Cold War

Potsdam Conference

between us, uk, and Soviet Union; talking about what the world would be like after the war

Harry Truman

president dealing with bomb decision

Manhattan Project

atomic bomb project

Hiroshima

where they launched the first atomic bomb; very destructive

Containment

controlling communism

Truman Doctrine

obligation of US to put money into greece and turkey so they are not taken by communists; help them build up an economy to stop communism; domino theory

Marshall Plan

truman doctrine but for all of western europe; not just turkey and greece; also called european recovery act; set up to be 5 year plan; successful

Berlin airlift

US and UK flying hourly flights into Berlin for a year to keep Berlin from soviets; it is the capital of Germany so important to keep it from being taken from communism

NATO

developed in the cold war to contain communism

NSC-68

 in response to NATO; having to add a military arm to containment; new blueprint for the cold war; proposes US develop a hydrogen bomb-more powerful than atomic bomb, need to support increases in troops, build strong system of alliances, and increase taxes to fund it

Korean War

embodiment of NSC 68; first test case of containment 

Taft-Hartley Act

upended the wagner act- labor union were seen as potential communism; weakens collective bargaining by adding right to work institutions   

Joe McCarthy

starts intensive red baiting-lists of people he thinks are communists  

Margaret Chase Smith

challenged mccarthyism

Duck and Cover

video teaching kids about protection from possible bomb

Brown v. Board of Education

begins desegregating schools

Little Rock

tested brown v board of ed decision

Montgomery Bus Boycott

showcased non violence and passive resistance; began after Rosa Parks; African Americans refused to ride city buses to protest segregated seating

Martin Luther King, Jr.

coordinated bus boycott and founded SCLC

CORE

pioneering use of nonviolent direct action; ex-sit-ins, boycott

NAACP

advocated for the rights of African Americans 

SCLC

founded by mlk; played key role in bus boycott

Greensboro and Direct Action

sit in at white only restaurant and refused to leave; symbol of direct action

SNCC

student-led civil rights organization; organized voter registration drives to challenged discrimination in voting