US History EOC Review

Period of economic prosperity and large attributions to technology

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

Warfare that include hit and run and ambush tactics

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

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

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

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

When two nations are on the verge of war/conflict

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

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

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

President who pardoned the draft dodgers from the Vietnam War

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failed CIA Invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

an economic systembased on private ownership and unrestricted competition.

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

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

to legally forgive a crime

This year was the first year the presidential debates were televised

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

Competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration

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

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

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

First satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

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

Supreme Court case which declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional

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

President that gave Nixon a full pardon

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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

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

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

Phrase Nixon used to comfort the American people and justify Vietnamization

Agency started by Teddy Roosevelt that investigates federal charges

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

4 students protesting here were killed during an anti draft protest

Economic System based on collective ownership of property.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Post WWII meeting involving Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt

First female Supreme Court Justice, appointed by Reagan

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

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

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

This law made it illegal to exclude hiring based on sex

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

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

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

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