APUSH Period 8: 1945-1980

Question 1

Containment

Answer 1

Attempt to contain communism

Question 2

Truman Doctrine

Answer 2

1947
established that the US would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external r internal authoritarian forces.

Question 3

Marshall Plan

Answer 3

1948

American initiative to aid Europe

Question 4

Korean War

Answer 4

1950-1953
between south and north Korea
US fought for South, China Fought for North

Question 5

Great Society

Answer 5

1964-1965

Lyndon B. Johnson’s set of domestic programs to eliminate poverty and racial injustice .

Question 6

Sunbelt

Answer 6

Region in the US that stretches from southwest to southeast

Question 7

Levittown

Answer 7

William Levitt’s suburban developments after WWII for returning veterans.

Question 8

Immigration and Nationality Act

Answer 8

1965

abolished 1920 immigration laws, replaced it with system that focused on immigrants skills and family relationships

Question 9

Vietnam War

Answer 9

1955-1975

War against communism North supported by Soviet, South supported by US

Question 10

Counter Culture

Answer 10

subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ from those of mainstream society.

Question 11

Dentente

Answer 11

the easing of hostility or strained relations especially between countries.

Question 12

Betty Friedan

Answer 12

1963

Feminine Mystique sparked second wave of feminism.