period 8 specific evidences

Truman Doctrine

Containment of communism supporting countries who are threatened by it

Marshall Plan

Giving money to european countries to help them rebuild so they are more likley to opt for democracy

Berlin Airlift

Soviet blocked US entry to berlin so airlift supplies to berlin

Taft Hartley Act

A labor law that restricted the activities and power of labor unions in the United States, made leaders pledge loyalty

Federal Employee Security Program

allowed for the federal investigation of workers in case of communism

Un American Activites Commitee

feared film industry and checked for people for communsit infleunce (Hollywood 10)J

Joseph McCarthy

claimed he knew comunists in state department caused mccarthyism (fear of communism)

Rosenburg case

couple suspected of being communist spies and got executed

GI Bill

veterans were funded to go to college

Levitown

suburban town with lots of homes as a low cost solution to the baby boom

Beathinks

rebelled against conformity

Catcher in the Rye

novel that explores themes of teenage alienation and loss of innocence.

Truman Executive Order 9981

banned segregation in the armed forces

24th ammendment

abolished the pol tax

Brown v. Board of education

argued that racial segregation of schools violeted the 14th amendment and got plessy v ferguson overturned

Bay of Pigs

failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 executed by US-backed Cuban exiles.

Cuban Missile Crisis

cubans had tech from russia, made america very fearful of nuclear usage

domino theory

Eisonhower theory that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.

Military Industrial Complex

Eisenhower warned Americans about military causing economic benefits and policy decesions being made on the economy

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

congress gave President Johnson the authority to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.

Credibiity Gap

Johnson was lying to people about how the war was going when in reality it was bad

Tet Offensive

surprise attack on south, lost many lives, prompted people to hate the war

Vietnamization

nixons policy of removal of american troops in vietnam

Great Society

A set of domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice, including initiatives in education, healthcare, and civil rights.

Baker v. Carr

redraw district lines to upholding proper voting districts, ensuring equal representation.

Montegomety Bus Boycott

Rosa parks sit in, caused lots of boycots and for busses to eventually remove segregated seating

Southern christain leadership conference

peaceful protest that was met with violence

Malcolm X

used violence instead of peace for civil rights

Voting Rights Act

outlawed poll tax and literacy test for voting

Loving v. Virginia

made interracial marriage leagal

Feminine Mystique

highlighted the unhappiness of suburban women in the 1950s, trapped in traditional homemaker roles

Equal Rights ammendment

attempt to get passed to ban discrimination of gender but not passed because some people thought it would take away certain privileges

Kent State Massacre

people protesting the vietnam war and caused an open fire

counter culture

hippies, new ways of dressings, drugs, change

OPEC

bc us sided with israel oil became expensive

Environmental Protection Agency

regulated industries and was popular

John Biran Society

very right whig conspiracy organization opposing communism

National Review

also conservative, more moderate and did not want conservatives to be radicalized

Stagflation

an economic situation characterized by stagnant or slowing economic growth, high unemployment, and rising inflation