Cold War Conflicts
What U.S. policy promised aid to countries resisting communism, especially Greece and Turkey?
Truman Doctrine
What 1954 Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What act provided WWII veterans with college tuition and home loans?
GI Bill
What theory argued that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow?
Domino Theory
What president resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
What organization was formed in 1949 as a military alliance against Soviet aggression?
NATO
Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What suburban housing development symbolized postwar prosperity and conformity?
Levittown
What resolution gave President Johnson broad war powers in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What organization caused oil shortages and inflation in the U.S. in the 1970s?
OPEC
What event in 1962 brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What tactic did African Americans use at lunch counters to protest segregation?
Sit-ins
What term described the 1950s increase in birth rates after WWII?
Baby Boom
What surprise 1968 attack by the Viet Cong shocked the U.S. public?
Tet Offensive
What was the term for Nixon’s easing of tensions with the Soviet Union and China?
Détente
What was the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948–49?
Berlin Airlift
What law ended segregation in public places and banned job discrimination in 1964?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What book by Betty Friedan sparked the modern women’s movement?
The Feminine Mystique
What 1970 event led to student protests after the war expanded into Cambodia?
Kent State Shooting
What 1972 arms agreement limited nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR?
SALT I Agreement
What doctrine replaced containment with active resistance to Soviet expansion in the Middle East in 1957?
Eisenhower Doctrine
What law eliminated literacy tests and other barriers to Black voting in 1965?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What 1947 law restricted the power of labor unions?
Taft-Hartley Act
What was the name of the document that revealed government deception in Vietnam?
Pentagon Papers
What 1979 crisis saw Americans taken hostage in the Middle East?
Iran Hostage Crisis
What 1950–53 war ended in stalemate and reaffirmed containment in Asia?
Korean War
What group was founded in 1966 to promote Black Power and community control?
Black Panther Party
What Supreme Court decision protected a woman’s right to privacy in choosing an abortion?
Roe v. Wade
What movement involved youth rejecting mainstream values and advocating peace, drugs, and alternative lifestyles?
Counterculture Movement
What Supreme Court case required equal funding for public and private schools regardless of race?
Milliken v. Bradley