Early Cold War Foreign Policy
The use of the this type of weapon by the US ended WWII against the Japanese Empire but also began the arms race of the Cold War.
Atomic Bomb
Due to US political pressure in the Middle East, oil was openly available to the world market allowing the US to enjoy cheap gas prices. This led to the increase in what consumer product?
Automobiles
Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was a key leader of the SCLC, the March of Washington, The March on Selma, the Civil Rights Bill, and the Voting Rights Act. He promoted this strategy be used to fight for equality.
Civil Disobedience/Nonviolent or Peace Protest
In the Tinker v Des Moines case ruled the states retain this right unless it causes substantial disruption to the educational process
Freedom of Speech
This event was the highest point of tension between the Soviet Union and the USSR.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This is the early Cold War US foreign policy term that focused on preventing the spread of Communism
Containment
During which event/time period did Senator Joseph McCarthy accuse members of the US public, state department, and US military of being communist?
The Red Scare
Which Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson and ruled that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v Board of Education
Although it was promoted by the National Organization of Woman (NOW) this amendment was never ratified due to falling 3 state votes short of ratification.
Equal Rights Amendment
The fall of what structure signaled the symbolic end of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall
What did the Truman Doctrine provide Eastern Europe (Turkey & Greece) from the US federal government?
Economic ($) and Military Aid
The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite created concern from the US public and federal government leading funding in what education field to progress the Arms and Space Race?
Math and Science
Name 3 aspects of society/American life that were impacted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Public accommodations (hotels, restaurants, busses, etc), Education, and Employment
Name for President LBJ's domestic policy plan that included funding for public schools and health insurance as well as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Great Society
Which branch of the government does the Constitution grant majority of the US war powers to?
The Legislative Branch (Congress)
During the Korean War, the US supported South Korean against North Korea. Despite the war ending in a stalemate what major change was made to the US troops in the Korean War?
Troops were desegregated for the first major US conflict
Veterans of WWII and the Korean War received GI Bill financial aid for college and housing leading to many middle class families moving where? (Many minorities were prevented from receive GI Bill funds)
the Suburbs
Voter restrictions of African Americans like literacy tests were ruled unconstitutional thanks to the work of which Civil Rights groups? Name 2.
SCLC, SNCC, CORE, and the NAACP
The Civil Rights Movement inspired other protest and rights movements. Which amendment do these movements use to argue all citizens are guaranteed equal protection under the law?
14th Amendment
President Nixon became the only US president to resign from office due to which scandal in which his personal white house recordings showed his potential involvement in the break in of the Democratic Party HQ.
Watergate Scandal
The Eisenhower Doctrine was created to increase US influence, economically and politically, in what area of the World?
The Middle East
President Eisenhower and Congress approved federal money to invest in this infrastructure project to aid in evacuations and efficient movement of the military
The Interstate Highway System
President Eisenhower sent national guard troops to help 9 African American students attend the local public school in which city?
Little Rock, Arkansas (Little Rock 9)
This Supreme Court case created the mandate that police enforcement must read your rights as to inform you of the choice to not self-incriminate.
Miranda v Arizona (Miranda Case)
President Reagan's economic plan known as what included deregulation of businesses and the increase in private sector contracts (war industries) to "trickle down" the benefits to workers.
Reaganomics