Early Cold War
The US would give economic aid to Greece, Turkey, and any nation that needed help to contain communism
First man made satellite and was launched by the USSR
Sputnik 1
The mass production of inexpensive suburban houses meant for young veterans and their wives.
Levittown
What movement was sparked after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
Montgomery Bus Boycott
He was the leader of non-violent protests and wrote the "I Have A Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr.
This gave aid to Western European Nations after WWII to help them recover financially and prevent communism from spreading
Marshall Plan
An American government official accused of having spied for the Soviet Union and was charged with perjury
Alger Hiss
A group of writers that were focused on the anti-establishment movement
Beatniks
This court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated public schools nationwide
Brown v. Board of Education
Nine Black students who agreed to be first to attend an all-white school after the Brown v. Board Education
He gave a speech regarding communism by saying that the people that the Soviet Union took over has created an iron curtain at the border
Winston Churchill
“Thawing” of Cold War tensions during Nixon Administration
Detente
Congress' permission for the president to use force in response to North Vietnamese hostile action.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A black student tried to enroll at the segregated University of Mississippi, but was denied. He then successfully sued for admission.
James Meredith
He was a spokesperson for the nation of Islam and the father of the Black Power movement
This is the closest the US and Soviet Union came to nuclear war, and included a US blockade of Soviet ships.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The border between North Korea and South Korea
38th parallel
A group that announced a "Ten Point Plan" of demands of goals including self-determination, full employment, adequate housing and education.They were also a means of armed resistance against the oppression of blacks.
The Black Panthers
Alabama governor who has the famous quote: "Segregation now, Segregation tomorrow, Segregation forever."
George Wallace
Roosevelt and Churchill discussed with Stalin the conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan
Yalta Conference
A secret operation in which the US government secretly sent weapons to a known enemy and sent financial aid to a rebel force
Iran-Contra Affair
What does NATO stand for and what did it do
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Created to stop the spread of communism and guarantee freedom and security of its people
This event, established by the COFO, was an effort to help African Americans register to vote in Mississippi and set up voluntary schools to combat the inequalities in the systems.
Freedom Summer
A field secretary for Mississippi NAACP who had received death threats, had a firebomb thrown at his house, had a car try to run him down, and was shot outside of his home
Medgar Evers