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AH Unit 7&8
Question | Answer |
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Kent State Massacre | A pivotal moment that sparked a nationwide student strike and accelerated growing anti-Vietnam War sentiment across America. |
Watergate | Scandal about President Nixon's re-election campaign. |
Containment | Policy or strategy of restricting the expansion of a hostile power. |
My Lai Massacre | The mass killing of hundreds of unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. |
Cuban Missile Crisis | Brought the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war before a peaceful resolution. |
1973 War Powers Act | Limits the president's ability to commit U.S. forces to foreign conflicts without congress. |
Berlin Blockade | The Soviet Union blocked all land and water access to West Berlin. |
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Gave President Johnson war powers to help Southeast Asian countries against Communism. |
NATO | Aims to safeguard its members through crisis prevention. |
Cesar Chavez | Founded the National Farm Workers Association. |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Federal legislation that banned discrimination. |
Effects of Johnson’s Great Society | Program to reduce poverty and racial injustice. |
Civil Disobedience | Collective agreement to disobey a law. |
Brown vs. Board of Education | Overturned separate but equal. |
The Little Rock 9 | First 9 African Americans to integrate into a all white school. |