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Origins of Cold War and 50's society
JFK's Administration
Civil Rights
Vietnam War
Counterculture and Nixon
100
This theory stated that if the U.S does not fight communism then the world would fall under its influence
What is The Domino Theory?
100
JFK took the upper hand over Nixon in this "first" event
What is The First Televised Debate?
100
These series of laws made life horrible for African Americans in the 1950's
What is The Jim Crow Laws?
100
The United States wanted to help the current rulers of Indochina, who were
What is The French?
100
This British rock group influenced many counterculture bands to follow in its footsteps
Who was The Beatles?
200
This plan was meant to help rebuild all European countries after WW2 but it was refused by Soviet powers
What is The Marshall Plan?
200
Kennedy launched this invasion in order to solve the problem of a Communist Cuba
What is The Bay of Pigs Invasion?
200
Many Civil Rights groups used this kind of protest
What is Nonviolent Protest?
200
North Vietnamese and Vietcong launched surprise attacks from these locations
What is Underground Tunnels?
200
Name one of the four main elements of counterculture
What is Rock and Roll music, The Sexual Revolution, A Belief that Drugs could free the Mind, or An Interest in Spirituality
300
After the Korean War, the two countries were divided at what parallel line
What is 38th Parallel?
300
Under Kennedy's administration, the Soviets and the U.S. signed this agreement to banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere
What is The Limited Test Ban Treaty?
300
These protest were formed in an effort to desegregate buses
What is Freedom Rides?
300
This resolution gave LBJ tremendous war powers
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
300
During the Watergate Scandel, Nixon refused to hand over the tapes on the grounds of
What is Executive Privilege?
400
During the Red Scare, this couple was convicted of selling atomic secrets
Who were the Rosenbergs?
400
This series of missions had the end goal of putting an astronaut in orbit and returning him to earth safely
What is The Mercury Project?
400
MLK created this campaign in order to help the poor
What is Poor Peoples Campaign?
400
This attack was a surprise attack by North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces during a Korean holiday
What is The Tet Offensive?
400
The Supreme Courts decision in this court case gave women the right to legal abortions
What is Roe V. Wade?
500
This movement in both literature and Rock n' Roll attracted many of Americas youth
What is The Beat Movement?
500
As JFK approached this building, he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
What is The Texas Book Depository?
500
This city was the most segregated big city in America
What was Birmingham, Alabama?
500
Officially, Nixon had pulled troops out of Vietnam but "unofficially" he ordered the bombing of this trade route
What is The Ho Chi Minh Trail?
500
This author wrote the Feminine Mystique, which helped launch the feminist movement
Who is Betty Frieden?