1950s & Cold War
A long conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWll
What is the Cold War
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
What election was the first time the Presidential debates were broadcasted (shown) on TV
What is JFK vs Nixon
United States belief that if one country in a region fell to communism, others would follow.
What is Domino Theory
This wall came down in 1989 and showed that the Cold War was ending.
What is the Berlin Wall
What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War in the 1950s?
What is to stop the spread of communism.
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech
What is the March on Washington
Which Cold War President started the Great Society program
Who is LBJ
This is the fighting method the Vietcong used
What is Geurilla Warfare.
Carter's Foreign Policy focused on.
What is Human Rights
The policy where the US gave money to European countries to help rebuild after WWII only if they did not become communists
What Is The Marshall Plan?
This Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal” public spaces was constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What event caused JFK to not be re-elected for a second term
What is the JFK assassination
This toxic herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, causing long-term health problems and environmental damage.
What is Agent Orange
This foreign policy approach, pursued by President Nixon, aimed to ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is Détente?
Soviet Union blocked off all the Allied Powers land access to West Berlin
What is the Berlin Blockade
This 1955, protest, sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks, lasted over a year and led to a supreme court ruling against segregated buses
What is Montgomery bus boycott
This failed 1961 U.S.-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government, resulting in a decisive Cuban victory and a major Cold War embarrassment for the United States.
What is the Bay of Pigs
This major attack in 1968 made many Americans start doubting the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive
A system known as "Star Wars" that would keep Americans safe from enemy missles.
What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
In 1957 an event involving a Soviet satellite, triggered the space race and led to the creation of NASA
What is Sputnik?
This 1964 law ended segregation in public places and made discrimination illegal
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This 13-day Cold War confrontation in October 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
This 1964 decision by Congress allowed the president to increase U.S. military involvement in Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign in 1974.
What is the Watergate Scandal