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| Foreign policy that claimed the only way to prevent Russia’s communist ideals from spreading was to contain it. | “Containment” doctrine |
| Supreme Court decision in 1954 that stated that segregation in schools was unconstitutional, as it violated the 14th amendment. Marked the end of legal segregation in the US | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
| US general who led forces in D-Day and the 34th president. | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Eisenhower’s foreign policy, which said that the US would use armed forces in response to aggression shown towards the US. | Eisenhower Doctrine |
| Made June 25, 1941, this prohibited discrimination in the defense program. | Executive Order 8802 |
| He was a famous military official who oversaw the Allied occupation of postwar Japan. | Gen. Douglas MacArthur |
| Created in 1956, authorized the construction of over 40,000 miles of highway road to be built nationwide. Known as the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System. | Interstate Highway Act |
| Youngest president ever elected, elected in 1960. Sent marines into Vietnam in order to form the Peace Corps. | John F. Kennedy |
| First debates to ever be broadcasted on television and radio nationwide in the United States. Millions watched and listened to these debates all at once. | Kennedy-Nixon TV debates |
| The split between North Korea South Korea (A split between Communist North and Capitalist South) | 38th parallel |
| A boycott in Montgomery, AL that started in 1955 after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus and was arrested over this. | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| SNCC. Students using non-violent actions to induce change in America. | Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee |
| The Labor Management Relations act of 1947. US law that restricts the activities and power of different labor unions. | Taft-Hartley Act |
| The US should give support to countries of peoples threatened by Soviet forces. President Truman first created it. | Truman Doctrine |
| The UN, the succession to the league of nations. Will promote peace, security and cooperation between countries involved. | United Nations |
| A standoff between the US and USSR (including Cuba) for 11 days when the US found out their were nuclear missile sites in Cuba that held Russian missiles. | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| A wall splitting east and west Berlin to have less people try to leave for better life in the west. | Berlin Wall |
| A major civil rights march where about 250,000 people showed up to hear their leaders wanting better rights for minority groups in the US | March on Washington |
| A major leader in the civil rights movement and was assassinated in 1960 | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Domestic programs to improve America such as infrastructure. | "The Great Society" |
| An African American militia put into place to protect the rights of African Americans and protect major civil right leaders. | Black Panthers |
| Civil right group using buses to ride around the south to help the improve the situation for minorities in these states. | Freedom Riders |
| Independent government agency created to protect the natural growth of plants that come from the US. | Environmental Protection Agency |
| An amendment proposed to congress that stated civil rights will not be denied because of sex. | Equal Rights Amendment |
| Authorized Pres. Johnson to take necessary means to retaliate and to promote maintenance of international peace and security in southeastern Asia | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Born American politician who served as US Secretary of State and as National Security Adviser to try to end the war with as minimum damage as possible | Henry Kissinger: a German |
| More than 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage by a group of militarized Iranian students. The hostages that stayed alive were released on Jan 20, 1981 | Iranian Hostage Crisis |
| Prohibited all test detonators of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
| A college student founded organization that made the Port Huron Statement, which declared their grievances with consumer culture, the rich, and the Vietnam War. | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) |
| A nuclear plant in Pennsylvania that almost had a reactor core meltdown, thus leading to a ban on the future production of nuclear plants. | Three Mile Island |
| A law that restricted the President’s ability to send troops in a conflict without the consent of Congress. | War Powers Act |
| Allowed the government to intervene to make sure that minorities could vote. | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| Made discrimination illegal in employment based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. The act also brought about equal access to public accommodations and education. | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |