Vocabulary
What was the Cold war
state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war. This existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II
What is the term for fall and irresponsibly accusations of communist ties and is named for a Senator from Wisconsin.
McCarthyism
In the Late 1800s, the supreme court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson -
Created a legal justification for segregation laws
What is the Containment policy?
policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Who is Joseph McCarthy
Senator who spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other “loyalty risks” in the U.S. government in the 1950s
What is the Truman Doctrine
policy That provided economic and military aid to nations (such as Greece and Turkey) threatened by communism
The National Security Act of 1947 established what governmental Agency?
CIA
What role did Arkansas governor Ovral Faubus play in the little rock crisis?
He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools
What is the House Unamerican Activities Committee
This group investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War
Who is Mao Zedong?
He was the founding father of the People's Republic of China. he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976
What is the Marshall Plan
program, proposed in 1947, under which the United States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.
Which men first used the term Iron Curtain?
Winston Churchill
What is Thurgood Marshall?
Was a lawyer and instrumental in ending legal segregation
Becomes the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court
What is the United Nations
Created in 1945, this international organization was formed by 51 countries in order to encourage resolution of international conflicts without war and to form policies on international issues.
Who is Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Communists who received international attention when they were executed having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage in relation to passing information on the American atomic bomb to the Soviet Union
What is Detente?
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
The defence alliance between communist nations was
Warsaw pact
Who is Malcom X?
Also a Civil Rights leader, but promoted more violent forceful methods
Prominent figure in the Nation of Islam
Assassinated in 1965
What is Nato?
military alliance, created in 1949, made up of 12 non-communist countries (including the United States) that agreed to support each other if attacked
Who is Joseph Stalin?
the first leader of the Union of Socialist Republics. He died in 1953.
What is the Vietnam war?
A prolonged war (1954- 1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
When the USSR cut off supplies to the German capital the US and its allies responded with
The Berlin Airlift
What was the Civil rights act of 1964?
Passed by LBJ, outlawed public segregation and discrimination, also forbids racial discrimination at work.
Name 3 countries that are involved in NATO?
- usa
-great Britain
- Ireland
- France
- Germany
- Norway
- Italy
Who is JFK?
president during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis