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Truman Doctrine

U.S. policy to help nations resist communism.

Marshall plan

U.S. money sent to rebuild Europe after WWII.

Desegregation of the Military

Truman ended racial segregation in the armed forces.

Korean War

U.S. sent troops to defend South Korea from communism.

Fair deal

Truman’s plan to expand social programs.

Eisenhower Doctrine

U.S. would protect Middle East nations from communism.

Interstate highway

Created highways; boosted suburbs and travel.

Massive Retaliation

Nuclear threat strategy against the USSR

Little Rock Nine

isenhower used troops to enforce school integration.

New Frontier

Kennedy’s programs for education, poverty, and space exploration.

Cuban missile crisis

U.S. and USSR avoided nuclear war; missiles removed from Cuba.

Bay of pigs

Failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba.

NASA – Moon Goal

Kennedy pushed to land a man on the moon.

Great society

Johnson’s plan to end poverty and racial injustice.

Medicare & Medicaid

Healthcare for the elderly and poor.

Civil Rights Act 1964

Outlawed segregation.

Voting Rights Act 1965

Protected African Americans’ right to vote.

Vietnam Escalation

Johnson increased U.S. troops.

Détente

Nixon’s easing of Cold War tensions.

Opening China

Nixon improved relations with China

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency created by Nixon.

Watergate

Scandal that caused Nixon to resign.

Ford Pardons Nixon

Unpopular, lost public support.

Stagflation

High unemployment AND inflation in the 1970s.

Camp David Accords

Carter negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel.

Iran Hostage Crisis

52 Americans held for 444 days

Reaganomics

Tax cuts and deregulation to grow the economy.

Cold War Ending Influence

Reagan pressured the USSR economically.

Persian Gulf War

H.W. Bush pushed Iraq out of Kuwait.

Fall of Soviet Union

Occurred under George H.W. Bush.

NAFTA

Clinton created free trade with Canada and Mexico.

Clinton Impeachment

He was impeached but NOT removed.

9/11 attacks

Happened under George W. Bush.

Patriot Act

Expanded government surveillance.

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Obama’s healthcare reform law.

DACA

Protected undocumented youth from deportation.

Osama bin Laden

Killed under President Obama.