History final Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR?
Different ideology, distrust (atomic bomb) Goals were different for world war 11 / plans
WHAT WERE THE GOALS OF THE US AND THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE COLD WAR
- U.S Democracy Soviet- Satellite nation
WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD WAR UPON THE US, THE SOVIET UNION, THE WORLD?
Fear and spending
WHAT IS THE DOMINO THEORY?
If one country falls to communism all attached countries fall to communism.
HOW DID THE DOMINO THEORY AFFECT THE US IN VIETNAM?
Give them money, Military
HOW DID RELATIONS CHANGE BETWEEN THE US AND SOVIET UNION CHANGE AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR?
They thaw- agree to be peaceful
TONKIN GULF
- U.S vs Vietnam. U.S first involvement
HO CHI MINH
- Communist vietnamese leader
NGO DINH DIEM
Anti communist leader
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER-
Bombing campaign by the U.S
TET OFFENSIVE-
Communist attack on south vietnam.
HO CHI MINH TRAIL
Supply routes from North Vietnam and South Vietnam
AGENT ORANGE
Chemicals used to kill forest
WHY WERE BLACK AMERICANS UNHAPPY WITH HOW THEY WERE TREATED IN AMERICA POST WWII-
Segregation: by law (Couldn’t go to school with white kids, hospitals, bars) By custom(leaving in different towns and cities.)
MARTIN LUTHER KING
I have a dream, peaceful protest, marches, boycotts, activist, civil rights leaders
ROSA PARKS
Refused to get out of her seat on the bus, Montgomery bus, member of NAACP
BUS BOYCOTT-
Happened in montgomery, Successful peaceful protest
SIT INS-
Happened in greensboro North Carolina, collage kids, SNCC. Kids would go in a sit in places they werent suppose to go. This was suppose to cause peaceful protest
FREEDOM RIDES
Protester ride integrated buses
SCLC
Southern Christian leadership conference/ council created by MLK
SNCC
student Nonviolent coordinating committee- they started the sit ins
BLACK PANTHERS-
Militant groups defend black neighborhoods.
WASHINGTON DC-
I have a dream speech, march on washington
SELMA
to protest the blocking of Black Americans’ right to vote by the systematic racist structure of the Jim Crow South.
BIRMINGHAM-
March in Alabama. Highschool kids leave school and get arrested.
WHAT OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE INSPIRED TO PROTEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS?
Womans rights- woman we expected to cook, clean, and take care of the kids. Betty Freidan led the march and wrote a book about how unfair it was for woman to live up to such low standards.
