Origins of the Cold War
This Cold War policy created by George Kennan focused on holding communism in areas where it already existed
What is containment?
The fear of communism got out of control in the 1940's and 1950s in the United States and was given this frightening name
What is The Red Scare? (Second Red Scare)
This Supreme Court case formally ended segregation in schools across the United States in 1954
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This premise determined that if one country fell to communism then surrounding countries would fall as well
What is the Domino Theory?
This political scandal led to the destruction of Richard Nixon's presidency and his resignation as President of the United States
What is the Watergate Scandal? (Watergate)
This US policy created during 1940s pledged to contain communism and pledged to protect any democratic or autocratic country that was strictly anti-communist.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This United States Senator led investigations into suspected communists during the Second Red Scare
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and organized this group of black ministers in 1957
Who is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? (SCLC)
This attempted coup by President Kennedy in 1961 worsened the relationship between the United States and Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
This program created by Lyndon Johnson created social, economic, and cultural programs to help those in poverty and dealing with racial injustice
This Cold War conflict has the forces of the United Nations face the Communist forces of The Soviet Union and China on this South East Asian peninsula
What is the Korean War?
This political party rose out of disagreements over segregation in the Southern United States during the 1950s
Who are the Dixiecrat Party?
This Congressional law passed in 1965 eliminated the use of literacy tests and poll taxes across the United States
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This new protocol created by President Nixon determined that the South Vietnamese Army would take on a larger role in Vietnam
What is Vietnamization?
This group of disillusioned liberals and moderates opposed the Great Society and were concerned about affirmative action, the New Left on college campuses, and criticism of the United States military
Who are neoconservatives?
This Secretary of State was put in charge of giving financial assistance to war torn Europe in hopes of improving the standing of the United States post WWII
Who is George Marshall?
This early suburb was built in New York State with assistance from the Federal Housing Administration
What is Levittown?
The Equal Rights Amendment was pushed forward by this Civil Rights group formed in 1966
What is the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
This guiding principle created in 1957 determined that the United States would intervene in the Middle East following communist aggression.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
This high stakes negotiation led by President Carter led to a peace between Israel and Egypt which ended a long conflict in the Middle East
What are the Camp David Accords?
This top secret National Security Council document created in 1950 advocated for containment, the creation of a hydrogen bomb, and covert operations against the Soviet Union
What is NSC-68?
This Supreme Court case in 1957 ruled that the Justice Department could not prosecute someone for advocating an ideology that supported an overthrow of the government
What is Yates v. United States?
The American Indian Movement (AIM) took control of these two historical sites in 1969 and 1971
What is Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee?
This 1972 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union helped slow down the production of nuclear weapons for both countries
What is the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty or SALT 1?
This group of college students pushed back against their liberal classmates by focusing states rights, the free market, and anticommunism.
Who are the Young Americans for Freedom? (YAF)