The Cold War
According to the Domino Theory, countries that fall to this might also lead to other surrounding countries to fall as well
What is communism?
The two supporters of North Korea
What are China and the Soviet Union?
Who were the Viet Cong?
This was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union
What is Sputnik I?
the Supreme Court case that segregation is legal, as long as establishments are equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This was the plan to provide relief and aid to West Berlin after the Soviet Union established a blockade around the entire city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The supporters of South Korea
What is the United States (and NATO)?
The protest of the Vietnam War that ultimately ended in the shooting of 8 university students, killing 4
What is the Kent State Shooting?
The Arms Race can be defined by the United States and the Soviet Union attempting to build and obtain these
What are nuclear weapons?
Most influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The coalition of nations created to rival NATO
This was the immediate cause of the Korean War
What is the North Korean invasion of South Korea?
The phenomenon of receiving mixed messages from the federal government and the media, often leading to distrust and confusion over major events
What is "credibility gap?"
They were the first two (more famous) individuals who landed on the moon
Who are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and established that separate does not mean equal
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
He was the senator who led the investigations of suspected communists who "infiltrated" the federal government
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
What is an armistice?
This was the large-scale attack on major South Vietnamese locations, catching U.S. troops off-guard
What is the Tet Offensive?
This was the failed attempt by the United States to overturn Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Section of the 14th Amendment that was used to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and denounced segregation (used in both Sweatt v. Painter and Brown v. Board)
What is "equal protection of the laws?"
The documents published that proved American spies were in fact giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
What were the Venona Papers?
The Korean War ended with the Korean Peninsula being divided at this line
What is the 38th Parallel (aka DMZ or Armistice Line)?
The term coined by President Nixon describing the gradual shifting of the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese
What is "Vietnamization?"
This event is characterized by nukes being place in Cuba, a U.S. blockade around Cuba, and a series of de-escalating negotiations between President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Civil Rights law enacted to enforce diversity in universities and the workplace
What is Affirmative Action?