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What is NATO and the Warsaw Pact
Military defense of democratic nations by the US and military defense of communist nations by the USSR
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What is a Proxy War
The term for a series of wars/ battles that happened during the Cold War
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Who is:
Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower JFK Richard M. Nixon Gerald Ford James Carter Ronald Reagan
State the Presidents of the Cold War
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Who was Betty Friedan
"The Feminine Mystique" (1963) was written by. . .
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Who is: MLK, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Stokley Carmicheal, etc.
Name at least three leaders of the civil rights Movement
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What is Containment
New US policy of stopping the spread of communism justified by the Domino Theory
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What is the Military-Industrial complex
The informal alliance between the American military and the defense industry that supplies it
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What was Watergate
The political scandal involving President Nixon that led to him resigning
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What was DDT
A pesticide that author Rachel Carson warned against the use of in her book "Silent Spring"
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What is the "I have dream speech given by MLK
The name of the person and their speech given that was given at the 1963 March on Washington
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What is the Berlin Airlift
In response to the Berlin Blockade, the US completed this action of resourcing food and water to citizens by plane
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What is the Korean war
A war that ended with the division of an Asan country at the 38th parallel. The North becoming communist and the south staying democratic
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What is the 22nd amendment
The amendment that limited al future presidents to only two four year terms
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What was the Women's Movement, Women's Liberation Movement or Second wave of feminism in the 1960s-70s
Amendments/Acts passed such as the Equal Rights Amendment, Equal Pay Act, Title IV, the decision in Roe v. Wade (upholds 14 Amendment), etc. were enacted as a result of which movement
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What is Brown v. Board of Education
The court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson deeming "separate but equal" unconstitutional
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What is the Berlin Blockade
The separation of west Germany, run by the US and democratic, and East Germany, run by the USSR and communist
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What is the Cuban missile crisis
President Kennedy's failure in the Bay of Pigs caused this issue of weapons set up by Cuba pointing towards the US
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Who was Joseph McCarthy and what was McCarthyism
The term and name of the senator who's campaign built upon the fear of communism by uncovering government officials as communist
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What was the Immigration Act of 1965?
This act abolished earlier quota systems based on nation of origin. New waves of people came from countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, etc.
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Who were the Black Panthers
The civil rights group who fought against police brutality advocated fro social services of low-income black neighborhoods and exercised their right t bear arms
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What is the Space Race
The name of the competition between the US and the Soviet Union for the lead in technological and scientific advancement
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What is the Vietnam war
This prolonged war caused lots of controversy at home in America because of the defeat and deaths of many soldiers as well as possible defeat known by the US government.
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What are the Pentagon Papers
The documents published by the NY Times that would expose the US government's prolonged involvement in the Vietnam, and disputes in other countries, despite a possibility of losing and hidden, high, casualty numbers
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What were the Stonewall Riots?
A series of protests by members of the LGBTQ+ community as a response to the police raid of the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, which was home to many in the LGBTQ+ community.
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What were the Civil rights act of 1964 and the Voting rights act of 1965
Laws passed in 1964 and 1965 that enforced the end of discrimination in public places and voting polls on the basis of race, color, gender, nation of origin, etc.
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