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US History - Unit 11
Uncertain Times
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GI Bill of Rights | Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education |
| President Eisenhower | The US president who followed Truman. After election he immediately signed an armistice and ended the Korean War. He was the army general who led D-Day. |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | Policy of the US that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | Overrules Plessy v. Ferguson. Racial segregation violates 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause ("separate is inherently unequal") |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. |
| Little Rock Nine (1957) | Governor Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School. Eisenhower sent in U.S. paratroopers to ensure the students could attend class. |
| Election of 1960 | Democrat (John F. Kennedy) vs. Republican (Richard Nixon) | First time debate is televised |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage |
| John F. Kennedy | President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs |
| Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) | An international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965. he had a war on poverty in his agenda. in an attempt to win, he set a few goals, including the great society, the economic opportunity act, and other programs that provided food stamps and welfare to needy families. he also created a department of housing and urban development and passed Medicare and Medicaid |
| Warren Court (1953-1969) | The Supreme Court during the era in which Earl Warren served as Chief Justice, best remembered for expanding the rights of minorities and the rights of the accused |
| Vietnam War | US aided the South (non-communist); led to sizeable, passionate, and sometimes violent protests, especially as the war went on |
| President Richard Nixon | Continued Vietnam; invasion of Cambodia; ended Vietnam War; detente with China and Russia (better relations); forced to resign after Watergate Scandal |
| Tet Offensive | 1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment |
| Watergate Scandal | A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex in Washington was carried out under the direction of White House employees. Disclosure of the White House involvement in the break-in and subsequent cover-up forced President Nixon to resign in 1974 to avoid impeachment. |
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