Unit 8 Vocab

Question 1

United nations

Answer 1

International peace keeping organization made during world war II

Question 2

Cold war

Answer 2

Political and economic confrontation between Soviet Union and the US

Question 3

Truman doctrine

Answer 3

Containment. Assist other nations that were facing external pressure or revolution to combat communism. Contain communism

Question 4

Marshall plan

Answer 4

George Marshall’s European recovery plan. Rebuilding of post WORLD WAR II europe

Question 5

Berlin blockade

Answer 5

300 day Soviet blockade. US send air lifts to bring food and supplies

Question 6

NATO

Answer 6

North Atlantic treaty organization. Mutual defensive pact and Warsaw Pact

Question 7

Dixiecrats

Answer 7

Southern Democrats. States rights democratic party

Question 8

Second red scare

Answer 8

Communist conspiracy behind civil wars and belief that communist spies infiltrated

Question 9

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 9

Wisconsin senator, sensational campaign. “Us department infiltrated by communist!” Looked silly goofy

Question 10

Korean war

Answer 10

Pacific war. North Korea attacks South Korea. Ends in stalemate and remain divided

Question 11

Beat movement

Answer 11

Poets, writers, and artists critique American life

Question 12

Federal highway act

Answer 12

Eisenhower approved 25 billion for construction of interstate highways

Question 13

Suez crisis

Answer 13

Egyptian president Nasser nationalized Suez Canal. Crisis failed and showed importance of oil in affairs worldwide

Question 14

Sputnik

Answer 14

Soviet Union launch orbiting satellite named Sputnik. Us develops NASA

Question 15

Mutually assured destruction

Answer 15

Eisenhower’s defense policy.

Question 16

Domino theory

Answer 16

If one nation falls to communism it’ll spread to surrounding nations

Question 17

Military Industrial complex

Answer 17

Eisenhower warns the US. Combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries lead to excessive spending on military goods

Question 18

Bay of pigs

Answer 18

Kennedy’s attempt to overthrow Fidel Castros communist government

Question 19

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 19

Close to nuclear war. Us discovers Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba and demands their removal and had a naval blockade

Question 20

Mendez v Westminster

Answer 20

Separate Mexican school unconstitutional

Question 21

Brown v the board of education

Answer 21

Overruled plessy v Ferguson. Racially segregated facilities unequal

Question 22

Rosa parks Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 22

Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man led to the civil rights movement

Question 23

Little Rock nine

Answer 23

Nine black students were prevented from entering Little Rock nine central high school. Eisenhower sends troops to gaurantee students entry

Question 24

Reverend MLK JR

Answer 24

Leader of civil rights movement. I have a dream speech and letter from Birmingham jail

Question 25

Malcolm x

Answer 25

Urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary. Later advocate racial harmony

Question 26

Stokely Carmichael

Answer 26

Leader of student nonviolent coordination committee. Later pursue black power

Question 27

Black panthers

Answer 27

Believed racism was an inherent part of the US. Promote civil rights, self defense, and community outreach

Question 28

Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 28

Public accommodations could not be segregated. Nobody denied access to public accommodation based off race

Question 29

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 29

Passed by Congress after Bloody Sunday March. Prohibit states from imposing any voting qualification on account of race or color

Question 30

Immigration and nationality act of 1965

Answer 30

Abolished national origins system. No more than 20k from one country COUKD migrate per yesr

Question 31

Students for a democratic society

Answer 31

Protest group against capitalism and involvement in Vietnam war

Question 32

Great society

Answer 32

War on poverty. Medicare, head start, reorganized immigration

Question 33

Feminine mystique

Answer 33

By Betty Friedan. Challenge women to move beyond drudgery of suburban housewifery

Question 34

National organization of women

Answer 34

Inspired by Friedan. Battle for equal fights, equal employment opportunities, equal pay, equal rights amendments, legal abortion

Question 35

Detente

Answer 35

Lessening of tensions between US and Soviet Union. Nixon visit China (strategic limitation of arms treaty)

Question 36

Pentagon papers

Answer 36

Top secret government study on the Vietnam war

Question 37

Watergate

Answer 37

Five men arrested for breaking into democratic national committee executive headquarters. CREEP involved. Nixon complicit in burglary

Question 38

Pardon of Nixon

Answer 38

Gerald Ford pardons Nixon. Our nightmare behind them

Question 39

Cesar chavez

Answer 39

Non violent leader of United farm workers. Strike against fruity and vegetable growers

Question 40

OPEC oil embargo

Answer 40

OPEX nations refuse to export oil to US for supporting Israel

Question 41

Stagflation

Answer 41

Inflation rate is high. Unemployment high

Question 42

Malaise speech

Answer 42

Jimmy carter speech. Country had not come together to solve problems. Crisis of confidence

Question 43

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Answer 43

Rachel carson in 1962 writes about suspicion of pesticide DDT. 11 years later DDT banned

Question 44

Love canal/three mile island

Answer 44

Love canal discovers toxic waste being disposed of poorly. Nuclear meltdown at three mile island

Question 45

Equal rights amendment

Answer 45

Proposed amendment to constitution to guarantee equal rights for women. Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman OG

Question 46

Roe v wade

Answer 46

Protect rights of abortion

Question 47

Camp David accords

Answer 47

Peace accords to end Israeli-Egyptian disputes

Question 48

Iran hostage crisis

Answer 48

444 days where American embassy workers held captive by Iranian revolutionaries. Cut off Iranian oil. Bad relations with each other

Question 49

American Indian movement

Answer 49

Native American organization. Protest government policies and injustices suffered by native Americans

Question 50

Gay liberation movement

Answer 50

Police raid on the stonewall inn a gay bar

Question 51

Immigration since 1970

Answer 51

Largest immigration. Asia and Latin America

Question 52

Sunbelt

Answer 52

Región of southeast to southwest. Population growth in 1960