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these two underlying concepts drove American foreign policy during the 1950s
What are "Containment" and the "Domino Theory"?
This man led the government during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.
Who is Imre Nagy?
The NAACP utilized early institutional and legal challenges, including this 1954 landmark Supreme Court case.
What is the Brown vs the Board of Education?
Taking place from 1955 to 1956, this major event is cited as a prime example of direct, grassroots economic action.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The Election of 1960 represented a fundamental shift in American culture and this type of campaigning.
What is political campaigning, particularly for presidential elections?
Operation PBSUCCESS was a covert CIA operation that intervened in this specific country.
What is Guatemala?
Despite the aggressive anti-communist posturing of this doctrine, the United States chose not to offer military support to Imre Nagy's government.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Early NAACP victories like Sweatt v. Painter aimed to challenge this specific legal doctrine.
What is "separate but equal"?
This famous civil rights activist is known for Montgomery Bus Boycott.
(Bonus! Who was the original person arrested for not giving up their seat on a bus?)
Who is Rosa Parks?
(Bonus: Who is Claudette Colvin?)
The 1960 election featured these first-of-their-kind broadcasts that altered public perception of the candidates.
What are presidential debates and advertising on television?
This specific line of latitude is listed as a key term right before the Korean War (1950-1953). It was considered a "line in the sand".
What is the 38th Parallel?
This Soviet leader was responsible for the swift and brutal execution of Imre Nagy.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Thurgood Marshall alongside this other prominent legal figure, who is the other?
Who is Earl Warren? (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Civil Rights era)
J. Edgar Hoover was nearly obsessed with connecting this individual to communism, and the FBI conducted extensive surveillance on this prominent civil rights leader.
Who is MLK?
In the election's narrative, John F. Kennedy's image of "youthful progress" was contrasted with Richard M. Nixon's image of this.
What is the "experienced status quo"?
4: This massive corporate entity was prepared to immediately begin efforts to remove Jacobo Árbenz from power if he did not capitulate to their demands / requests.
What is the United Fruit Company?
American inaction in Hungary highlighted the limits of U.S. power in this specific geographic region.
What is Eastern Europe?
Senator Strom Thurmond used this legislative stalling tactic as a form of political resistance to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
What is the Filibuster?
What is the name given to the group of high school students in Little Rock who needed to be escorted to class by Federal Law Enforcement
Who are the Little Rock 9?
Beyond television appearances, the candidates' contrasting public stances on this specific movement influenced the 1960 election narrative.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
During the Cold War era, the world experienced this competitive buildup of military weapons.
What is the "Arms Race"?
The execution of Nagy reshaped the global understanding of this metaphorical divide. (curtain)?
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
This discriminatory housing practice served as a structural barrier that complicated the actual enforcement of civil rights victories, labeling entire sections of cities as ineligible for mortgages.
What is Redlining?
This federal program was secret, formed to infiltrate governments in the Cold War, and also utilized to gather information and create chaos within organizations in the 1960s.
What is COINTELPRO?
Along with televised debates, the Election of 1960 highlighted the use of this type of backing from famous individuals.
What are celebrity endorsements?