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a conflict fought on the Korean peninsula from 1950 to 1953, primarily between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations Command, led by the United States)
The Korean War
a categorization of nations that were neither aligned with the Western bloc (led by the US) nor the Eastern bloc (led by the Soviet Union) during the Cold War
The "Third World"
A mass protest held in D.C. in 1963 to advocate for civil rights legislation and to demand equal job opportunities and fair wages for African Americans.
The March on Washington
the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972, and the subsequent cover-up by President Richard Nixon's administration.
The Watergate Scandal
US foreign policy that committed the US to supporting nations resisting communism.
The Truman Doctrine
a military alliance of 32 countries in North America and Europe formed in 1949 to provide collective defense against the Soviet Union during the Cold War
NATO
a significant civil rights protest in the United States, where African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to ride city buses for over a year to challenge segregated seating
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
a revolutionary Black nationalist organization founded in 1966 that advocated for Black self-determination, Black power, and armed self-defense against police brutality
The Black Panther Party
a conservative Christian political action group in the U.S., founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell. It aimed to mobilize religious voters to influence politics and promote conservative values
The Moral Majority
a Republican senator from Wisconsin, was a central figure in the Red Scare of the early 1950s
Joseph McCarthy
a US-led initiative to rebuild Western Europe after World War II. It provided substantial economic aid to help rebuild war-torn regions, promote trade, and prevent the spread of communism
Marshall Plan
a landmark Supreme Court case that declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Brown v. Board
a congressional measure passed in August 1964 that authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to take military action in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
the seizure of 66 American citizens by militants with 52 held hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran for over a year
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
a 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union, where the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war
The Cuban Missile Crisis
a US policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism in the Middle East.
Eisenhower Doctrine
a prominent civil rights organization founded in 1957 and led by African American ministers, most notably Martin Luther King Jr., and focused on promoting nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and discrimination
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
This act fundamentally changed US immigration policy by abolishing the national origins quotas that had been in place since the 1920s
a 1980s political scandal in the US where the Reagan administration secretly sold weapons to Iran, a country under an arms embargo, to release American hostages held in Lebanon, despite congressional prohibition
The Iran-Contra Affair
a failed invasion attempt by the US and Cuban exiles in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro's government in Cuba
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
a landmark document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, outlining fundamental human rights and freedoms that are universally applicable to all individuals
The Universal Decleration of Human Rights
This subcultural movement of the 1950's and 1960's rejected mainstream values and norms, often embracing artistic self-expression, unconventional lifestyles, and a bohemian aesthetic.
The Beat Movement
a pivotal text in American history that sparked the second wave of feminism. It challenged the prevailing societal notion that women found fulfillment solely in the roles of wife and mother, arguing that many women were experiencing a sense of dissatisfaction and unfulfillment
The Feminine Mystique
a political philosophy emphasizing the transfer of power from the federal government to state and local governments. Seen in the Nixon administration through the issuing of federal Block Grants.
New Federalism
a coordinated series of surprise attacks by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army against South Vietnamese and U.S. forces in 1968, considered to be the major turning point of the Vietnam war
The Tet Offensive