us history 3

Question 1

HUAC

Answer 1

House of Unamerican Activities Committee - find commie spies in govt

Question 2

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 2

fights Eisenhower, Uses Red Scare to get elected, falsely accuses govt members of being commies, uses TV for first time

Question 3

George Kenan

Answer 3

Coins idea of Containment

Question 4

NSC-68

Answer 4

National Security Council argues that the US military is not big enough, pushes to inflate strength

Question 5

OPEC

Answer 5

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 6

Age of Affluence

Answer 6

“Golden Age” for middle class. Many go to suburbs, establish gender roles, start being materialistic, corporations grow, consumerism, TV

Question 7

Thurgood Marshal

Answer 7

apart of NAACP, argues for Brown v Board of Education

Question 8

Emmet Till

Answer 8

Teen brutally murdered for whistling at woman, sparks outrage

Question 9

Geneva Accords

Answer 9

Divide Vietnam at 17th Parallel

Question 10

National Defense Education Act

Answer 10

Response to Sputnik, invest money into schools

Question 11

Peace Corps

Answer 11

Train foreign workers fight against poverty, hunger, etc.

Question 12

The Great Society

Answer 12

Social programs by LBJ, Civil Rights

Question 13

Betty Friedan

Answer 13

Leader in 2nd wave of Feminism

Question 14

Cesar Chavez

Answer 14

United Farm Workers Org; leader for minority workers’ rights

Question 15

William Wesmorin

Answer 15

US General. introduces “Search & Destroy” doctrine and doesn’t establish frontline in Vietnam