period 8 cause and effects

soviet u.s. rivalry, differing ideologies (communism vs capitalism)

containment policy, arms race, proxy wars

truman doctrine/marshall plan— fear of soviet expansion

u.s. aids countries resisting communism; rebuilds western europe

north korea invades south; containment policy

u.s. intervenes; war ends in stalemate, sets precedent for later conflicts

segregation, jim crow laws, wwwII activism (civil rights movement)

brown v. board (1954), montgomery bus boycott, civil rights act (1964), voting rights act (1965)

domino theory, gulf of tonkin incident (vietman war)

massive protests, division in u.s., eventual withdrawaland re-evaluation of foreign policy.

war on poverty, continuation of new deal ideals (great society- LBJ)

medicare, medicaid, education funding, civil rights expansion

discontent with war, conformity, inujstice

rise of new left, feminism, antiwar protestscounterculture movement, environmentalism, civil rights advocacy

red scare II

accusations of communism, blacklists, loss of civil liberties

suburbanization and consumerism

white flight, highway system, baby boom, rise of middle class

rise of conservatism

response to liberalism, new deal, protests, and social change

watergate scandal (1974)

nixon resigns → distrust in government grows

economic stagflation

high inflation + unemployment; weakens faith in liberal economic policy