| A | B |
|---|
| Communism | Polical & economic policy of Soviet Union |
| Red Scare | Fear communism had reached the US govt. |
| McCarthyism | Reckless communist accusations by US Senator |
| Containment | U.S. Policy to stop the spread of communism |
| Bay of Pigs | JFK's failed attempt to overthrow communist leader in Cuba |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in cuba |
| Blockade/Quarantine | JFK's decision that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Truman Doctrine | Aid to Greece & Turkey |
| Marshall Plan | Aid to Europe for recovery from WWII |
| Berlin Airlift | US flew supplies into West Berlin |
| Berlin Wall | Created to keep communist East Berlin separate from West Berlin |
| NATO | Group of Western European countries & US to stop communism |
| Warsaw Pact | Group of Eastern European countries and USSR to spread communism |
| Brinkmanship | On the edge of nuclear war |
| Arms Race | Build up of nuclear weapons by US & USSR |
| Space Race | Competition to put people in space |
| Neil Armstrong | 1st man on the moon (US) |
| Sputnik | 1st satellite launched into space (USSR) |
| Pres. Eisenhower | Began Interstate Highway System |
| Military-Industrial Complex | Pres. Eisenhower warned against this in his farewell address |
| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | Stated the President has unlimited funds for the Vietnam War |
| NASA | U.S. response to Sputnik launch |
| Billy Graham | Religious revival leader of the 1950s |
| G.I. Bill | Gave economic aid to veterans |
| Sun/Stax Records | Music labels in TN |
| Elvis Presley | King of rock n roll |
| Baby boom | Dramatic increase in population after WWII |
| WSM | Played the Grand Ole Opry |
| Counterculture | Oppose social norms of America |
| Hippes/Beats | Examples of the counterculture |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal |
| Brown v. Board of Education | Separate but equal is unequal |
| Miranda v. Arizona | Rights must be read to you |
| Gideon v. Wainwright | State required to provide lawyers for defendants |
| Birmingham | Area associated with violence during Civil Rights Movement |
| Sit-Ins | Go to lunch counter and don't get up |
| Boycotts | Refusal to do something (like ride a bus) |
| SCLC | Group led by MLK that organized Mont. Bus Boycott |
| MLK | Major leader of Civil Rights Movement |
| Freedom Riders | Rode busses to South to protest segregation |
| Black Panthers | Group that promoted armed resistance to segregation |
| Malcolm X | Leader of Civil Rights movement who was against the non-violent approach |
| Great Society | LBJ's program to help the poor and increase education |
| Dixiecrats | Southern political party completely against desegreagation |
| Strom Thurmond | Dixiecrat candidate for president; pro-segregation |
| George Wallace | AL governor who wanted segregation forever |
| Bull Conner | Used fire hoses, cattle prods, dogs to end protests |
| Al Gore Sr. | TN Senator who refused to sign Southern Manifesto |
| Stokely Carmichael | Leader of Black Panthers |
| Diane Nash | Civil Rights & Women's Rights leader |
| Betty Friedan | Started 2nd women's rights movement |
| Korean War | Started to stop communism in SE Asia |
