Early Cold War & Containment
This 1947 policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1954 case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This generation was born during the post-WWII population boom.
Who are the Baby Boomers?
This theory said if one nation fell to communism, nearby ones would too.
What is the Domino Theory?
This domestic program by LBJ aimed to end poverty and promote equality.
What is the Great Society?
This U.S. plan provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This act gave WWII veterans education and housing benefits.
What is the GI Bill?
This resolution gave LBJ broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This court case guaranteed the right to an abortion (decided in 1973).
What is Roe v. Wade?
This military alliance formed in 1949 between the U.S. and Western Europe.
What is NATO?
This 1964 law outlawed segregation in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This 1950s suburb symbolized the rise of mass-produced housing.
What is Levittown?
This surprise attack in 1968 shocked Americans and hurt war support.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This scandal forced Nixon to resign in 1974.
What is Watergate?
This 1950–53 war ended in a stalemate and division at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
These students attempted to integrate a high school in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This law created the interstate highway system under Eisenhower
What is the Federal-Aid Highway Act (1956)?
This movement opposed the draft and U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the antiwar movement?
This 1965 law banned literacy tests for voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This senator led a hunt for communists in the U.S. government and media.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This radical group advocated Black pride and self-defense in the 1960s.
Who are the Black Panthers?
This book critiqued the role of women in 1950s society.
What is The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan?
This 1970 event where National Guard troops killed student protesters shocked the nation.
What is the Kent State shooting?
This conservative backlash against liberal policies began in the 1970s.
What is the rise of the New Right?