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The Cold War
All About Ike
The Stormy Sixties
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Organizations Galore
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WWII left these two countries to fight for international dominance throughout the fifties and sixties.
What are America and the Soviet Union
100
This protest, initiated by Rosa Parks and organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. almost bankrupted the city's public transport system.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
This act gave the federal government more power to enforce school-desegregation orders and to prohibit racial discrimination in public accommodations and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
Name for the ideology that the United States would honor its existing defense commitments but in the future, Asians and other countries would have to fight their own wars without the support of large numbers of American troops.
What is The Nixon Doctrine
100
The communist answer to NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
200
The Yalta Conference was the meeting of representatives from America, the Soviet Union, and this country to discuss the events after WWII.
What is Britain
200
Truman was able to run against Eisenhower in the '52 election because this amendment hadn't been ratified yet.
What is the 22nd Amendment
200
These presidential plans, which included trying to fix unemployment and inflation and keeping wages high for workers, inspired patriotism.
What is John F. Kennedy's New Frontier
200
On June 17, 1972, five men working for the Republican Committee for the Re-election of the President were caught breaking into a Hotel and bugging Democrats' rooms.
What is the Watergate Scandal
200
Stokely Carmichael preached the doctrine of Black Power, and founded this pro-black organization
What is the Black Panther party
300
To avoid war with the Soviet Union, Truman does this for American troops in Germany for a year and three months.
What is airlift supplies/Berlin Airlift
300
Eisienhower embraced parts of the New Deal by expanding Social Security, raising the minimum wage and creating this department
What is the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
300
In October 1962, it was discovered that the Soviets were secretly installing nuclear missiles in Cuba, leading to this Scandal
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
300
ruled that all criminals were entitled to legal counsel, even if they were unable to afford it.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
300
This organization was designed for peacekeeping, and included the US, USSR, China, UK, and France
What is the UN
400
the UN allowed the USA to intervene in this war, which resulted in Armistice in 1953
What is The Korean War
400
Eisenhower created this system for the purpose of National Defense; it made it easier for troops to move quickly across country.
What is the Interstate Highway System
400
Nickname for the social upheavals of the 1960s: the youthful population bulge, protest against racism and the Vietnam War, and the apparent permanence of prosperity.
What is the three P's
400
Carter's speech where he chastised the American people for their obsession of material goods, stunning the nation. A few days later, he fired four cabinet secretaries.
What is the Malaise Speech
400
The CIA, Dept. of War, and Nat'l Security Council aall were created under this act.
What is the Nat'l Security Act of 1947
500
This senator gained fame for claiming that communism had invaded the US government, a large part of the Red Scare
Who is Joseph MacCarthy
500
This theory states that Aid to any Middle East country that is fighting off communism.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine
500
In 1965, Congress created this health program for the elderly and this health program for the poor.
What is Medicare;Medicaid
500
In 1971, this amendment was passed, lowering the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment
500
On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched the Sputnik I satellite into space. In November, they launched the satellite Sputnik II, carrying a dog. The two satellites gave credibility to Soviet claims that superior industrial production is achieved through communism. In response, President Eisenhower established this administration.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)