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This foreign policy ideology, paired with the "Domino Theory," dictated that the U.S. must prevent the spread of communism abroad
What is Containment?
Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP successfully dismantled this legal doctrine in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case.
What is "Separate but Equal"?
This 1970s scandal involved a break-in and the discovery of audio tapes that eventually forced Richard Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
This economic theory served as the basis for "Reaganomics," focusing on supply-side growth.
What is Supply-Side Economics?
These 1960 events were the first of their kind to be televised, famously influencing public perception through visual contrast.
What were the Presidential Debates?
This 1954 covert CIA operation was used to intervene in Guatemala, contrasting with the overt military action of the Korean War.
What is Operation PBSUCCESS?
This grassroots strategy, exemplified by the Montgomery Bus Boycott, focused on economic pressure rather than institutional legal challenges.
What is direct grassroots action?
Domestic energy crises in the early 70s were triggered when this organization placed an oil embargo on the U.S..
What is OPEC?
This informal alliance of business leaders and religious groups rose to power in the 1980s to target social reforms.
What is the "New Right"?
John F. Kennedy used celebrity endorsements and media image to cultivate this specific type of persona.
What is "youthful progress"?
In 1956, the U.S. declined to offer military support to Imre Nagy’s government during this specific European uprising.
What is the Hungarian Uprising?
This discriminatory practice of denying services / mortgages to specific neighborhoods created economic hurdles for Black Americans even after legal victories.
What is redlining?
This specific 1979 nuclear accident at a power plant influenced the national conversation on alternative energy.
What is Three Mile Island?
Under Reagan’s budget, these types of programs were reduced by 10%, though major federal programs were protected.
What are social programs?
In the 1970s, pop culture began to shift as students at this university created early video games using oscilloscopes.
What is MIT?
While the Marshall Plan aided the West, this 1955 treaty solidified the communist East’s alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This Senator conducted a record-breaking filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Who is Strom Thurmond?
This FBI surveillance program was used to monitor internal "subversion," specifically targeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
What is COINTELPRO?
The Reagan administration secretly bypassed the Boland Amendment to provide support to this group in Nicaragua.
Who are the Contras?
This 1990 conflict was triggered by the invasion of Kuwait and featured a level of media coverage and military tech never seen in previous wars.
What is the Persian Gulf War?
This historic 1991 event effectively signaled the end of the Cold War.
What was the collapse/dissolution of the Soviet Union?
The federal government had to intervene to ensure the safety of these two specific examples of students integrating schools: Ruby Bridges and this group in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
These two domestic terror attacks in 1993 and 1995 (Oklahoma City) changed the national discussion on safety in the 1990s.
What are the World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing?
Reagan supported the Contras specifically to oppose this group that had taken power in Nicaragua.
Who are the Sandinistas?
The 2008 election of Barack Obama was heavily influenced in its final months by this major economic event.
What was the 2008 Financial Crisis/Economic Crash?