Cold War Origins
This U.S. policy provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan
This type of war involves indirect conflict between superpowers in other countries.
What is a proxy war?
This term describes the fear of communism in the United States.
What is the Red Scare?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This economic problem involved high inflation and high unemployment.
What is stagflation?
This policy pledged U.S. support to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This war began when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is the Korean War?
This senator led investigations accusing Americans of being communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This protest began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This crisis involved oil shortages and rising gas prices.
What is the energy crisis?
These two opposing economic systems defined Cold War tensions.
What are capitalism and communism?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This term describes the relationship between the military and defense industries.
What is the military-industrial complex?
These activists rode interstate buses to challenge segregation laws.
What are the Freedom Rides?
This term describes the decline of manufacturing in the U.S.
What is deindustrialization?
This global organization was created after WWII to promote peace but faced Cold War limitations.
What is the United Nations?
This long and controversial war increased U.S. public distrust in government.
What is the Vietnam War?
This Cold War competition between the U.S. and USSR focused on space exploration.
What is the Space Race?
This group emphasized Black Power and community self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
This concept explains how one country falling to communism could lead others to follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This strategy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
What is containment?
This law increased funding for education in response to Sputnik.
What is the National Defense Education Act?
This legislation outlawed discrimination in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This term describes Americans’ declining trust in government during the 1970s.
What is a crisis of confidence?