Unit 8 Test Flashcards
Massive retaliation
popular name for the military doctrine adopted in the 1950s, United States promised to respond to any attack on itself or its allies with massive force, including nuclear.
Viet Cong
Communist rebels in South Vietnam, fought the pro-American government established in 1954.
New Frontier
JFK’s domestic and foreign policy initiatives, designed to reinvigorate a sense of national purpose and energy.
Alliance for Progress
Program of economic aid to Latin America during the Kennedy administration.
Berlin Wall
Wall erected by East Germany in 1961 that isolated West Berlin from the surrounding areas in Communist-controlled East Berlin and East Germany.
SNCC
Stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, black civil rights organization founded in 1960, drawn to younger/college activists.
CORE
Stands for congress of racial equality, civil rights group formed in 1942, committed to nonviolent civil disobedience.
SCLC
Stands for southern christian leadership conference, black civil rights organization founded in 1957 by MLK jr and other clergy.
Search and destroy
U.S. military tactic in South Vietnam, used small detachments to locate enemy units.
Selective Service System
Federal agency that coordinated military conscription before and during the Vietnam War.
Stonewall Rebellion
(June 27 1969) patrons fought back when police raided the gay Stonewall Inn in New York.
Nation of Islam
Religious movement among black Americans that emphasizes self-sufficiency, self-help, and separation from white society.
Black Panthers
Political and social movement among black Americans, founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and emphasizing black economic and political power.
Detente
French for easing tension, treaty signed in 1972 by US and Soviet Union, slowed nuclear arms race.
Pentagon Papers
Classified Defense Department documents on the history of the U.S involvement in Vietnam, prepared in 1968 and leaked to the press in 1971.
Watergate
A complex scandal involving attempts to cover up illegal actions taken by administration officials and leading to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
Deindustrialization
The process of economic change involving the disappearance of outmoded industries with the transfer of factories to new low-wage locations, with devastating effects in the Northeast and Midwest, especially in the 1970s and 1980s.
OPEC
Stands for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, cartel of oil-producing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America that gained substantial power over the world economy in the mid- to late 1970s by controlling the production and price of oil.
Eisenhower
Republican 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy
Democrat 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democrat 1963-1969
Richard Nixon
Republican 1969-1974
Gerald Ford
Republican 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter
Democrat1977-1981
Ronald Raegan
Republican1981-1989
George Bush
Republican1989-1993
Bill Clinton
Democrat 1993-2001
George W. Bush
Republican 2001-2009
Barack Obama
Democrat 2009-2017
Donald Trump
Republican 2017-2021
Joe Biden
Democrat 2021-2024