Post WW2
The author of the Long Telegram.
Who was George Kennan?
The line the two Koreas were divided along.
What is the 38th Parallel?
Rosa Parks' arrest would cause this subsequent event in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Prior to his election in 1980, Ronald Reagan was the governor of this state.
What is California?
Paul Volker was named as Federal Reserve Board Chairman by this President.
Who was President Jimmy Carter?
The recommendation from the Long Telegram.
What is to contain the Soviet Union?
Douglas MacArthur was forced to resign for this reason.
What is he fought against presidential authority (and wanted to nuke China and North Korea)?
This Supreme Court ruling ended the legal implementation of "Separate but Equal".
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1)?
This event led to the storming of the American embassy and the taking of 55 American captives for a total of 381 days.
What was the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
This public institution became a hotbed of anti-war protests and cultural radicalism.
What is colleges and universities?
The 1948 crisis that was resolved by the US airlifting supplies into the embargoed city.
What is the Berlin Crisis?
The leader of South Korea during the Korean War.
Who was Syngman Rhee?
The central issue for the "Little Rock 9".
What is the interpretation of public high schools?
The four key components of Reaganomics.
1. Decrease the money supply 2. Cut taxes on businesses and individuals 3. Decrease regulations on businesses 4. Decrease government spending?
Members of the "Counterculture" who protested the war, advocated communal living and free love and pushed for racial equality.
Who/what are the hippies?
The communist leader who took control of China in the late 1940s.
Who was Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao)?
The general who replaced General MacArthur and was able to stabilize the US forces until the end of the war.
Who was General Mathew B. Ridgeway?
On August 28th, 1963, MLK led a massive protest march in this city.
What is Washington DC?
The Berlin Wall would famously be torn down in this year.
When is/was 1989?
The leader of the Nationalist forces during the Chinese Civil War.
Who was Chiang Kaishek?
The acronym of NATO stands for this.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
The goal of NSC 68, which was passed after the Korean War.
What is it initiated US rearmament?
These activists rode out to the American South in 1961, seeking to test the legality of segregated (interstate) public transit.
What are the Freedom Riders?
The US government was funneling money to this Central American paramilitary group via the sale of arms to Iran.
What is/ who are the Contras?
The leader of Iran who came back to power in 1953 and would be a close ally of the United States prior to his removal.
Who was Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi?