World War 2
This December 1941 event pushed the USA into World War 2.
What is the attack at Pearl Harbor?
This US policy (also called the Truman Doctrine) involved stopping the spread of Communism and keeping it in one area of the world.
What is Containment?
This Civil Rights leader promoted nonviolence and radical love.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr (MLK)?
______ is the belief that if a country falls to Communism, then its neighbor(s) will soon follow.
What is Domino Theory?
This scandal involving Richard Nixon resulted in his resignation from the office of the President.
What is Watergate?
This group of Americans were sent to internment camps and accused of being spies/traitors.
Who are Japanese Americans?
This Cold War conflict involved US intervention in an island nation who received nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The ruling in this Supreme Court case overturned the idea of "separate but equal".
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
________ is the disconnect between what is said (or promised) by the government and what is actually happening/true
What is Credibility Gap?
Inflation (prices) are high, unemployment is high, and economic growth is slow
What is Stagflation?
The limiting of certain foods/supplies so that soldiers can have what they need to be successful.
What is rationing?
What is McCarthyism?
This Civil Rights leader opposed the ideas of MLK and pushed for Black empowerment/equality "by any means necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
This is Nixon's policy to make South Vietnam assume more responsibility in the war, and involved slowly removing US troops from Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
This US President is mostly known for the Iran Hostage Crisis but also negotiated the Camp David Accords and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The USA had to mobilize all parts of our country to create __________ war.
What is total?
What is the Iron Curtain?
This group was inspired by the ideas of Malcolm X and created a Ten Point Platform and Program to empower the Black community.
Who are the Black Panthers?
This 1964 resolution allowed the President to take "all necessary measures to repel an armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This agreement between 3 countries established a “free trade” zone between Canada, US, and Mexico
What is NAFTA?
The name given to the Atomic Program to develop the first nuclear weapons.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This Cold War conflict is considered a "proxy war" and resulted in a still divided peninsula in Asia.
What is the Korean War?
This 1964 Civil Rights event involved registering people to vote in Mississippi.
What is Freedom Summer?
This act of Congress official limits the President's ability to declare war.
Officially known as "Supply Side Economics," this plan said if taxes are cut for rich people, the rich would use their extra money to invest in the economy and improve life for middle class Americans
What is Reaganomics?