Cold War and Post-WWII America Review

These flashcards cover key concepts, events, and individuals from the Cold War and post-WWII America, designed to help with understanding and recalling lecture notes for exams.

What was the U.S. policy to stop communism?

Containment

What gave money to Europe to stop communism?

Marshall Plan (1947)

What helped Greece and Turkey fight communism and ave money to Greece & Turkey?

Truman Doctrine (1947)

What military alliance did the U.S. join to stop the USSR?

NATO (1949)

What was the competition to build more nuclear weapons?

Arms Race

What 1954 theory said communism would spread like falling dominoes?

Domino Theory

What was Nixon's plan to ease Cold War tensions?

Détente

Who started the Korean War?

North Korea

How did the Korean War end?

No change (Korea stayed divided)

What did Eisenhower do in Vietnam?

Sent military advisors

What did JFK do in Vietnam?

Increased U.S. involvement

What did LBJ do in Vietnam?

Sent U.S. troops (Americanization)

What did Nixon do in Vietnam?

Pulled troops out (Vietnamization)

What 1964 resolution gave LBJ war powers?

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

What 1968 attack made Americans hate the war?

Tet Offensive

What movement protested the Vietnam War?

Anti-War Movement

What ended the Great Depression?

WWII and the postwar boom

What was it called when white people moved to the suburbs?

White Flight

What U.S. region grew after WWII?

The Sun Belt

What kept Black Americans from buying homes in certain areas?

Redlining

What was the rise in births after WWII called?

Baby Boom

What happened to labor unions after WWII?

They got weaker

What encouraged people to act the same in the 1950s?

Conformism

What became the main form of entertainment after WWII?

Television

What 1954 case ended school segregation?

Brown v. Board of Education

What 1955 protest ended bus segregation?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

What 1964 law ended segregation?

Civil Rights Act

What 1965 law protected Black voting rights?

Voting Rights Act

What was LBJ's plan to fight poverty and discrimination?

The Great Society

What healthcare programs came from the Great Society?

Medicare and Medicaid

What 1969 riots helped start LGBTQ+ rights?

Stonewall Riots

What Native American group fought for rights in the 1970s?

American Indian Movement (AIM)

What movement in the 1960s-70s fought for women's rights?

Feminism

What book helped start modern feminism?

The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)

What leader fought for Latino farm workers?

César Chávez

What 1972 amendment tried to guarantee gender equality?

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Who led the Red Scare in the 1950s?

Joseph McCarthy

Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice?

Thurgood Marshall

Who was the U.S. president from 1963-1969?

Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)

Who led the Civil Rights Movement?

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)

Who was the U.S. president from 1953-1961?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

What 1947 plan gave money to Europe?

Marshall Plan

What happened in Korea from 1950-1953?

Korean War

What 1963 event shocked the nation?

JFK’s assassination

What 1974 scandal made Nixon resign?

Watergate