1950s started to show suburban family life in reference to what?
What is the nuclear family?
A flammable liquid-solid material that stuck to many surfaces, and when lit afire, the surface or thing that was stuck by the material was immediately burned
What is Napalm?
A year-long mission that flew food and supplies into Western Berlin after the Soviets blocked off access to resources
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The scandal involving President Nixon that resulted in his resignation from Presidency.
What was the Watergate Scandal?
Laws that denied African Americans equal rights
What were Jim Crow Laws?
This pamphlet suggested that communists had infiltrated the media to spread propaganda.
What are the Red Channels?
This assault was launched on all South Vietnamese villages on a Chinese holiday. It was considered a turning point in the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This American diplomat became the chief policy formulator of containment during the Cold War. He believed that the United States needed to contain communism due to Soviet hostility.
Who is George Kennan?
The president whose domestic policy adopted conservative language but followed liberal policies.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The president that signed the Civil Rights Act
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This was denounced by young people during the 1960s because of how institutionalized it was
What is Christianity?
This resolution gave the president the authority to escalate U.S involvement in Vietnam after a U.S destroyer was attacked off the shore of Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This bill stated that immigration officials could turn any immigrant away if they believed they were a threat to national security.
What is the McCarran-Walter Act?
This philosopher believed in leading a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Who is Karl Marx?
On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama
Where were Civil Rights activists brutally attacked?
These groups were formed after the Stonewall incident and protested discrimination, homophobia, and violence against gay people.
What is the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists’ Alliance?