Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
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Containment
US Cold War policy of preventing the spread of Communism through military force
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Pentagon Papers
Showed horror of the Vietnam War
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Watt Riots (1965)
Riots over the suspected police abuse of a Black man
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Feminine Mystique (1963)
Book that sparked second-wave feminism in the US
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SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Principal channel of student commitment in the United States civil rights movement
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Great Society
Lyndon B Johnson’s platform; aimed to eliminate racial injustice and poverty
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Head Start (1964)
Part of the Great Society; gave preschool children from families with low income a comprehensive program to help meet their needs
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Pentagon Papers (1971)
Revealed that the US had expanded its bombing of Southeast Asia, which hadn’t been reported by the media; led to the credibility gap
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Truman Doctrine (1947)
Promise to give aid to any country threatened by Communism
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Marshall Plan (1948)
Aid for European countries in an attempt to help them rebuild; helps them resist Communism
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NATO (1949)
Military alliance to resist Communist aggressions
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Warsaw Pact (1955)
USSR equivalent of NATO
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National Security Act (1947)
Centralized the department of defense, created the CIA, etc
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Taft-Harley Act (1947)
Made it more difficult to go on strike; had union members swear they were not Communists
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Federal Employee Loyalty and Security Program (1947)
Executive order that made federal employees swear that were not fascists or communists; allowed investigations
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Un American Activities Committee (1938)
Searched for Communists in culture
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Rosenburg Case (1951)
Rosenburgs accused of stealing nuclear bomb plans for the USSR; executed
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Hiss Case (1950)
Government official who was thought to be a Communist, although convicted on perjury; begged the question of how many high level officials are Communists?
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Serviceman Readjustment Act (1944)
Veterans could go to college for free and take out low interest loans
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Interstate Highway Act (1956)
Created highways which allowed for the suburbs to thrive
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GI Bill (1944)
Provided training, low interest loans, and other benefits to veterans
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Executive Order 9981 (1948)
Banned segregation in the military
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Civil Rights Commission (1957)
Collected and studied information on discrimination
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Brown v Board of Education (1954)
Overturned Plessy v Ferguson; desegregated schools
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Camp David Accords (1978)
Organized peace between Israel and Egypt
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Eisenhower Doctrine (1957)
Allowed Middle Eastern countries could request aid if they were threatened by armed aggression
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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SEATO (1954)
Southeast treaty to defend against Communism
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Office of Economic Opportunity (1964)
Programs like literacy and vocational training was provided for impoverished Americas; limited effect due to all the money going to the Vietnam War
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Medicare (1965)
Federally funded health insurance for the olds
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Medicaid (1965)
Federally funded health insurance for those in poverty
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Civil Rights Act (1964)
Made discrimination based on race or religion illegal
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth by outlawing literacy tests and poll taxes
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24th Amendment (1964)
Abolished poll taxes
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Roe v Wade (1973)
States couldn’t prevent abortion
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Self-Determination Act (1975)
Gave greater control to Natives over laws, education, and policing
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Environmental Protection Agency (1970)
Oversees polluters and regulates industries such as pesticides manufacturing
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Clean Air Act (1970)
Controlled air pollution
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Wilderness Act (1964)
Set aside federal lands from commercial economic development
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Bakke v UCLA (1978)
Declared minority quotas were unconstitutional
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Cold War (1947-1989)
A conflict between the US and USSR where neither engaged in open warfare
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Berlin Blockade (1948)
The USSR blocked supply lines in order to try to absorb Western Berlin
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Berlin Airlift (1948)
US flew in supplies to East Berlin; success
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Korean War (1950-1953)
Part of Containment; North Korea invaded South Korea
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Red Scare
Ah! Communism
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Bay of Pigs (1961)
Us tries to train Cuban exiles to overthrow the government; big fail
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1954)
Stemmed from the Gulf of Tonkin Incident; a blank check to use military power to protect US interests (1955)
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks incited this & rise of MLK
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Sit-In Movement (196)
Would sit at White only counters and demand to be served
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March on Washington (1963)
200,000 gathered at the Lincoln monument to protest against civil rights
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Occupation of Alcatraz (1969)
Natives had a treaty with the government that said they got abandoned land; Alcatraz was abandoned → stayed 19 months → Self-Determination Act
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Stonewall (1969)
Gathering in a gay bar (illegal) → resistance → marches and stuff
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Kent State Massacre (1970)
Students were protesting the Vietnam War but there was some looting → National Guard sent → protesters throw rocks → National Guard opens fire
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Three Mile Island (1979)
Nuclear plant partially melted down and released radioactive stuffs → scared of nuclear
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Watergate (1972)
Nixon’s reelection committee was caught breaking into the Watergate hotel where they attempted to bug and tap into phones in the Democratic Party’s headquarters
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Hollywood Ten (1947)
Singled out as Communists → forced to testify → refused → jail + blacklisted
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Joseph McCarthy
Claimed to have the names of Communists in the State Department; no proof
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Jack Kerouac
Part of 1950s counter-culture; poems had a stream of consciousness like prose and rejected meter
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Little Rock Nine (1957)
Governor tried to prevent Black kids from entering a White school; federal guards sent to protect them
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Fidel Castro
Communist leader of Cuba
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Black Panthers
Militant Black rights group
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