People
Where was Joseph McCarthy from?
Wisconson
What was set up to investigate the background of more than 3 million federal employees?
The Loyalty Review Board
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
A resolution Congress passed that allowed for the President to use any means necessary to repel any aggression against the U.S
What US federal law shifted the responsibility for economic stability, including employment and inflation, onto the federal government?
Employment Act of 1946
JFK's promises of aid to education, federal support of health care, urban renewal, and civil rights were known as what?
The New Frontier Programs
Who was the republican senator who used the growing concern about communism to further his political career?
Joseph McCarthy
What does H.U.A.C. stand for, and what did it do?
House Un-American Activities Committee, and it investigated government officials
What was the process of the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam and the replacement of them with Vietnamese troops?
Vietnamization
What provided returning World War II veterans with a range of benefits to help them transition back to civilian life, including educational funding, low-cost housing, and job training
GI Bill of Rights
What is the combination of stagnation and inflation called?
Stagflation
Who commanded US forces in Vietnam?
General William Westmore
What was the Rosenberg Case?
A case in 1951 where Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of treason and executed in 1953.
What were the 8 countries that signed SEATO.
United States, Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan.
What act required workers to join a union before being hired, require workers to join a union after being hired, outlaw secondary boycotts, and give the president the power to invoke an 80-day cooling-off period
Taft-Hartley Act
What President took the American Dollar off the Gold Standard?
President Richard Nixon
Which President said he would he would limit the bombing of North Vietnam and negotiate peace?
President Johnson
What is McCarthyism?
A "witch hunt for communists"
What does SEATO stand for, and what did it do?
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and it made the countries that signed it agree to defend one another in case of an attack within the region.
What amendment limited a president to a maximum of two full terms in office?
22cd Amendment
Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and what did he do?
Paul Volcker and he pushed interest rates on loans even higher.
Who was Nixon's national security adviser?
Henry Kissinger
What caused the decline of the Red Scare after WWII?
Cooler heads in positions of power.
Who were the two Vietnamese leaders during the Vietnam War, and what side did they support?
Ho Chi Minh was communist and Ngo Dinh Diem was democratic
What act authorized tariff reductions with the new European Economic Community (Common Market) of Western European nations?
Trade Expansion Act
What did the WIN buttons stand for?
Whip Inflation Now.