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39 Cards in this Set
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Truman Doctrine |
Pledged to contain the expansion of communism. Cornerstone of American policy throughout Cold War |
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Marshall Plan |
Post WWII European economic aid package. Helped rebuild Western Europe & served American political & economic interests |
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Imperial presidency |
Growth of presidential powers during CW, particularly towards war making powers & conduct of nat. Security |
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National Security Act 47 |
Created Dept of Defense as cabinet agency & consolidated control of various military services, est'ed Joint Chief of Staff & National Security Council |
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org |
Est'ed a collective security pact (US & European countries) in which an attack on 1 was an attack on all |
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NSC-68 |
National Security Council urged US to intensify containment policy abroad and at home. Proposed development of the hydrogen bomb |
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GI-Bill '44 |
Servicemen's Readjustment Act, offered vets edu & financial aid |
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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) |
Civil rights org (42) fought against racial exclusion in public accommodations. Signaled new phase in civil rights movement |
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HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities '38) |
Investigated domestic communism. Highly publicized investigators on communist govt & entertainment industry |
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McCarthyism |
The harassment and persecution of suspected political radicals |
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Levittown |
Suburb in long island NY in response to post war housing shortage |
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National Interstate & Defense Hwy Act '56 |
Provided funds for construction of 42,500 mi of roads throughout US |
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Elvis Presley |
Highly sexualized rock star who adapted fashion & sensuality of black performers to his own style |
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Billy Graham |
Evangelist & traveling minister who blended call for Jesus with fervent anticommunism |
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Beats |
Small group of poets, writers, intellectuals & artists who attacked mainstream politics and culture |
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Alfred Kinsey |
Researcher who exposed diverse American sexual practices |
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Thurgood Marshall |
Responsible for initially convincing Supreme Court to call for an end to segregation in public |
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Brown V Board of Edu Topeka Kansas |
Landmark '54 Supreme Court case that overturned "separate but equal" principle. |
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
'57 org MLK to encourage nonviolent protests against racial segregation |
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White citizens council |
Segregationists of businessmen and professionals who threatened blacks with loss of wages & denying of credit |
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MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) |
Defense strategy built around threat of nuclear arms race. Contributed to escalated of race in cold war |
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Ho Chi Minh |
Revolutionary VT leader who modeled '45 VT Declaration of Independence after US |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution '64 |
Congressional resolution giving LBJ wide discretion in use of US forces in VT. Following attack of US gunboats |
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Tet Offensive |
(1-31-68) offensive mounted by Vietcong& N.Vt forces against population centers in S.Vt. |
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Civil Rights Act '64 |
Prohibited discrimination in public accommodations & employment. Increased fed enforcement of schools |
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Voting Rights Act '65 |
Eliminated many obstacles for voting in South |
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Students for a Democratic Society |
Student org that advocated formation of "New Left" that would over turn social & political status quo |
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Feminist Mystique |
Book by Friedan ('66) that questioned gender roles & raised female consciousness |
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NOW (Nat Org for Women '66) |
feminist organization |
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Roe V Wade ('73) |
Affirmed women's rights to abortion |
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Black Power |
Central goal of the freedom struggle |
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Cesar Chavez |
Leader of oppressed Mexican farmworkers, formed National Farmworkers Association |
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Stonewall Tavern |
Gay bar in NY ('69) whose patrons fought the Police in response to harassment |
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Vietnamization |
Nixon's strategy for turning over greater responsibility for the fighting of VT war to S VT army |
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Détente |
Easing of tense relations w Soviets. Moved unevenly through 70-80s & accelerated under Mikhail mid 80s |
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OPEC (Org of Petroleum Exporting Countries) |
Formed by oil producing countries to control prices & supply of oil on global market |
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Affirmative Action |
Programs meant to overcome historical patterns of discrimination against minorities & women in education and employment. Advanced equal opportunities |
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Watergate |
Scandal & cover-up of Nixon's break in of Democratic party headquarters |
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Moral Majority (79) |
Org by Jerry Falwell that backed candidates who supported "family values" |
