Final Exam Review for U.S. History since 1877

Yalta Conference

1945 meeting to discuss post-war Europe.

Potsdam Conference

1945 meeting to finalize post-war arrangements.

Alger Hiss

Accused spy in 1940s HUAC hearings.

Containment Policy

Strategy to prevent Soviet expansion post-WWII.

Truman Doctrine

U.S. policy to support nations resisting communism.

Marshall Plan

U.S. aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.

Berlin Blockade

1948 Soviet blockade of West Berlin.

Double Victory

African American campaign for civil rights and victory.

Atomic Bombs

Nuclear weapons used by U.S. against Japan.

Fall of China

1949 communist takeover in China.

NATO

Military alliance formed in 1949 against communism.

Rollback Policy

Strategy to actively eliminate communism.

Joe McCarthy

Senator known for anti-communist investigations.

Army-McCarthy Hearings

1954 hearings that led to McCarthy's downfall.

CIA Interventions

Covert operations in Iran and Guatemala.

Brown v. Board

1954 Supreme Court case against school segregation.

Little Rock Crisis

1957 confrontation over school desegregation.

Civil Rights Movement

Movement for racial equality in the U.S.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955 protest against bus segregation.

Sit-Ins

Nonviolent protests at segregated lunch counters.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Leader of the civil rights movement advocating nonviolence.

Selma March

1965 march for voting rights, known as Bloody Sunday.

Cuban Missile Crisis

1962 confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Failed U.S. attempt to overthrow Castro in 1961.

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

1964 event leading to U.S. escalation in Vietnam.

Civil Rights Acts

Legislation aimed at ending discrimination.

Détente

Easing of tensions between U.S. and USSR.

Vietnamization

Nixon's strategy to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Watergate Scandal

Political scandal leading to Nixon's resignation.

Iran Hostage Crisis

1979 crisis involving American hostages in Iran.

Reaganomics

Economic policies promoting tax cuts and deregulation.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the USSR who reformed Soviet policies.

INF Treaty

1987 agreement to reduce nuclear weapons.