Test #4 Flashcards
USA vs USSR
democracy + capatilism vs. communism
buffer states or soviet satellites
poland, east germany, bulgaria, romania, hungary, czechoslovakia
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) vs. warsaw pact
if we set foot in their territory, they’ll attack
containment
US policy to halt the spread of communism
marshall plan
-did this to help build other countries up, keep peace, regulate economy, and avoid conflict & war
-massive economic aid to war- torn countries
-part of peace plan carried out by on eof the oldest generals (George Marshall)
milestone of the cold war
-berlin airlift: 1948
-berlin wall
1950-53 korean war
north= communist
south= democratic
1956 suez canal crisis
-egypt siezes canal
-britain & france retakes canal
-hungary holds democratic elections
-russia crushes evolution
-egypt gets land back but canal remains open for trade
1957 sputnik ll orbits the earth
-space race
-america goes to the moon [1969] (jfk was pres,., wanted to beat soviets in something)
1961 bay of pigs fiasco
1962 cuban missle crisis
-kennedy v. khrushcher
-missile silos in turkey sacrificed
detente
relaxation of tension
redphone
-a literal red phone
-created, super popular
tracking software for nuclear weapons
created
SALT treaties (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
-nixon travels to USSR + china
-nixon was a good president w/ foreign policy
-china + russia are U.S biggest enemies
vietnam war (1950s- 1973)
-containment
-cold war
-democracy & capatalist is better
-N- communist, S- democracy
attricition (vietnam war cont.)
-keep adding force until the other side can’t keep up anymore
-“hearts & minds”
-quagmire = muddy mess
the bright and shinning lie
-by john paul rann
-book talking about the ar w/ vietnam
-media, politicians, generals, soldiers = lost
tet offensive (1968)
-1973 US troops withdraw
-1975 north vietnam wins
-1980 reagan wins
-military buildup to win cold war
-economic race = arms race
soviet satellites
poland, east germany, czechoslovakia
what happens to the USSR in 1991
they disintegrate
what happens to germany in 1989
the berlin wall is torn down, germany begins reunification
reagan & george bush
-national debt
-1981-88 tripled the debt
reagan: 0-8, bush: 0-4, clinton: 4-8, obama: 0-4, trump: 0-4, biden: 0-2
affluent (wealthy) society
consumer society
middle class
-disposable income
-recession until 1947 as transition to peacetime economy happens
unemployment falls
-productivity increases
-GNP: climbs repeatedly (23 trillion)
-recession: GNP declines for 2 quarters
-expansion: GNP increases for 2 quarters
housing boom
-levittown: assembly line model
-suburbs: automobiles & homes
-segregation in suburbs: class + race
-white flight: pattern where whites/racial groups voluntarily move w/ the race group they pertain to, (like schools & neighborhoods)
automobiles
become a necessity for modern life
consumer appliances
-refrigerator, oven/stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, A/C
-electronics/entertainment, TV, stereo
credit cards (invented by americans)
-fast food= lifestyle
-kids’ toys: became esp. popular in US w/ creation of plastic in the 20s
youth culture
-war protests
-huge impact on civil rights movement
-18 yr olds can vots
-spending, consumerism $$$
-music= rock n roll
-drug culture- more normalization + glorification of drugs, esp. in 60s
-sexual revolution, sex ed.
-teen pregnancy/std rates climb
-sleeping where i fall - peter coyote
civil rights movement- post ww2 (causes)
-abolition
-13th- slavery aboloished
-14th- citizenship
-15th- voting rights
-all passed by 1870
-segregation
-full civil rights
-progressivism- NAACP
-lynchings
-great migration
-new deal
WWll
-holocaust exposes hypocrisy on racial discrimination worldview
-leaders & presidents are veterans
-black civil rights leaders
milestones: 1947
jackie robinson plays in MLB, signed by Branch Rickey of Dodgers
milestones 1948
harry truman desegragates the military and federal drill service
milestones 1954
brown v. board of education, topek, KS
-school desegregation, all segregation is constitutional
-NAACP learned to use the courts and 14th amendment instead of legislatures
-brown has no timeline
milestones 1955
-charleston, ar and itoxie, ar
-the first stand (documentary)
-emmitt till
milestones 1956
rosa parks
-montgomery bus boycott
MLK jr
1) church involvement
2) economic boycott
milestones 1957
LR central high school
-governor orral faubus sends our state troopers, ARNG to keep the peace
-president eisenhower sent ARNG home, deployed 101st
-airbourne
milestones 1960s
nonviolence
-sitins
-protest
-marches
-freedom rides
milestones 1964
civil rights act
-segregation in public places is illegal
-affirmative actions
-access to education
-includes gender
milestones 1965
-bariers to voting
-literacy tests
-poll taxes
black muslims
malcolm x
-black panthers
-nonviolence
1968 memphis garbage workers
-MLK- economic opportunities
-mountaintop speech 12 hrs before assination
-civil rights over
