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1950s and 1960s
Chapter 28 and 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was passed that made it illegal for employers to only hire members of a union and made unions confirm they were not communists? | Taft-Hartley Act |
| What provided the countries of Greece and Turkey with money so that they would not turn to Communism? | Truman Doctrine |
| After World War II, what eventually became known as the ERP and provided money to Europe to help rebuild their economies over 5 years? | Marshall Plan |
| What occurred thanks to the blockade by the Soviets that provided Berlin citizens with food and supplies by air? | Berlin Airlift |
| After the New Deal what was created by President Truman to improve civil rights and economic opportunity? | Fair Deal |
| What was a treaty signed by several allied countries in North America and Europe that stated if one country was attacked the other countries would attack that aggressive country? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
| What was a top secret policy that allowed for the military to be used to help stop communism, also known as containment? | NSC-68 |
| What was it called when the United States wanted to keep communism in one area and tried to stop it from spreading to other parts of the world? | Containment |
| Which court case overturned the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson by saying that segregated education was unconstitutional? | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
| What conference was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and promoted nonviolent mass protests to help support the cause of civil rights? | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
| What did President Kennedy call his policy that came after the New Deal and was aimed at foreign policy and exploring space? | New Frontier |
| What did Eisenhower call the relationship between the military and the contractors for the military? | Military-Industrial Complex |
| What was the wall that separated East and West Berlin due to East Berlin being communist and West Berlin not being communist? | Berlin Wall |
| What was a failed military operation in which the United States tried to overthrow Cuba's communist government? | Bay of Pigs Fiasco |
| What was it called when the USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba and aimed them at the US resulting in JFK ordering a blockade around Cuba? | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| What civil rights group was made up of mostly college kids and was a major advocate of "black power"? | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
| What was passed in 1964 that not allowed did not allow for discrimination on the basis of color but also gender, religion, national origin, and others? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| What did President Johnson call his unpopular agenda to end poverty, increase housing, improve healthcare, and to promote civil rights? | Great Society |
| What was passed in 1975 that was for people over the age of 65 and provided them with government assistants on hospital and doctor bills? | Medicare |
| What allowed the federal government to step in when African Americans were denied the right to vote, particularly in the southern states and towns? | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| What was the group called that did not conform to traditional ways of dressing and sexually standards and also created music and literature that respected culture, society, and art? | Beat School |
| What was a group of Democratic college students that protested the Vietnam War, how workers were treated, and racial bigotry? | Students for Democratic Society (SDS) |
| What gave the President authority to use troops to help stop Southeast Asian aggression? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| What was a failed attempt by North Vietnam to try to overthrow the communist government of South Vietnam and helped to convince America North Vietnam would lose the war? | Tet Offensive |
| What was the strategy called that was meant to weaken Communist China and the USSR's bonds towards the end of the Cold War? | Détente |
| What was signed by the US and the USSR to limit the amount of nuclear guided missiles allowed to be tested and deployed? | Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) |
| Which federal program was created to help keep the environment safe and clean? | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| What scandal ended with President Nixon's resignation due to the cover-up of a break in that had occurred at the Watergate in which documents were stolen? | Watergate Scandal |
| What court case that resulted in the proof of Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal due to Nixon having to turn over White House audiotapes to the prosecutor? | United States v. Richard M. Nixon |
| What was the first spacecraft to be launched into orbit and sparked the United States drive to put a man on the moon first due to this being from the USSR? | Sputnik |
| What did Congress pass in 1944 to help returning veterans by providing them with opportunities to better their education, trade skills, and businesses? | GI Bill of Rights |
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