Period 8

Front 1

Characteristics of US foreign policy post WWII

Back 1

The United States developed a foreign policy based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non–Communist nations

Front 2

Methods of communist containment

Back 2

Military engagements in Korea and Vietnam

Front 3

Foreign Involvement fluctuations

Back 3

The Cold War fluctuated between periods of direct and indirect military confrontation and periods of mutual coexistence (or détente)

Front 4

Alliances during Cold War

Back 4

Postwar decolonization and the emergence of powerful nationalist movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East led both sides in the Cold War to seek allies among new nations, many of which remained nonaligned

Front 5

Effects of Cold War competition in Latin America

Back 5

US supported non–Communist regimes with varying levels of commitment to democracy

Front 6

Causes and Effects of US involvement in Middle East

Back 6

Ideological, military, and economic concerns shaped U.S. involvement in the Middle East, with several oil crises in the region eventually sparking attempts at creating a national energy policy

Front 7

Debated policies to root out communists within US

Back 7

Both parties tended to support the broader Cold War strategy of containing communism

Front 8

Causes of Anti–War movements in US

Back 8

The Vietnam War

Front 9

Debates concerning foreign and military involvement

Back 9

The merits if a large nuclear arsenal, the "military–industrial complex," and the appropriate power of the executive branch in conducting foreign and military policy

Front 10

Strategies used to combat racial discrimination

Back 10

Following World War II, civil rights activists utilized a variety of strategies — legal challenges, direct action, and nonviolent protest tactics — to combat racial discriminationMethods to promote greater racial justice

Front 11

Methods to promote greater racial justice

Back 11

Desegregation of the armed services, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Front 12

Effects of white resistance to desegregation

Back 12

A series of social and political crises across the nation, while tensions among civil rights activists over tactical and philosophical issues increased after 1965

Front 13

Equality for other groups besides African Americans

Back 13

Activists began to question society's assumptions about gender and to call for social and economic equality for women and for gays and lesbians. Latinos, American Indians, and Asian Americans began to demand social and economic equality and a redress of past injustices

Front 14

Causes and Effects of movement to address poverty

Back 14

Despite the perception of overall affluence in postwar America, advocates raised awareness of the prevalence and persistence of poverty as a national problem, sparking efforts to address this issue

Front 15

Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

Back 15

Used federal power to end racial discrimination, eliminate poverty, and address other social issues while attacking communism abroad

Front 16

Unintentional consequences of the realization of liberal ideals

Back 16

Helped energize a new conservative movement that mobilized to defend traditional visions of morality and the proper role of state authority

Front 17

Arguments against liberal results

Back 17

Groups on the left also assailed liberals, claiming they did too little to transform the racial and economic status quo at home and pursued immoral policies abroad

Front 18

Effects of federal spending, baby boom, and technological development

Back 18

A burgeoning private sector, continued federal spending, the baby boom, and technological developments helped spur economic growth, middle–class sub–urbanization, social mobility, a rapid expansion of higher education, and the rise of the "Sun Belt" as a political and economic force

Front 19

Causes of challenges to conformity by artists and youth

Back 19

Economic and social changes, in addition to the anxiety engendered by the Cold War

Front 20

Conservative approach to non–conformity

Back 20

Increasingly promoted their own values and ideology

Front 21

Effects of economic boom on immigration

Back 21

Internal migrants as well as migrants from around the world sought access to the economic boom and other benefits of the United States, especially after the passage of new immigration laws in 1965

Front 22

Response to the abuse of natural resources

Back 22

Responding to the abuse of natural resources and the alarming environmental problems, activists and legislators began to call for conservation measures and a fight against pollution

Front 23

Family structure of Americans after WWII

Back 23

Was undergoing profound changes as the number of working women increased and many social attitudes changed

Front 24

Counterculture movement of 1960s

Back 24

Young people who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents' generation, initiated a sexual revolution, and introduced greater informality into U.S. culture

Front 25

Conservatives v. liberals

Back 25

Conservatives and liberals clashed over many new social issues, the power of the presidency and the federal government, and movements for greater individual rights