Final Flashcards
(68 cards)
Meeting for the big three helped pave the way for the Cold War
Yalta conference
This US Supreme Court decision said that schools in America must “integrate with deliberate speed” in 1954
Brown v. Board
What do you call the fear that if one country fell to communism then the other neighboring countries would fall as well
Domino theory
In 1961 this failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba hurt John f Kennedys image by making him look like a weak, inexperienced leader
Bay of pigs
This organization was designed to prevent any future wars, and America’s leader ship role in it has made us the so-called “policeman” of the world
United Nations
This was designed to contain communism by using American aid to rebuild the devastated economies of Europe in 1947
Marshall plan
Upon leaving office, President Eisenhower warned the American people about the danger of our growing economic dependence on military spending, which he called the:
Military industrial complex
What name was given to NASA’s plan for a moon landing that costed an estimated 24 billion in the 1960s?
Apollo project
This was a symbol of the Cold War and the failure of communism from 1961 to 1989
Berlin Wall
This intense “Cold War” showdown between President Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev may have been the closest the two super powers have ever come to a nuclear conflict
Cuban missile crisis
This group was appointed by President Johnson to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy
Warren commission
In January 1968, this massive attack by the Vietcong on south Vietnam‘s major cities proved that the enemy was not being defeated as president Johnson had claimed
Tet offensive
In 1968 frustrated American soldiers followed orders and killed over 500 civilians, including women and children, under the assumption that the village was full of Vietcong. This event was called the
My lai massacre
After he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968, grief caused riots to break out in 130 major cities in the United States
MLK
This former US Attorney General was the “dove” candidate running for president in 1968, killed in June by Sirhan Sirhan after winning the California democratic primary
Robert Kennedy
Roughly half 1 million young people took part in this music festival, often called the greatest event in counterculture history in 1969
Woodstock
This report leaked by Daniel Ellsberg revealed to the American people that the government had often deceived them about the Vietnam war
Pentagon papers
This man found the united farm workers, a union that fought for the rights of the Mexican American migrant workers
Cesar Chavez
This group was created for the sole purpose of stopping government security leaks by the Nixon administration, and eventually contributed to the Watergate scandal that forced Nixon’s resignation
Plumbers
This controversial US Supreme Court case legalized abortion in 1973
Roe v wade
This American president led a conservative revolution in the 1980s, but his administration and image was seriously damaged by the Iran contra scandal
Ronald Reagan
General Norman Schwarzkopf led the US military and a UN coalition of forces against this Iraqi leader during operation desert storm in 1991
Saddam Hussein
Five times in the US history, the winner of our presidential election failed to win the popular vote, including the highly controversial election of 2000 when George W Bush defeated this man, even though Bush had over 1 million less votes
Al gore
The war on terror began in September 2001 in response to the 911 attacks that were planned by this Al-Qaeda leader who was eventually killed by American forces in May 2011
Osama bin laden
