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100

This phrase describes the decades long conflict between the US and the Soviet Union 

The Cold War 

200

These were the two military alliances formed by the United States and the Soviet Union in Europe 

NATO and the Warsaw Pact 

300

President Harry Truman declared that the U.S. would follow a policy of _________ regarding the expansion of communism 

Containment 

400

This event and its aftermath created the conditions that let the Cold War power struggle develop

World War II and the destruction of Europe 

500

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin was upset by the U.S.'s massive investment in rebuilding western Europe, a policy known as this 

The Marshall Plan ($13 billion spent in development projects) 

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100

This term refers to the wars that the U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in, though they never fought each other directly 

Proxy Wars. 

200

These were the two major wars of the Cold War era that featured U.S. troops 

Vietnam and Korea 

300

U.S. military intervention was promoted by politicians who believed that allowing on country to become communist would lead to many others, an idea known as this 

Domino Theory 

400

Another Cold War competition known as this featured development of satellites and moon exploration 

The Space Race 

500

Name the President that ran on a platform claiming he would end the Vietnam War - and name the two countries that he expanded the war into 

Nixon - Cambodia and Laos 

Moves?

100

This protest movement sprouted up in opposition to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam 

The Antiwar Movement 

200

This describes the multi decade struggle against segregation and racial inequality in the United States 

The Civil Rights Movement 

300

These two civil rights icons were distinguished by their different approaches (one advocated for strictly nonviolence and the other promoted self-defense) 

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

400

Martin Luther King and the early Civil Rights movement advocated the peaceful yet disruptive methods of protest known as this 

Civil Disobedience 

500

One of the milestone victories of the Civil Rights era was the passage of this piece of legislation that outlawed all discrimination on the basis of race 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Shmoetacular

100

These shmoes returned home from World War II to find American society was still deeply prejudiced against them

African American veterans 

200

12 families sued the local school board over their mistreatment and relocation to a black-only school in this Supreme Court case 

Brown vs Board of Education 

300

A mob of white shmoes acted extremely violently toward attempts to integrate these institutions.

Public Schools 

400

Shmoes of all ages and colors participated in these protests at lunch counters across the nation 

Sit-ins 

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Joe Schmoe

200

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Korean War

300

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Montgomery Bus Boycott 

400

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Cuban Missile Crisis 

500

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Berlin Wall