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WWII & Origins of Cold War
1950s Consumer Culture
Early Cold War
Camelot & New Frontier
Great Society & Vietnam
100
This project was the center of the atomic bomb production during the war.
What was the Manhattan Project
100
Long Island suburban community, one of the first of its kind. Came to symbolize both the hopes of middle-class families to own their own homes and flight from the cities.
What was Levittown
100
The 1952 Presidential candidate who promised to go to Korea personally to accelerate peace negotiations.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower
100
The Russian leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev
100
This law barred discrimination based on gender
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
The vice president under Roosevelt. Assumed office of president on the eve of the Allied victory over Europe. Upon assuming the office, Truman had very little knowledge of foreign affairs and little knowledge of the Manhattan Project.
Who was Harry S. Truman
200
This book sparked a new phase of the feminist movement, articulating the dissatisfactions of many middle-class women.
What is "The Feminine Mystique"
200
This so-called theory claimed that the loss of Southeast Asia to Communist aggression would endanger the security and stability of Europe.
What is "domino theory"
200
Kennedy ran for president in 1960 with a campaign platform known as the
What is the "New Frontier"
200
The president most associated with the "war on poverty" was.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson
300
This plan involved massive aid to Europe to stabilize those countries' economies and prevent the spread of communism.
What was Marshall Plan
300
The crisis caused Americans to think more critically about education and science.
What is Sputnik
300
In December 1953, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called for a review of the U.S. military and strategic powers; this review came to be known as the "____________________".
What was the "New Look"
300
The site of the failed U.S.-trained Cuban-exile invasion of Cuba that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961. President Kennedy received blame on two fronts: first, for financing the invasion and allowing it to take place; and, from other quarters, for not immediately extending military assistance when the invasion began to falter.
What is Bay of Pigs
300
This incident allowed LBJ to increase our involvement in Vietnam and appear moderate at the same time.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
400
The article in Foreign Affairs that called for the policy of containment to be used against the Soviets was authored by
Who was George Kennan
400
This major government program expanded American roadways in the United States
What is the Interstate Act of 1956
400
The Eisenhower Doctrine called for a protection this geographical region
What is the Middle East
400
The president first associated with the idea of "flexible response" was
Who was John F. Kennedy
400
In 1968, this coordinated attack on South Vietnam by National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese troops, shocked and confused the United States.
What was the Tet Offensive
500
The Truman Doctrine was first applied when the President asked Congress to extend aid to the governments of
What were Greece and Turkey
500
This televangelist spread his passionate and fiery brand of Protestant evangelism during the 1950s
Who was Billy Graham
500
In 1953 the CIA staged a coup in Iran that toppled the government of Iran led by
Who was Mohammed Mosseddeq
500
The program that sent Americans overseas to work on developmental projects was the
What is Peace Corps
500
The replacement of U.S. ground forces by South Vietnamese troops in the early 1970s was referred to officially as the ____________________ of the war.
What was "Vietnamization"