Origins of the Cold War
Following World War II, the United States developed a strong distrust of this former ally.
What is the Soviet Union (Russia)?
To help returning WWII soldiers attend college and buy homes, Congress pass this landmark law in 1946?
What is the G.I. Bill?
This military alliance that united western European countries under the collective defense of the United States to counter communist aggression was formed in 1949?
What is NATO?
The early Civil Rights movement is often considered to have been kickstarted by this event which resulted from Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on public transportation in 1954.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Under President Truman, the United States developed this foreign policy dedicated to stopping the spread of communism.
What is containment?
What is the Baby Boom?
From 1950-1953, the United States supported military intervention in which country which had become geographically divided over communism.
What is Korea?
To lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Black leaders turned to this young, educated, preacher who would become the face of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr.?
This more radical group of Black protestors openly carried guns in public and pressed for "Black Power" as opposed to racial tolerance.
Who are the Black Panthers?
To help rebuild war-torn western European countries following WWII, the United States spent billions of dollars on this program.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Real estate developer William J. Levitt created this, called Levittown, which became the norm for suburban America.
What is mass-produced housing?
What is an arms race?
These college students braved violence and extreme prejudice in their efforts to desegregate interstate busing throughout the South.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
Under leaders such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan, this movement gained power and eventually convinced Congress to pass Title IX, greatly enhancing equality for all women across the country.
What is the Feminist Movement?
In a famous speech, former British PM Winston Churchill spoke of this metaphorical barrier that divided eastern (communist) Europe from western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Dr. Jonas Salk developed this cure to an infamous disease which significantly boosted health outcomes in the United States.
What is the Polio vaccine?
The scare tactics used by supporters of McCarthyism and the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) to threaten and harass suspected communists without due process was part of the greater hysteria known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
One of the largest Civil Rights protests ever held, this event saw MLK deliver his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
What is the March on Washington?
This group is made up of a broad coalition of many different subgroups and successfully launched its campaign for greater rights following the Stonewall Riot in New York City in 1969.
What is the LGBT community?
When Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin placed a blockade around the city of Berlin, the United States responded with this method to deliver food, clothing, and medical supplies to the starving population.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Following World War II, America's economy started to transition away from industry and towards service, leading to an increase in the number of these types of jobs.
What are white-collar jobs?
The Space Race was spearheaded by the Soviet Union's successful launch of this artificial satellite, which prompted irrational fears and further fueled the Red Scare.
What is Sputnik?
This landmark Supreme Court case finally put at end the racist practice of segregation within our nation's public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
While the early civil rights movement advocated for things such as equal access to education and voting rights, the late movement was more or less focused on economic issues and ending this policy which kept Black families segregated de facto, if not de jure.
What is housing discrimination?