Cold War Policies
provided military and economic assistance to countries resisting communism, specifically Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the U.S. characterized by accusations and investigations by this Wisconsin Senator with the same name.
What is McCarthyism?
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This failed attempt to overthrow Castro in Cuba ordered by President Kennedy.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
Set of domestic programs launched by President Johnson aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.
What is the Great Society?
Aid economic recovery of European nations after WWII to prevent the spread of Communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Program encouraged a space race with the Soviet Union.
What is NASA?
Leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), is a Reverend, and a major leader of Civil Rights
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
13-day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over missiles, leading to heightened tensions during the Cold War
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This landmark legislation was passed to protect voting rights during Johnson's Presidency.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The military conflict in which the U.S. intervened to stop the spread of communism in Asia in the early 1950s.
What is the Korean War?
This Act improved transportation and boosted the economy while also facilitating suburbanization.
What is the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act?
This famous speech called for racial equality and civil rights during the March on Washington.
What is the "I Have a Dream" Speech?
This legislation was passed in honor of Kennedy's legacy after he was assassinated.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This granted President Johnson the authority to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This policy aimed to prevent the expansion of communism
What is the Containment Policy?
This piece of legislation provided veterans with benefits that helped them reintegrate into civilian life, including education and housing assistance.
What is the G.I. Bill of Rights?
This letter written by MLK, jr. defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism and civil disobedience.
What is the Letter from Birmingham Jail?
This person is known for assassinating the 35th President of the United States.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
The Economic Opportunity Act is one of the programs under Johnson's War on _____________
Poverty
This event in 1957 sparked a focus on science and technology in American schools
What is the Sputnik Satellite?
This Executive Order ended Segregation in the Military
What is the Executive Order 9981?
This relatively new piece of technology brought national attention to the struggles of civil rights and influenced public opinion.
What is the television?
The commitment to landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s is given credit to this President's major accomplishments.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?