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100
The Soviet Union violated promises made at Yalta when they began to occupy these nations (broad, not specific).
What are Eastern European nations
100
Financial and technical assistance package provided to war-ravaged Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
100
Congress curbed the power of unions following World War II by passing this.
What is the Taft-Hartley Labor Act?
100
In 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government fled to here.
What is Taiwan?
100
In the 1950s, this became the primary force in American life for conveying information.
What is television?
200
Joseph Stalin did this to West Berlin to try and force the United States to leave.
What is order a blockade by Soviet forces?
200
President Truman's domestic policy was called this.
What is the Fair Deal?
200
The doctrine of separate but equal was created in this landmark court case.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
Conservatives during the 1950s were outraged by the actions of the new generation. This person best epitomized their scorn.
Who is Elvis Presley?
200
Group that emerged in the 1950s rejecting traditional values and materialism.
Who are the Beats?
300
This program provided food to the people of West Berlin while it was blocked off by Soviet forces.
What is the Berlin airlift?
300
President Kennedy approved an attack on Cuba by CIA-trained ex-Cubans at this location.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
300
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled the concept of separate but equal unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
He was placed in command of the U.S. forces in Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
300
During the 1950s, the United States experienced a wave of juvenile delinquency. This was a primary cause.
What is access to automobiles?
400
He and his wife were arrested for helping smuggle atomic bomb plans to the Soviets.
Who is Julius Rosenberg?
400
President Nixon's plan to send federal monies to the states to spend as they saw fit.
What is the New Federalism plan?
400
Name of Kennedy's domestic policy.
What is the New Frontier?
400
He was the first African American to play baseball for a major league team.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
400
U.S. involvement in Vietnam started at this battle.
What is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
500
During the Cold War, Soviet agents used this to draw attention to defects in the American way of life.
What is the treatment of minorities?
500
President Eisenhower's domestic policy of conservatism when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings.
What is "dynamic conservatism"?
500
This section of the Educational Amendments of 1972 made discrimination on the basis of gender forbidden at institutions that received federal funding.
What is Title IX?
500
In May 1947, charges were issued at this entity as a hotbed of communism.
What is Hollywood?
500
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered all interstate transportation integrated thanks to these people.
Who are Freedom Riders?