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President Eisenhower
________ played a role in the Suez Canal crisis and pressured Britain and France to withdraw.
Nixon
________ fought to prevent publication, concerned about effect on secret negotiations with North Vietnam, USSR, and China.
Feminists
________ fought against discrimination in hiring, pay, college admissions, and financial aid, and control of reproductive rights.
Martin Luther King
Montgomery bus boycott (1955) led to ________ Jr's national prominence and the integration of city buses.
Democratic Society
The Students for a(n) ________ (SDS) was formed in 1962 with leftist political agenda.
CIA
________ helped overthrow anti- American governments in Iran and Guatemala and tried (unsuccessfully) to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Germany
________ was divided into 4 sectors after the war.
Cold War
The ________ was a power struggle between the two leading political- economic systems, capitalism and communism.
suburban home
The good life was defined as having a decent job, a(n) ________, and access to modern conveniences (consumerism)
Daniel Ellsberg
________: Government official who turned the Pentagon Papers over to the press.
Vietnam
________ was French colony until World War II.
Eisenhower
________ took office with intentions of imposing conservative values on the expanding federal government.
Marshall Plan
________- sent $ 12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its economy and promote economic growth.
Tet Offensive
________ was a major turning point in the war, North Vietnamese and Vietcong nearly captured American embassy in Saigon.
Berlin Wall
________ symbolized the repressive nature of communism and divide between democratic West and communist East.
National Organization
________ for Women (NOW) was formed in 1966 to fight for legislative changes, including the Equal Rights Amendment.
Congress
________ passed the Equal Pay Act (1963) requiring equal pay for equal work.
Korean War
The ________ began in June of 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea.
US troops
________ attacked North Korea under the umbrella of the United Nations, which led to China's entry into the war.
Alabama governor George Wallace
________ ran segregationist third- party campaign, popular in the South.
Free Speech movement
The ________ was formed at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964.
Supreme Court
The ________ established a constitutional right to privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Presidential Election
1952 ________: The Republicans chose Dwight D. Eisenhower, a war hero, in the 1952 ________.
Kennedy
________ represented hope for many Americans as an advocate for the poor and critic of Vietnam War.
Military buildup
________ for the Cold War prevented major cuts to the military budget.
Lai Massacre
The My ________ occurred in 1968, US soldiers abused, tortured, and murdered innocent civilians.
Cuban missile crisis
________ in 1962 brought US and Soviet Union closest to military confrontation.
Gerald Ford
________: Vice President and later President who granted Nixon a presidential pardon.
Peace Talks
________: ________ began soon after, but the war dragged on for two more years.
Marshall Plan
sent $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its economy and promote economic growth
Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt promised to regulate business and restore competition
First New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt focused on immediate public relief and recovery of banks
Second New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt addressed shortcomings of the First New Deal and responded to changing political climate
Truman's Early Decisions
Truman decided to attempt a reunification of Korea after early military successes
Truman's Decision
Truman decided against MacArthur's recommendation, thinking a war with China would be imprudent
1952 Presidential Election
The Republicans chose Dwight D. Eisenhower, a war hero, in the 1952 presidential election
Truman's Unpopularity
Truman was unpopular, and America was ready for a change
Two major events heightened American-Soviet tensions
Cuba and Berlin Wall
Rulings on rights of the accused
Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona
Examples of police violence
Selma, Birmingham
Mississippi
three civil rights workers murdered by local police department
1968
King assassinated
Focus on single issues
ending abortion, criticizing affirmative action, emphasizing traditional gender roles and nuclear family
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State under Nixon
Daniel Ellsberg
Government official who turned the Pentagon Papers over to the press
Gerald Ford
Vice President and later President who granted Nixon a presidential pardon
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