History 11B EOC Review

USSR and USA worked to impress other countries at the Yalta Conference with this

Competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

Economic System based on collective ownership of property.

A group that practiced militant self defense of minority communities against US Gov

JFK's presidency term was called this to symbolize his young and bold goals and policies

Softening of hostile relations between United States and China 

First African American President!

An agreement that separated Vietnam into two zones, the North and South

formal process in which an official is accused of an unlawful activity

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Failure of USA to control espionage acts in the country lead this country turning to communism

Theory that if one country becomes communist then the surrounding countries will follow

President who came into power after Nixon was impeached but lost popularity after pardoning him

President during the 9/11 attacks that began the War on Terror

21 days of combat started by the UN to stop terrorism 

When two nations are on the verge of war/conflict

Sen who spoke out against commie influence in the gov and incr fear of communism spreadin to US

Troops with rifles and tanks fired upon unarmed civilians in China demonstrating peacefully

Group of celebrities that were blacklisted and put on trial by McCarthy

U.S. policy of withdrawing troops out of Vietnam while training the S. Vietnam forces

This peacetime military alliance made post WW2 includes US + Canada + W. Europe nations

Islamic Fundamentalist group who took control of Afghanistan

Implemented reforms in the Soviet Union, leading to the fall of the Soviet Union, 

What was the climatic confrontation of the First Indochina War between France and Vietminh?

The movement offear of communism that spread across America during the early Cold War

What was the mass movement of people out of the inner cities?

Domestic terrorist attack on the Murrah Federal Building. Killed 168 people 

JFK's attorney general who was later assassinated during his presidential campaign 

This group was primarily responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attack 

Concern for government involvement was expressed after

Took over after JFK's assassination, his dream of a "Great Society" included a war on poverty

President during the Oklahoma City Bombing, later impeached after lying under oath 

The practice of making accusations of subversion or threat without proper evidence is

Idea that if taxes are reduced, free market activity will be increased, boosting the economy

This bill gave greater authority to law enforcement and government in matters of security

Soviet leader who increases work on the Berlin Wall and puts missiles in Cubaleading to Crisis

Post WWII meeting involving Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt

Huge political rally for human rights, where MLK Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech

 Truman fired this general because he advocatesattacking China to end stalemate in Korean War

Held by the SNCCthese peaceful protests occurred in libraries, theaters and restaurants

Failed CIA Invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro 

4 students protesting here were killed during an anti draft protest 

Leader of the al Qaeda terrorist that attacked American on the 9/11 

Active refusal to obey certain laws of a government in a type of nonviolent resistance

 an economic systembased on private ownership and unrestricted competition.

Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the line of communism stretching across Europe

First female Supreme Court Justice, appointed by Reagan

13 Day period of negotiation in which the U.S. and the Soviets were on the brink of M.A.D

American General through the Vietnam War

Which President looked to help correct societal issues with pardoning draft evaders

What new style of music quickly became popular in the 50's?

Chinese political and military leader who served from 1928-1975. Exiled to Taiwan

provided economic aid and reconstruction to those European Nations devastated by WWII

Unit group that consists of a father, mother, and children

 What political system holds total authority over society?

NAFTA and European Union are examples of 

What Star Wars like program developed an anti-ballistic system to prevent missile attacks

A polit. and econ system where the gov. owns the means ofproduction and distribution of goods

Period of economic prosperity and large attributions to technology

State of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States without actual war.

This year was the first year the presidential debates were televised

to legally forgive a crime 

President who negotiated through the Cuban Missile Crisis, was assassinated 11/22/1963

Ruthless Leader of Iran who was put in power by U.S. involvement who gained high oil exports

Truman helped found this intelligence organization with the National Security Act of 1947

 The France and the U.S. support in which supplies were dropped to stranded West Berliners

The Rosenbergs were found guilty of this crime and executed for sharing atomic secrets

This organization is made up of 28 nations that coordinate beneficial economic policies

Refusing to use or buy certain products or services as a means of protest

Phrase Nixon used to comfort the American people and justify Vietnamization 

President that gave Nixon a full pardon

Supreme Court case  which declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional

President who pardoned the draft dodgers from the Vietnam War

American civil rights activist who co founded the National Farm Workers Association

Series of urban attacks on South Vietnam during the Vietnamese lunar holiday 

Nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological weapons that can do large amounts of damage

The belief in a strict, literal interpretation of scriptures and disciplines 

Agency started by Teddy Roosevelt that investigates federal charges

 a system of government by the people, exercised directly or through elected representatives.

U.S. businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992

First satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

proposed that the U.S be “global policeman” + aid given to Greece/Turkey to oppose communism

refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white woman and was arrested

Legal doctrine that supported racial segregation, as upheld by the 14th  Amendment

Increased executive war powers, enabling Johnson to do what was necessary to contain Communism

Warfare that include hit and run and ambush tactics 

After the launch of Sputnik the U.S. decided to increase education in these fields

Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt mediated by Jimmy Carter

This law made it illegal to exclude hiring based on sex

Competitive military and weapon buildup between the Soviet Union and U.S. 

In response to NATO, the Soviet Union created this with its Eastern European satellite nations.