state controlled all property and economic activity
100
What happened to the economy right after WWII?
it declined
100
How did the first televised debate impact Kennedy's campaign?
It helped his campaign.
100
What is brinkmanship?
The willingness of the United States, under President Eisenhower, to go to the edge of all-out war
200
What is containment?
taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries
200
The majority of homes were built here in the 1950s.
Suburbs
200
What is the military strategy of "flexible response?"
Kennedy increased defense spending in order to boost conventional military forces—nonnuclear forces such as troops, ships, and artillery.
200
This was the failed invasion of Cuba.
The Bay of Pigs
200
The Warren Commission determined this person killed JFK.
Lee Harvey Oswald
300
What did the Marshall plan do?
The US provided aid to European nations to help them recover from WWII (and not turn to communism).
300
What is the "Checkers" speech?
Nixon's speech denying corruption. Saved his campaign. Use of a new medium for politics.
300
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
The U.S. removed their missiles from Turkey and the U.S.S.R removed their missiles from Cuba.
300
What are some of the programs created during Johnson's Great Society program?
Medicare, Medicaid, Civil Rights Act, Immigration Act of 1965...
300
This broke the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
The Berlin Airlift
400
What was the result of the Korean War
Korea was still divided
400
What is a franchise?
is a company that offers similar products
or services in many locations. (Franchise is also used
to refer to the right, sold to an individual, to do business
using the parent company’s name and the system that the
parent company developed.
400
What did the Elementary and Secondary Education Act do?
(Great Society)
provided more than $1 billion in federal aid to help public and parochial schools purchase textbooks and new library materials. This was the first major federal aid package for education in the nation’s history.
400
What is planned obsolescence?
manufacturers purposely designed
products to become obsolete—that is, to
wear out or become outdated—in a short
period of time
400
What did Medicare do?
provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American age 65 or older.
500
This person claimed that there was communists in the government.
Joseph McCarthy
500
What is the termination policy?
eliminated federal economic support, discontinued the
reservation system, and distributed tribal lands among individual Native Americans.
500
What are some of Kennedy's New Frontier programs?
NASA, the Peace Corps, the Alliance for Progress...
500
What was the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona?
it ruled that all suspects must be read their rights before questioning
500
Who was the first African American cabinet member in US history? (in Johnson's administration)