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MILLIGAN UNIT 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DIANE NASH | THIS MEMBER OF SNCC LED SIT-INS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND FOUGHT FOR LEAD THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. |
| SATELITTE | ______ COUNTRIES LIKE POLAND AND HUNGARY WERE THREATENED BY THE SOVIET UNION AFTER W.W. II |
| FIDEL CASTRO | THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION WAS AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THIS COMMUNIST LEADER FROM POWER. |
| GERMANY | THE U.S. MILITARY STAYED IN WEST ____ AFTER W.W. II TO STOP COMMUNIST EXPANSION |
| COMMUNIST | THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT CONTROLLED THE SOVIET UNION. |
| Stokely Carmichael | Civil Rights leader that suggested the idea of a separate society and economy for African Americans that would increase "Black Power" |
| TRUMAN DOCTRINE | THIS PLAN ALLOWED THE U.S. TO PROVIDE MONEY AND WEAPONS TO ANY COUNTRY RESISTING COMMUNISM, LIKE TURKEY AND GREECE. |
| CONTAINMENT | THE U.S. DEVELOPED THIS FOREIGN POLICY TO STOP COMMUNISM FROM EXPANDING SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR II. |
| NAVAL BLOCKADE | JFK PLACED THIS AROUND THE ISLAND NATION OF CUBA DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. |
| BRINKMANSHIP | SEC. OF STATE JOHN DULLES PROMOTED THE USE OF THIS FOREIGN POLICY THAT COULD TAKE THE U.S. AND ITS OPPONENTS TO THE BRINK OF WAR. (POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR WAR) |
| MCCARTHYISM | USING RECKLESS ACCUSATIONS AND LIES TO RUIN SOMEONE'S CAREER OR REPUTATION. |
| RED SCARE | DURING THE ____OF THE 1950S, CONFORMITY TO ANTI-COMMUNIST BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS WERE COMMON. |
| COMMUNISM | JFK SAID "WE WILL PAY ANY PRICE, BEAR ANY BURDEN" WHICH MEANT WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DEFEAT ______________________. |
| BARRY GOLDWATER | REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE THAT VOWED TO FIGHT COMMUNISM IN THE 1964 PRES. CAMPAIGN MAYBE WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS |
| SUBURBS | EISENHOWER'S INTERSTATE ACT & THE G.I. BILL LED TO THE GROWTH OF THESE IN THE 1950S. |
| SPACE RACE | THE SOVIET'S LAUNCHING OF SPUTNIK IN 1957 LED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE _______. |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG | HE BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO LAND ON THE MOON IN 1969. |
| GI BILL | IT PROVIDED ECONOMIC AID TO VETERANS, WITH LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, HOUSING AND EDUCATION. MIDDLE CLASS GROWTH |
| BABY BOOM | DELAYED MARRIAGES CAUSED BY WORLD WAR II, INCREASED THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOLS, TOYS AND TEACHERS. |
| TELEVISION | BY THE END OF THE 1950S, 90% OF U.S. HOMES OWNED THIS APPLIANCE THAT TOOK THE COUNTRY BY STORM |
| ROSIE THE RIVETERS | THESE WORKING WOMEN FROM W.W. II, FOUND THEY LIKED THEIR INDEPENDENCE. |
| ELVIS | HE REPRESENTED ROCK N ROLL AND A FORM OF REBELLION DURING THE 1950S. |
| Columbia | One of the first acts of the Civil Rights Movement occurred in ______, TN where 4 police officers were shot and 2 African Americans were killed while in police custody. |
| BEATNIKS | IN THE 1950S MEMBERS OF THIS COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT REJECTED THE CONFORMITY OF THE 1950S, (BONGOS, BERETS) |
| WSM | A DOMINANT COUNTRY MUSIC RADIO STATION OUT OF NASHVILLE, TN. |
| SUN RECORDS | ELVIS WAS DISCOVERED AT THIS MEMPHIS RECORDING STUDIO IN 1953. |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT | THE ____ OF 1964, OFFICIALLY ENDED LEGAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. |
| WARREN | THIS FAMOUS LIBERAL SUPREME COURT EXTENDED THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 1960S. |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING | HE SUPPORTED NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS SUCH AS SIT-INS, BOYCOTTS, MARCHES & FREEDOM RIDES |
| AFRICAN AMERICANS | THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 ALLOWED MANY _____ TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| GREAT SOCIETY | PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PLAN TO FIGHT POVERTY AND OTHER DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. |
| BLACK PANTHER PARTY | AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP FORMED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, THAT ARMED THEMSELVES TO FIGHT POLICE BRUTALITY. |
| Strom Thurmond | HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AS A DIXIECRAT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN 1948. (KEEP SEGREGATION IN SOCIETY) |
| BULL CONNOR | HE RELEASED THE FIRE DEPT. WITH WATER HOSES AND POLICE DOGS AGAINST PROTESTORS IN BIRMINGHAM, AL IN 1963. |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL | NAACP LAWYER THAT REPRESENTED THE BROWNS IN BROWN V. THE BOARD IN 1954. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE |
| SNCC | CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT USED STUDENTS IN PROTESTS AND SIT-INS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION. (DIANE NASH) |
| SCLC | DR. KING'S ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTED NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS. |
| MALCOLM X | THIS NATION OF ISLAM LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1965. (VIOLENCE IF NECESSARY) MORE RADICAL THAN DR. KING |
| GEORGE WALLACE | THIS GOVERNOR BLOCKED THE DOORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN 1963 TO STOP AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS |
| BETTY FRIEDAN | SHE LED THE MOVEMENT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WROTE "THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE" (ERA) EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN |
| DIANE NASH | NASHVILLE, SNCC, SIT-INS, FEMALE AND WOMEN'S EQUALITY MOVEMENT |
| CONTAINMENT | MARSHALL PLAN, TRUMAN DOCTRINE, BERLIN AIRLIFT, KOREAN WAR, EXAMPLES OF THIS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY |
| BERLIN AIRLIFT | TRUMAN AND STALIN SQUARED OFF IN THIS FIGHT FOR A EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY. |
| KOREAN WAR | THIS WAR THAT OCCURRED FROM 1950-53, TURNED INTO A WAR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA |
| PRESIDENT EISENHOWER | HE SENT THE 101ST AIRBORNE TO ARKANSAS TO PROTECT THE LITTLE ROCK 9 |
| SEPARATE BUT EQUAL | PLESSY V. FERGUSON ESTABLISHED THIS FAMOUS SEGREGATION DOCTRINE |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING | HIS ASSASSINATION IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE WAS A TURNING POINT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT |
| James Meredith | RIOTS OCCURRED WHEN THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN TRIED TO ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL | THIS FUTURE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DEFENDED 25 AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE RACE RIOTS |
| HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL | FUTURE LEADERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WERE TRAINED AT THIS GRUNDY COUNTY LOCATION IN TENNESSEE (KNOXVILLE -NEW MARKET) |
| NATO | A U.S. led military alliance that consisted of Democratic countries in western Europe that were threatened by Soviet expansion. |
| Warsaw Pact | This Soviet led military alliance was formed as a direct response to the formation of NATO. |
| Marshall Plan | The U.S. spent $13 Billion to rebuild the infrastructure of Europe after World War II so the war torn countries of Europe would not turn to communism. |
| Joe McCarthy | This U.S. Senator and Communist Fighter saw his career destroyed on national T.V. during the U.S. Army hearings |
| Rosenbergs | This married couple's conviction and execution for treason greatly increased the tension of the Red Scare in the 1950s |
| STAX RECORDS | THIS RECORDING STUDIO IN MEMPHIS, TN WAS KNOWN FOR LAUNCHING THE CAREERS OF MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS. IT WAS KNOWN FOR SOUL MUSIC, SOULSVILLE USA |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Many African Americans in the state of Tennessee that lived in the Tent Cities of Haywood County were thrilled to see law passed in 1965 |
| Freedom Riders | They rode in buses throughout the South to protest the segregated bus stations. Many were beaten and the buses were fire bombed. |
| PEACE CORPS | This was President Kennedy's program that sent young Americans around the world to help undeveloped countries. |
| FLEXIBLE RESPONSE | President Kennedy's plan to develop a military that could respond to a crisis with many non-nuclear options. (Green Berets) |
| Estes Kefauver | He was a Tennessee Senator and Presidential Candidate that became famous for leading investigations into organized crime in the 1950s. |
| Birmingham | One of the worst tragedies of the Civil Rights movement occurred when 4 young African American girls were killed in this Alabama city. |
| U-2 Incident | Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union . This shocking event became known as the ___________. |
| Blacklists | People working in Hollywood that were connected to Communism had their careers destroyed as their names were placed on __________. |
| Hollywood 10 | Actors & directors that refused to answer questions from HUAC |
| Taiwan | Chiang Kai-Shek fled Communist China and settled on the island of __ |
| Winston Churchill | He compared Communism to an Iron Curtain that was being pulled down over Europe in his famous speech |
| Truman Doctrine | Greece and Turkey were the first countries helped by this U.S. foreign policy that was enacted during the Cold War |
| B.B. King | He was one of the greatest blues musicians of all time. He used his guitar named Lucille to become known as the "king of the Blues." He groomed his talents on Beale Street in Memphis, TN. |
| The Battle of Inchon | U.S. troops trapped in South Korea were saved by General MacArthur's great gamble with this massive amphibious landing by the U.S. military |
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