Period 8: Cold War 1945-1980 Flashcards
(26 cards)
During trumans admin, there was a rise of ______
civil rights
The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence
Mcarthyism
US policy of contaning communism
Containment
US gave aid to Greece and Turkey, to help countires already fighting comm.
Truman Doctrine 1947
helped Europe rebuild after WWII
Marshall Plan 1947
Why did we want to rebuild Europe after WW2?
(WHY MARSHALL PLAN??
poor countries are susceptible of communist takeover
NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance
Eastern europe and the soviet union form an alliance
Warsaw Pact
What happened in the Korean war?
North Korea invaded South Korea
NASA was created under the:
Eisenhower Administration
the US and the Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
The Space Race
communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
Vietnam War
created to divide Vietnam into communist north and democratic south
Geneva Accords
Vietcong
communist organization in South Korea
Plessy V Ferguson
upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine
nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs
Failed Cuban overthrow of Castro
Bay of Pigs
ruled that separate facilities denied kids equal protection under the law
Brown V. Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man
made it easier for veterans returning home from WWII to get loans to buy houses, new jobs, etc.
GI Bill and FHA
federal housing administration
Levvittowns
homes made by William Levitt: cheaper and faster
Technological advancements such as:
tv, microwave, refrigerators, washing machines, music, cars
T-Model (FORD)
