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| 7908300785 | Yalta Conference | FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War | 0 | |
| 7908300786 | Postdam Conference | This is the conference where Stalin, Truman, and Churchill came together to decide how Germany would be administered. Their goals were to establish order, settle peace treaty issues, and deal with the effects of WWII | 1 | |
| 7908300787 | Cold War | A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years | 2 | |
| 7908300788 | United Nations | An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation | 3 | |
| 7908300789 | Berlin Airlift | Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin | 4 | |
| 7908300790 | Containment | American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world | 5 | |
| 7908300791 | Truman Doctrine | 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey | 6 | |
| 7908300792 | Marshall Plan | A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | 7 | |
| 7908300793 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | 8 | |
| 7908300794 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO | 9 | |
| 7908300795 | Korean War | A conflict between UN forces (primarily US and S Korea) against North Korea, and later China; Gen. Douglas Macarthur led UN forces and was later replaced by Gen. Ridgeway; Resulted in Korea remaining divided at the 38th parallel | 10 | |
| 7908300796 | Douglas MacArthur | American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II | 11 | |
| 7908300797 | HUAC | House Un-American Activities Committee | 12 | |
| 7908300798 | Joseph McCarthy | Wisconsin senator claimed to have list of communists in American gov't, but no credible evidence; took advantage of fears of communism post WWII to become incredibly influential; "McCarthyism" was the fearful accusation of any dissenters of being communists | 13 | |
| 7908300799 | Executive Order 9981 | Establishes equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all race, religions, or national origins | 14 | |
| 7908300800 | Taft-Hartley Act | Act that provides balance of power between union and management by designating certain union activities as unfair labor practices; also known as Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA) | 15 | |
| 7908300801 | GI Bill | Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations | 16 | |
| 7908300802 | Truman's Fair Deal | Recommended that all Americans have health insurance that the minimum wage be increased and that by law all Americans be guaranteed equal rights | 17 | |
| 7908300803 | Sunbelt | A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest that has seen substantial population growth in recent decades, partly fueled by a surge in retiring baby boomers who migrate domestically, as well as the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal | 18 | |
| 7908300804 | Suburbs | Residential areas surrounding a city | 19 | |
| 7908300805 | Levittown | In 1947, William Levitt used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in suburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. Became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII | 20 | |
| 7908300806 | Baby Boom | A cohort of individuals born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, which was just after World War II in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marriage and fertility | 21 | |
| 7908300807 | The Feminine Mystique | Written by Betty Friedan, journalist and mother of three children; described the problems of middle-class American women and the fact that women were being denied equality with men; said that women were kept from reaching their full human capacities | 22 | |
| 7908300808 | McDonald's | First fast food franchise in the US. It was started by two brothers and purchased by Ray Kroc | 23 | |
| 7908300809 | Elvis Presley | United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music | 24 | |
| 7908300810 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | American President and General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe | 25 | |
| 7908300811 | Checkers Speech | Given by Richard Nixon on September 23, 1952, when he was the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency. Said to have saved his career from a campaign contributions scandal | 26 | |
| 7908300812 | Montgomery Bus Boycott | In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal | 27 | |
| 7908300813 | Brown v. Board of Education | The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated | 28 | |
| 7908300814 | Earl Warren | Chief Justice during the 1950's and 1960's who used a loose interpretation to expand rights for both African-Americans and those accused of crimes | 29 | |
| 7908300815 | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | Students whose purpose was coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other forms of racism | 30 | |
| 7908300816 | Little Rock Nine | Governor Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Little Rock Central High School. Eisenhower sent in U.S. paratroopers to ensure the students could attend class | 31 | |
| 7908300817 | Greensboro Sit-Ins | Black students politely order food from restaurant, not served, sat in place for days, gathering supporters | 32 | |
| 7908300818 | Federal Highway Act of 1956 | Measure that provided federal funding to build a nationwide system of interstate and defense highways | 33 | |
| 7908300819 | Suez Crisis | July 26, 1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, Oct. 29, British, French and Israeli forces attacked Egypt. UN forced British to withdraw; made it clear Britain was no longer a world power | 34 | |
| 7908300820 | Sputnik | First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space | 35 | |
| 7908300821 | John F Kennedy | 35th President of the United States; only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize | 36 | |
| 7908300822 | Election of 1960 | Brought about the era of political television. Between Kennedy and Nixon. Issues centered around the Cold War and economy. Kennedy argued that the nation faces serious threats from the soviets. Nixon countered that the US was on the right track under the current administration. Kennedy won by a narrow margin. | 37 | |
| 7908300823 | Military-Industrial Complex | Eisenhower first coined this phrase when he warned American against it in his last State of the Union Address. He feared that the combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the military would lead to excessive Congressional spending | 38 | |
| 7908300824 | Beat Generation | Group highlighted by writers and artist who stressed spontaneity and spirituality instead of apathy and conformity | 39 | |
| 7908300825 | "New Frontier" | Kennedy's plan, supports civil rights, pushes for a space program, wans to cut taxes, and increase spending for defense and military | 40 | |
| 7908300826 | Peace Corps | Federal program established to send volunteers to help developing nations | 41 | |
| 7908300827 | NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 42 | |
| 7908300828 | Apollo Missions | Designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to earth | 43 | |
| 7908300829 | Berlin Wall | A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West | 44 | |
| 7908300830 | Bay of Pigs | In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure | 45 | |
| 7908300831 | Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba | 46 | |
| 7908300832 | Freedom Riders | Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation | 47 | |
| 7908300833 | Freedom Summer (1964) | Effort by civil rights groups in Mississippi to register black voters during the summer of 1964 | 48 | |
| 7908300834 | March on Washington | March in 1963, led by MLK, I have a dream | 49 | |
| 7908300835 | James Meredith | Civil rights advocate who spurred a riot at the University of Mississippi. The riot was caused by angry whites who did not want Meredith to register at the university. The result was forced government action, showing that segregation was no longer government policy. | 50 | |
| 7908300836 | Assassination of JFK | On November 22, 1963, Kennedy arrived in Dallas with his wife, Jacqueline. As the president and the First Lady rode through the streets in an open car, several shots rang out. Kennedy slumped against his wife. The car sped to a hospital, but the president was dead | 51 | |
| 7908300837 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Became president after Kennedy's assassination and reelected in 1964; Democrat; signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, promoted his "Great Society" plan, part of which included the "war on poverty", Medicare and Medicaid established; Vietnam | 52 | |
| 7908300838 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment | 53 | |
| 7908300839 | Affirmative Action | A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities | 54 | |
| 7908300840 | Great Society | President Johnson's version of the Democratic reform program | 55 | |
| 7908300841 | Barry Goldwater | An American senator for Arizona who ran against Johnson for president. His extreme conservatism scared many into voting for Johnson | 56 | |
| 7908300842 | Liberalism | A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity | 57 | |
| 7908300843 | Conservatism | A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity | 58 | |
| 7908300844 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage. Under the law, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were registered and the number of African American elected officials increased dramatically | 59 | |
| 7908300845 | Black Power | A slogan used to reflect solidarity and racial consciousness, used by Malcolm X. It meant that equality could not be given, but had to be seized by a powerful, organized Black community | 60 | |
| 7908300846 | Black Panthers | A black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed. The organization marked a shift in policy of the black movement, favoring militant ideals rather than peaceful protest | 61 | |
| 7908300847 | Malcolm X | Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration. He changed his views, but was assassinated in 1965 | 62 | |
| 7908300848 | Stockily Carmichael | Leader of the black power movement | 63 | |
| 7908300849 | Vietnam War | A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States | 64 | |
| 7908300850 | George Wallace | Four time governor of Alabama. Most famous for his pro-segregation attitude and as a symbol for states' rights | 65 | |
| 7908300851 | Richard Nixon | 37th President; Republican; Ended Vietnam War; Recognized China/ Watergate scandal; First president to resign | 66 | |
| 7908300852 | Vietnamization | President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces | 67 | |
| 7908300853 | Silent Majority | A phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960s | 68 | |
| 7908300854 | Kent State Massacre | Protests to the war that lead to National Guard being called in and shot students because they burned the ROTC building | 69 | |
| 7908300855 | Pentagon Papers | A 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War | 70 | |
| 7908300856 | Détente | A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon | 71 | |
| 7908300857 | Gideon v. Wainwright | A landmark case in United States Supreme Court history. In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford their own attorneys | 72 | |
| 7908300858 | Miranda v. Arizona | Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police | 73 | |
| 7908300859 | Environmental Protection Agency | An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment (EPA) | 74 | |
| 7908300860 | Silent Spring | A book written by Rachel Carson to voice the concerns of environmentalists. Launched the environmentalist movement by pointing out the effects of civilization development | 75 | |
| 7908300861 | War Powers Act | A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat | 76 | |
| 7908300862 | "Stagflation" | A period of falling output and rising prices | 77 | |
| 7908300863 | Watergate Scandal | A scandal involving an illegal break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972 by members of President Nixon's reelection campaign staff. Before Congress could vote to impeach Nixon for his participation in covering up the break-in, Nixon resigned from the presidency | 78 | |
| 7908300864 | Gerald R Ford | Nixon's vice president after Agnew resigned, he became the only president never to be elected. Taking office after Nixon resigned, he pardoned Nixon for all federal crimes that he committed or may have committed | 79 | |
| 7908300865 | Equal Rights Amendment | Constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender | 80 | |
| 7908300866 | Roe v. Wade | Legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy | 81 | |
| 7908300867 | University of California v. Bakke | A case involving an affirmative action program at a California medical school | 82 | |
| 7908300868 | Phyllis Schlafly | Anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would undermine the American family | 83 | |
| 7908300869 | "New Right" | Outspoken conservative movement of the 1980s that emphaszed such "social issues" as opposition to abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, pornography, homosexuality, and affirmative action | 84 | |
| 7908300870 | Jimmy Carter | 39th President, with Vice President Walter Mondale. He secured energy programs, set the framework for Egypt-Israel treaty, and sought to base foreign policy on human rights | 85 | |
| 7908300871 | Malaise Speech | On July 15, 1979, Carter gave this nationally-televised address in which he identified what he believed to be a "crisis of confidence" among the American people | 86 | |
| 7908300872 | SALT Agreements | Strategic Arms Limitations Treaties; worked to reduce arms during the Cold War | 87 | |
| 7908300873 | Iran Hostage Crisis | Beginning November 4, 1979; anti American Muslims stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took hostages, lasted two years | 88 | |
| 7908300874 | Ronald Reagan | 40th President,"Great Communicator" Republican, conservative economic policies, replaced liberal Democrats in upper house with conservative Democrats or "boll weevils" , at reelection time, jesse jackson first black presdiential candidate, Geraldine Ferraro as VP running mate (first woman) | 89 | |
| 7908300875 | Supply-side economics | An economic theory, advocated by President Reagan, holding that too much income goes to taxes and too little money is available for purchasing. The solution is to cut taxes and return purchasing power to consumers | 90 | |
| 7908300876 | SDI | Strategic Defensive Initiative | 91 | |
| 7908300877 | Iran-Contra Affair | Americans kidnapped in Beirut by Iranian govt, so deal, scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected, Poindexter and North involved | 92 | |
| 7908300878 | Glasnost and Perestroika | The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by these policies | 93 | |
| 7908300879 | "Moral Majority" | A movement begun in the early 1980's among religious conservatives that supported primarily conservative Republicans opposed to abortion, communism and liberalism | 94 | |
| 7908300880 | George HW Bush | President during the Gulf War, ability to quickly bring the war to a conclusion while suffering relatively few casualties resulted in the second-highest approval rating of any president, 89% | 95 | |
| 7908300881 | Operation Desert Storm | The United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991) | 96 | |
| 7908300882 | Americans With Disabilities Act | Passed by Congress in 1991, this act banned discrimination against the disabled in employment and mandated easy access to all public and commerical buildings | 97 |
