Review Flashcards

Flashcards for review of historical terms and events.

Generation X

Those born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s.

Barack Obama

The 44th President of the United States, serving from 2009 to 2017.

Tet Offensive

A series of major attacks by North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War in 1968.

Betty Friedan/NOW

Author of 'The Feminine Mystique' and co-founder of the National Organization for Women advocating for women's rights.

Vietnamization

Nixon's policy of gradually withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam and transferring responsibility to the South Vietnamese.

Great Society Programs

A set of domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.

Roe v. Wade

A landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to an abortion.

Détente

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

Brown v. BOE

A 1954 Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A leader in the Civil Rights Movement, advocating for nonviolent protest and equality.

Operation Rolling Thunder

The title of the prolonged aerial bombardment of North Vietnam from 1965 to 1968.

James Meredith

The first African American student to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962.

Cuban Missile Crisis

A 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Bay of Pigs

A failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles.

Cesar Chavez

A labor leader and civil rights activist who fought for the rights of farmworkers.

OPEC

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which influences global oil prices.

Woodstock

A music festival in 1969 that symbolized the counterculture movement.

Point 4 Plan

A program for economic aid to developing countries, proposed by President Truman.

Black Panthers

A revolutionary organization founded in 1966 advocating for black power and self-defense.

Richard Nixon

The 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.

Duck and Cover

A civil defense campaign during the Cold War, teaching citizens how to protect themselves from a nuclear attack.

Gulf of Tonkin

A 1964 incident that led to increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

A landmark piece of legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

9/11

The terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.

Containment

A U.S. foreign policy strategy to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War.

AIM

American Indian Movement, a civil rights organization advocating for Native American rights.

Title IX

A federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities.

McCarthyism

A period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s.

Marshall Plan

A U.S. program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.

1980s

A decade marked by conservative politics, economic changes, and cultural shifts.