10th Grade Honors Final Review

Flashcards for 10th Grade Honors Final Review

SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, played a major role in the civil rights movement.

SNCC

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an important group in the Civil Rights Movement.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Landmark legislation in 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Greensboro Sit-ins

Series of nonviolent protests beginning in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960.

Freedom Riders

Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States.

Malcolm X

African American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

Nation of Islam

Religious group Malcolm X was associated with.

Selma March

Marches from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Act that outlawed discriminatory voting practices.

George Wallace

Alabama governor known for his segregationist views.

Black Power Movement

Political movement emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions.

Domino Theory

Belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Resolution used to justify military action in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh

North Vietnamese revolutionary and politician.

Credibility Gap

Discrepancy between what the government said and what was actually happening in Vietnam.

Kent State

Ohio University where students were shot during an anti-war protest.

Miranda v Arizona

Supreme Court case establishing that criminal suspects must be advised of their constitutional rights.

My Lai Massacre

Massacre of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops.

NASA

U.S. space agency.

Pentagon Papers

Secret Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War.

TET Offensive

Series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong during the Vietnamese New Year.

Warren Court

Chief Justice during a period of major judicial decisions regarding civil rights.

War Powers Act

Law limiting the President's power to deploy U.S. troops without Congressional approval.

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Camp David Accords

Agreements brokered by Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt.

Detente

Easing of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Vietnamization

Policy implemented by Nixon to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to 'expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops.'

Watergate

Political scandal involving Nixon that led to his resignation.

Teflon President

Popular nickname for Ronald Reagan.

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Iran-Contra Affair

Political scandal during the Reagan administration involving the sale of arms to Iran.

Reaganomics

Economic policies of Ronald Reagan.

Sandra Day O’Connor

First woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

Star Wars

Reagan's proposed missile defense system.

INF Treaty

Treaty between the U.S. and Soviet Union eliminating intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

Operation Desert Shield/Storm

The American-led military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

NAFTA

Agreement between the USA, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.

Taliban

Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan.

Oklahoma City Bombing

Bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995.

Microsoft

Software company founded by Bill Gates.

Apple

Technology company founded by Steve Jobs.

Contract With America

Bill Clinton's domestic policy.

Al Qaeda

Terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

September 11, 2001

Attack on September 11, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden

Former leader of Al Qaeda.

Tea Party

Political movement advocating for lower taxes and reduced government spending.

Bush Doctrine

Foreign policy adopted by George W. Bush.

Patriot Act

Act passed in response to 9/11, increasing surveillance powers.

ISIS

Extremist militant group.