1950s-2000 Eras

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

1945-1991

Question 2

Cold War

Answer 2

Tension and competition between U.S and Communist USSR; threat of nuclear war; Mc McCarthyism

Question 3

Post War Baby Boom

Answer 3

1946-1964

Question 4

Post War Baby Boom

Answer 4

American dream -social conformity, suburban and automobile culture, baby boom, consumerism; TV

Question 5

New Frontier and Great Society

Answer 5

1961-1969

Question 6

New Frontier and Great Society

Answer 6

New leadership, bold ideas, prosperity, space race: Johnson’s Great Society -social welfare, civil rights

Question 7

Civil Rights Movement

Answer 7

1954-1968

Question 8

Civil Rights Movement

Answer 8

Nonviolent protest-voting rights, desegregation; federal support vs. states’ resistance; Black Power movement and urban riots

Question 9

Vietnam War

Answer 9

1954-1975

Question 10

Vietnam War

Answer 10

Domino theory -contain communism War divides the country-ca[us protest, draft resistance

Question 11

Era of Social Change

Answer 11

1960-1975

Question 12

Era of Social Change

Answer 12

Women, Latinos, and Native Americans seek equality; Hippie counterculture, “do your own thing”

Question 13

End of the 20th Century

Answer 13

1970s-inflation, energy crisis, environmentalism
1980s-political conservation, federal deficit
1990s-booming economy, digital revolution, economic globalization

Question 14

Era Definition

Answer 14

A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.