The Civil War
This civil rights leader gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This Cold War term referred to the buildup of nuclear weapons by both superpowers.
What is the arms race?
Northern Vietnamese Communists
Who were the Vietcong?
a large music festival that was one of the largest demonstrations of the counterculture movement
What was the Woodstock Festival?
Several Arab nations refused to sell oil to America because it was allied with Israel
What was the 1973 Oil Embargo?
This paramilitary hate group used violence and intimidation to resist civil rights progress.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This barrier divided East and West Berlin until 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
a surprise attack from Northern Vietnam on Vietnamese New Year
What was the Tet Offensive?
nonconformance to society, anti-war sentiments about the Vietnam War, including hippies and Beatniks
What was counterculture?
a state of an economy caused by high unemployment, inflation, and stagnation of economic growth
What is stagflation?
What were Jim Crow laws?
a program that provided educational opportunities for veterans after WW2
What was the G.I. Bill?
This policy, introduced by Nixon, aimed to gradually transfer combat roles to South Vietnamese forces.
What is Vietnamization?
a liberal movement focused on societal issues such as gay rights and feminsim
What is the New Left?
This U.S. President introduced the "New Frontier" economic program in the early 1960s.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
These bus rides in 1961 tested Southern compliance with desegregation of interstate travel.
What are the Freedom Rides?
ideological differences, Soviet and US tensions, disagreements about the post-WW2 world
What caused the Cold War?
This resolution passed by Congress in 1964 gave President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This fear of communism led to loyalty oaths and blacklists in 1950s America.
What was the Second Red Scare?
This major demographic group, coming of age in the 1960s, began influencing consumer trends and markets.
What are the Baby Boomers?
a Supreme Court trial that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
This Soviet counterpart to NATO included Eastern Bloc nations.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This 1973 agreement officially ended U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
This term describes the generation of young people growing up after WWII, coming of age in the '60s.
What is the Baby Boom Generation?
This trade agreement, revised throughout the 1960s, aimed to reduce tariffs and expand global commerce.
What is GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)?