Cold War 1
Cold War 2
Civil Rights
Vietnam 1
Vietnam 2
100
Three world leaders at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945.
Who were Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
During the Cold War what two non-european countries were split between Communism and Non- Communism?
Vietnam and Korea
100
The murder of this 14 year old boy helped gain momentum for the CRM due to the outrage it caused
Who is Emmett Till?
100
Foreign Policy which states that the U.S. must prevent communism from spreading.
What is containment?
100
This president increased American troops in Vietnam and called for a 35,000 draft each month
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
200
The USA and the Soviet Union were involved in a conflict where the Soviets established a missile base in Cuba that led to a 13 day confrontation
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
What was the Alliance that supported the United States and Democratic ideas during the Cold War?
NATO
200
MLK's approach to the Civil Rights Movement
What is Civil Disobedience?
200
Theory where it was seen that if one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall as well.
What is Domino Theory?
200
mass murder of unarmed civilians during a "search and destroy" mission
What is My Lai Massacre?
300
What was the term that was used to explain Soviet Occupation of eastern Europe following WW2?
Iron Curtain
300
Event that saw the US and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets set a blockade.
Berlin Airlift
300
Literacy tests were outlawed as a result of this law.
What is Voting Rights Act 1965?
300
What was one difference between the Vietnam and Korean War?
Vietnam fully fell to communism, where Korea was split into two separate countries - one communist, one democratic
300
policy enacted in early 1969 by the Richard Nixon administration aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
What is Vietnamization?
400
The USSR and the USA were a part of this when they were attempting to build up their weapons and technology to one up the other?
What is the Arms Race?
400
The map above is best understood in the context of the
Marshall Plan to rebuild Western European economies
United States’ policy of containment of communism
European Economic Union for a unified European economy
United States’ attempts to improve relations with the Soviet Union
United States’ policy of containment of communism
400
This successfully ended all segregation in the US, supporting the Brown v. Board decision
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964
400
Famous trail in the Vietnam War used by the Viet Cong to transport supplies and troops.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
400
Congress granted President Lyndon B. Johnson sweeping authority to deploy military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war.
What is Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution?
500
US military operation planning to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961
What is Bay of Pigs?
500
US policy pledging to defend other nations that were at risk of falling to communism
What is Truman Doctrine?
500
Compare & Contrast MLK with Malcolm X
MLK: non-violent civil disobedience, pastor, focused on changing law, gained large scale support
Malcolm X: self-defense, pastor, empowering black communities to be themselves, was highly criticized
500
The USA and the Soviet Union were involved in a conflict where the Soviets established a missile base in Cuba that led to a 13 day confrontation
Cuban Missile Crisis
500
New York Times publishes these?
exposed how presidential administrations, lied to the public and Congress about the Vietnam War.
What is The Pentagon Papers?