Designed to limit retaliation from an enemy for fear of nuclear attack

Congressmen created fears of a communist conspiracy to overthrow the US government

US would not attempt to overturn communism where it already existed but would not let it spread

US President offered military aid to Greece and Turkey when communist rebels threatened

Soviet Union reacted to creation of Western European alliances by unifying Eastern European sats

released in 1997 which confirmed the identities of several Americans

Communist North invaded South, Truman aided South to prevent Communist spread

Helped veterans with low interest home loans and money for college education

1957: The Soviets launched the first man-made satellite.

Stalin ordered a blockade 194, US organized a massive humanitarian relief effort

Discovered Polio Vaccine

Couple charged with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union

A confrontation between the free nations of the world (US) and the communists of the world (Soviets)

Continuing the policy of containment he agreed to send aid to any Middle Eastern country

state department official accused of spying found guilty of perjury by HUAC

Eisenhower's plan to connect the nation through a system of roadways-middle class move to suburbs

Beginning of a competition for weapons superiority after both US & Soviet launch nuclear weapons

agreed-upon border between communists North Korea and Democratic South Korea

Federal employees were investigated for suspicious activity

International peacekeeping organization designed to promote global justice

Organized and fought for migrant farm worker's rights

Founded in 1957 by southern ministers fighting for equal rights led by MLK Jr

Gov. of Arkansas that ordered National Guard soldiers to block the entrance of nine black students

Led to the Fed. court ruling that segregation on city busses violated the 14th Amendment

Court ruling: Separate but equal was legal

MLK explained why African Americans could no longer wait for equality

refused to give up her seat on a bus

Organized in 1963 to convince Congress to pass Civil Rights Legislation

Attorney for NAACP argued Brown v Board of Ed case . First African American Supreme Court Justice

activists used buses to protest segregation

4 students sat at a "whites only' lunch counter

Forbid states from imposing a poll tax in order to vote

A federal program designed to actively recruit minorities

gave young African Americans a greater voice in the civil rights movement organized sit-ins

led 13 month long boycott of public buses ending bus segregation. Gave "I have a dream" speech

White Christian preacher/outspoken opponent of segregation once bailed out MLK jr

Believed African Americans should rely on themselves by controlling own communities and businesses

site of bombing which killed 4 African American children and injured many more

name given to the 9 black students that attempted to enroll in an "all white" HS

Congress of Racial Equality, used peaceful confrontation to effect social change

Belief that if the government passed unjust laws people should oppose them with protests & boycotts

court case involving an African American student at UT Law going to school with white classmates

Southern laws that mandated segregation

Gov. of Georgia 1967-1975. Refused to serve black customers even though it was illegal

1950s-1960s

Addressed unequal treatment of African Americans & other minorities

Federal law suspended literacy tests where they were used to prevent African Americans from voting

Protested against anti-American Indian bias

Required changes in school finance in Texas to increase funding for students in poorer schools

Fear that if one Southeast Asian country were to fall to communism many others would follow

required companies to pay women the same wages as men for the same work

Rep. candidate for Pres. in 1968. Helped revive conservatism

Pres. Johnson's far-reaching domestic programs aimed at ending poverty, improving healthcare, rebuil

ruled that Mexican Americans, though not separate race,were still entitled protection under the 14th

court ruled that women could end her pregnancy in the first 3 months

Vietcong launched a massive attack on South Vietnamese cities on Chinese New Year

group of young writers that rebelled against conformity of the 50's & the materialism of the time

segregation of children of a group was illegal without special state law requiring it

passed by Congress giving Pres. Johnson the authority to do whatever he deemed necessary in SE Asia

lowered voting age in all states to 18

Democrat, elected President 1960

awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1981 for heroic actions during Vietnam War

Mexican-American artists painted murals in barrios throughout the Southwest

the failed invasion of Cuba by US-backed rebels and supported by Pres. Kennedy

ruled that segregation of Mexican-American children was illegal in Texas

wrote "Feminine Mystique" said women were just as capable as men

President Kennedy's VP, will become Pres. after Kennedy is assassinated

the American public began to debt & dispute the facts being revealed by Gov. officials about Vietnam

Nixon policy of reducing number of American troops in Vietnam & returning control to Vietnamese

passed in 1972 which promoted gender equality for girls in school

Pres. Nixon term used to describe the majority of Americans supported the Viet war

Sought to achieve economic and social equality for women

Pres. Kennedy discovered Soviet made missiles were placed in Cuba

Millions of young people were actively protesting the US involvement in Vietnam

communists Vietcong begin guerilla warfare in South Vietnam in an attempt to unify North & South

Saigon was overtaken by communists North

First American astronaut to orbit the earth in 1962

National Organization of Women became the chief voice of the women's movement

Pres. Bush sent troops into Iraq after the leader Saddam Hussein

elected Pres. in 1980, beginning a resurgence of conservatism

economic problem caused by inflation and stagnate economic growth

created to protect the environment by setting air and water pollution standards

Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions between US and Soviets limiting development of missile systems

Founder of walmart

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, designed to control flow, production, distribution

Pres. in 1976, struggled with economic problems and hostage crisis in Iran

Pres. in 1968, moved nation to a more conservative direction only Pres. to resign (quit) from office

A group of men working for Nixon's re-election campaign caught breaking into Dem. headquarters in DC

Deigned to protect the environment and animal species on the verge of extinction

Carter negotiated peace between historic middle eastern enemies, Egypt and Israel

Co-founder of Microsoft who realized the potential of the personal computer

made up of fundamentalist Christians who favored socially conservation agenda

struck down a state law requiring Amish children to attend school past 8th grade freedom of religion

economic policy of increasing supply/ dropping prices leads to consumer demand & increase employment

founder of one of the world's largest cosmetic lines

North American Free Trade Agreement created trade with Mexico and Canada

first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronal Reagan in 1981

Critic of the Women's liberation movement

Reagan' VP elected in 1988

First African American Billionaire. Founder of BET

Areas of Northeast and Midwest with coal and iron

US would try to roll back communism in the Middle East and Asia

appointed VP by Nixon and becomes Pres after Nixon quits

appointed by Pres. Clinton to investigate health care reform

National Rifle Association

constitutional process of removing an elected official

founder of the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the US

increase military spending/research to show US enemies that it would act to stop aggression

Introduced as a program of conservative principals arguing that government was too big

Sought to promote conservative policies and attempted to influence legislators

Strategic Defense Initiative, using lasers to shoot down missiles in order to prevent nuclear attack

ruled that students had the right to wear armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade formed in 1947 to reduce tariff levels on many goods

Iranian students seized staff at US Embassy in Tehran and held them, hostage, for more than a year

Southwestern region of US experienced population growth people left the rust belt in search of jobs

Former Illinois senator, first African American president in 2008

US invasion to topple feared dictator Saddam Hussein and prevent him from giving out bio weapons

study of the population

Gov. spent 700 billion dollars attempting to stimulate the economy by creating jobs and rebuilding

Information gathered about the production time of a worker and the data used to improve production

former Texas Governor and son of former President Bush, won the presidential election of 2000

Targeted by terrorists on 9/11 because of its importance to the US economic system

landmark election for grassroots campaigning and use of social media

date that terrorists attacked US by hijacking a plane and flying it into world trade center

allows people to use their own economic resources to produce goods and services for sale to others

costliest natural disaster in the recorded history of the US

First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice and the third female justice to serve on the court

Companies move production to countries with less regulations and cheap labor

Clinton's VP, Dem candidate in 2000 election, lost to Bush

growth of technology to carry out logistical and mathematical functions

allows for the alteration of genetics to help find the cure for many diseases

Terrorist organization responsible for the attacks at the WTC

is the branch of technology that deals with design, construction, & application of robots etc.

"just in time" uses computers to track the exact time which parts are needed in t production process

leader of al-Qaeda later assassinated by US Navy Seals in Pakistan

military headquarters attacked by terrorists on 9/11

new cabinet level department created to keep the US secure from all threats

allowed law enforcement officials to conduct sweeping searches/surveillance of suspected terrorists

group of Islamic Fundamentalists in control of the Afghanistan government

global war of those nations that harbored terrorists

failed to hold back the storm surges caused by Hurricane Katrina

individuals that land on the shores of the US without officially entering the country