APUSH Unit 8
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Cold War | show 🗑
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| show | belief that the USSR desired the spread of communism-US wanted to contain communism where it already existed
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| show | US pledge to contain the expansion of communism around the world, offered help to nations who communists were attacking (Turkey, Greece, Korea)
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| show | Post WW2 European economic aid package to rebuild W Europe, served US economic and political interests in the process
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| show | Intelligence Org. est. by the 1947 National Security Act. Part of the executive branch, responsible for gathering and conducting espionage in foreign affairs. Originally created to counter USSR spying operations.
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| show | (North Atlantic Treaty Org.) Cold War "peacetime" military alliance intended to enhance collective security of the US and W Europe
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| show | fought between N communist, democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed S Republic of Korea (1950-1953) "Police action"
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| show | internat'l org. founded 1945 after WW2 by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights (Security Council)
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| show | fear of communist influence infiltrating US and threatening national security (1940s-50s), resulting in the creation of gov-controlled programs/entities (HUAC, Fed. employee Loyalty Program, etc.)
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| show | 1944 Act that offered edu opportunities and financial aid to veterans as the readjusted to civilian life.
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| show | sharp pop. increase 1946-1964 as a result of the end of WW2, increased economic prosperity, improvements in healthcare, and a trend toward marriage at a younger age
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| Suburbia | show 🗑
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| The Feminine Mystique | show 🗑
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| National Interstate and Highway Defense Act | show 🗑
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| show | the foreign policy (Eisenhower) emphasizing development and deployment of nuclear weapons to cut military spending. (Massive Retaliation and Brinkmanship)
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| Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) | show 🗑
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| Iran Coup of 1953 | show 🗑
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| Cuban Missile Crisis | show 🗑
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| show | Prevalent belief during the cold war maintaining that if one country fell under communism, the surrounding countries would follow.
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | show 🗑
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| show | conflict between communist nationalism gov. in N Vietnam, backed by the USSR and China, against the UN and the U.S. backed S Vietnam gov.
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| show | March 16, 1968 unprovoked U.S. massacre of nearly 500 of the elderly, women, and children in S. Vietnam (during Vietnam war)
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| show | Jan. 31, 1968 surprise offensive mounted by Vietcong and N Vietnamese forces against population centers in S Vietnam and U.S. embassy in Saigon. The offensive was turned back, but its ferocity shocked U.S. and increased op. to war.
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| Kent State Massacre | show 🗑
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| Pentagon Papers | show 🗑
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| War Powers Act | show 🗑
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| Brown v. Board of education | show 🗑
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| show | civil rights org. that grew out of the sit-ins of 1960, The org focused on taking direct action and political organizing to achieve its goals.
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| Freedom Rides | show 🗑
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| March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom | show 🗑
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| show | Wide ranging civil rights act that prohibited discrimination in public acomodations and employment (based on race/sex) and increased federal enforcement of school desegregation. Also helped the right to vote, created Community Relations Service
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| show | Act that eliminated many of the obstacles to AA voting in the S and resulted in dramatic increases in bl. participation in the electoral process. (literacy tests, authorized fed. lawsuit against poll tax, states submit voting changes to DC)
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| show | making the Civil Rights mvmt more violent for some (self-defense), asserting independence (Black Panther 1966 to advance this)
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| show | appointed by Johnson to assess urban disorders, concluded that wh. racism was the heart of the problem.
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| Bakke decision | show 🗑
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| show | outlawed national origins quotas in U.S.
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| show | Student activist org. formed in early 60s that advocated for the formation of a "New Left" that would overturn the social and political status quo. (Port Huron Statement)
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| Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | show 🗑
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| show | nonviolent, rallies against school admin (U of CA @ Berkeley) because of a ban on political activities
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| show | court case granting a woman the right of abortion
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| show | uprising after NYC police raided The Stonewall Inn, a gathering place for gay men, and tried to arrest patrons. Inspired gay liberation movement in the 1970s.
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| show | an easing of tense relations w/ the USSR during the Cold War
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| show | foreign policy based on practical economic and strategic needs of the U.S. rather than any ideological or human rights goals.
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| show | scandal and cover up that forced the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974. The scandal revolved around a break in @ Democratic Party HQ in 1972 and subsequent efforts to conceal the admin's involvement in the break in.
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| Deindustrialization | show 🗑
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| show | period of economic instability in the 1970s as the rising cost of living ocurred at the same time as an increase of unemployment.
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| show | Federal agency est. by Richard Nixon in 1971 to regulate activities that resulted in pollution or other environmental degradation.
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| show | American marine biologist, writer, and environmentalist who is credited with launching the modern environmental mvmt. Silent Spring (1962) warned of the dangers of pesticides to natural systems. (led to nat'l ban on DDT, other pesticides)
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| show | a coalition of evangelical Christians and Catholics that supported traditional values, laissez-faire economics, and an uncompromising anti-communist foreign policy. They joined forces with political conservatives.
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| Port Huron Statement | show 🗑
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| Berlin Airlift | show 🗑
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| show | Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Carter) between US and USSR
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| HUAC | show 🗑
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| show | Sputnik & Space Race 1957
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| Operation Rolling Thunder | show 🗑
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| show | colonies trying to rebel from their country, join US or USSR
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| military-industrial complex | show 🗑
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| show | Vietnam War
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| show | US backs off, more Vietnamese fighting own war
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| show | beats, youth culture, women
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| mass media 1960s? | show 🗑
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| show | Integration of the military
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| show | knocks down Plessy v. Ferguson's "seperate but equal," called for desegragion of schools
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| Emmett Till | show 🗑
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| Civil Rights? period 8 | show 🗑
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| Camp David Accords | show 🗑
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| How did the civil rights mvmt expand in the 1960s? | show 🗑
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| show | -Roe v. Wade (abortion)
-Miranda v. AZ (right to remain silent)
-Engle v. Vitale (no prayer in public schools)
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| show | -Anti-War Protests (Kent State Massacre)
-SDS & Port Huron Statement
-FSM
-Counterculture/Hippies
-Sexual Revolution (the Pill)
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| LBJ's the Great Society | show 🗑
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| Party Switch? | show 🗑
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| U.S. economy after 1945? | show 🗑
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| Environment 1968-1980? | show 🗑
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| show | -rise of conservatism, Christian Right
-Credibility Gap: Vietnam, Watergate
-role of Gov't ?ed
-Ford pardons Nixon
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