Exam 3 People Flashcards
George Wallace
He ran as an American Independent in the 1968 presidential election
Criticized both Republicans and Democrats as being too liberal.
He also blocked the door to the University of Alabama to prevent racial integration from occurring.
Richard Nixon
Republican – won the election of 1968
Watergate
Previous Cali Senator
Ended Vietnam War
Eisenhower’s running mate in 1952.
Martin Luther King Jr.
wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
First organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
president of the Montgomery Improvement Association
Kennedy
Was humiliated by a failed attack on Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles at the Bay Of Pigs.
Was Roman Catholic and the youngest president in U.S. history.
domestic policy was called the New Frontier
Truman
1) President after Roosevelt
2) The Truman Doctrine. – turmoil in Greece and Turkey.
3) Vetoed McCarran Internal Security Act
- - “thought control”
4) Did not seek second term in 1952 – low approval rating
5) Opened the way for “military-industrial complex” through creation of new government agencies.
6) Fired MacArthur in 1951
7) Domestic policy – “Fair Deal”
8) Desegregated armed forces in 1948
George F. Kennan
proposed a policy of “Containment” to combat the growing Soviet threat after World War II.
an official at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of USSR
He ordered a blockade of West Berlin to try to force the United States to leave.
Douglas MacArthur
5 star General of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army in 1930s
Was in charge of overseeing Japan’s transition to constitutional democracy
Was placed in command of the UN forces in Korea during the Korean War
Joseph McCarthy
U.S. senator who made reckless charges and groundless accusations of the extent of communist activity in America during the early 1950s.
McCarthyism – associated with the Second Red Scare’s hunt for communists
Whittaker Chambers
Former Soviet spy accused Alger Hissof of supplying U.S. secret documents to the Soviets
Eisenhower
“moderate Republicanism.”
Falling domino theory – fight communism in Vietnam
President from 1953-1961 after Truman
Rosa Parks
refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus on December 1, 1955
Ho Chi Minh
Led the League for Independence of Vietnam
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian General
Sized the Suez Canal in attempt to become the leader of the Arab world
Roosevelt
Fireside chats – to give the public hope
“court packing” plan to retire Judges over 70 and have 15 instead of 9 in Supreme court
signed Executive Order 9066 to expel all Japanese from West Coast
