period 8: 1945-1980

Cold War

A period of diplomatic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union that pitted capitalism against communism

Marshall

An expansion plan to provide economic and social aid to Western Europe in order to prevent the spread of communism

Senator Joseph McCarthy

A senator from Wisconsin who led the campaign to uncover communists and suspected communists in the United States

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

An African American civil rights leader who advocated for greater racial equality using nonviolent methods

Civil rights act of 1964

A wide ranging piece of legislation that ended segregation and banned employment discrimination

Great society

A program developed under President Lyndon Johnson that significantly expanded federally sponsored social programs

1947

The president announces the Truman doctrine to help contain the spread of communism

1952

The United States conducts its first hydrogen bomb test

1954

The Supreme Court decision in brown v board of education desegregates public schools

1962

The Cold War almost turns “hot” in the Cuban missile crisis

1964

President Lyndon Johnson signs the civil rights act of 1964

1965

Dr martin Luther king jr leads a freedom march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama

1978

The Camp David accords brokered peace between Egypt, Israel, and the United States

Brown v Board of education

14th amendment; equal protection clause; race discrimination

Mapp v Ohio

4th Amendment search and seizure provision

Abington school district v schempp

Freedom of religion; establishment of religion; 1/4th amendments

Gideon v Wainwright

Right to counsel; 6th/14th amendment

Griswold v Connecticut

9th amendment; privacy to privacy

Harper v Virginia

14th amendment; equal protection clause

Miranda v Arizona

5th amendment; right to counsel; self-incrimination

Roe v Wade

Separation of powers; judicial review

United States v Nixon

Separation of powers; judicial review

Regents of the university of California at Davis v Bakke

14th amendment; equal protection; civil rights Act of 1964