Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

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