1950-2001

1. 1950-2001 • Cold War - Present

2. 1943- Teheran Conference takes place • 1945- Yalta and Potsdam Confeence take place • 1947- Truman Doctrine implemented • 1949- Berlin Airlift established/ NATO created • 1950- Korean War begins • 1953- Ethel and Julius Rosenburg executed • 1955- Warsaw Pact created • 1956- War erupts over Suex Canal • 1960- Russia captures U.S. sply plane • 1961- Berline Wall erected

3. Cold War • Cold War: Conflict between the ------- and -------- from the end of WW II. • Containment: The post-WW II U.S. policy that sought to prevent the spread of --------. • Domino Theory: The Eisenhower-era theory that one Communist country would influence its neighbors, supporting insurrection there and causing them to become a communist too.

4. REVIEW questions • NATO was formed primarily to stop the spread of Communism in • a) Asia • b) Europe • c) South America • d) Africa • e) the Middle East

5. Q.2 • In the years after World War II, President Truman’s foreign policy was focused chiefly on • a) nuclear testing • b) economic growth in underdeveloped countries • c) containment of international Communism • d) diplomatic realtions with Eastern European nations • e) creation of cultural links with Red China

6. Q.3 • The reaction by Western Europe to the Berlin Blockade was the • a) Invasion of East Germany • b) Threat to increase nuclear arms • c) use of spy satellites • d) boycott of Soviet goods • e) Berline Arilift

7. Q.4 • For Western Europe, The Marshall Plan provided • a) military assistance • b) cultural links • c) technology • d) economic aid • e) medical goods and equipment

8. Affluence & conservatism • anti-communism: Oppostion to ---------. Extreme anti-communism was manifested the “Red ------” of the 1920s and McCarthyism of the 1950s. • Pop Quiz: what is McCarthyism? • This was a popular music genre, with roots in African Amercian rythm and blues. What is this?

9. 1946- Republicans gain control of Congress • 1947- Truman Doctrien announced • 1948- Alger Hiss case goes to trial • 195- Eisenhower elected president • 1956- Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show

10. Review Questions • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried for and found guilty of • a) spying for Nazi Company • b) inciting opposition to World War II • c) being Communists • d) providing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union • e) violating tax laws

11. Q. 2 • All of the following are associated with the anticommunist movement of the late 1940s and 1950s except the • a) hearing of the “Hollywood Ten” • b) trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • c) McCarren Act • d) G.I. Bill • e) Army- McCarthy hearings

12. 1960- Kenney elected president • 1961- 23rd Amendment ratified • 1963- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed • 1964- Johnson Electe president • 1968- Johnson declines to run for re-election

13. The Kennedy and johnson years • Great Society: The name used by the administration of President Lyndon B. ---------- to describe its domestic programs. • New Frontier: the name used by the administration of John F. ----------- to describe its proposed programs for the nation.

14. Review questions • Which of the following is associated with the Kennedy administration? • a) Medicare • b) Medicaid • c) Alliance for Progress • d) the 24th Amendment • 3) The ESEA

15. Q.2 • Which of the following proposed that the nation declare a “war on poverty”? • a) John F. Kennedy • b) Richard Nixon • c) Barry Goldwater • d) Lyndon B. Johnson • e) Earl Warren

16. 1948- President Truman desegregates the Amry • 1955- Montgomery Bus Boycott occurs • 1961- Freedom Rides take place • 1963- 16th St. Baptist Church bombed by KKK • 1964- Civil Rights Act passed

17. The civil rights movement • Jim Crow: the series of laws designed to creation separation between the -----------. • Sit-ins: Black power: the political advocacy of black-owned businesses and independent black political action. • Urban riots: The series of violent reactions to police brutality, poor living conditions, and high unemployment.

18. Review Questions • The goal of the Freedom Rides was to desegregate • a) lunch counters • b) school buses • c) bus stations • d) interstate buses • e) trains

19. 1956- Elections for the reunification of Vietnam canceled • 1960- Eisenhower sends 3000 military advisers to South Vietnam • 1964- First bombin of North Vietnam • 1968- Johnson declines to run for second full term

20. The vietnam war • Doves: Thos who were against the Vietnam War in the 1960s. The opposite of ------------. • This is hit-and-run tactics combined with hiding and ambushing the enemy. What is this? • Puppet regimes: a government controlled behind the scenes by another power.

21. review questions • Nixon’s policy in Vietnam was called • a) Rolling Thunder • b) Vietnamization • c) containment • d) immediate withdrawl • e) pacification

22. Q.2 • In 1968 President Johnson did not run for reelectin because • a) he had already served two full terms • b) he had lost the New Hampshire primary • c) he wanted to negotiate a peace • d) his health was failing • e) Eugene McCarthy came in a close second in the New Hampshire primary

23. 1968- Richard Nixon elected president • 1969- Apollo Mission lands on moon • 1972- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) passed by Congress • 1974- United States v. Nixon decision • 1976- Jimmy Carter elected president

24. Politics and society • Blacklash: The reaction of some whites to the --------- and the urban riots of the 1960s. • White flight: the exodus of white ------- class families from cities to suburbia following WW II partially caused by the migration of African Americans to urban centers.

25. Review questions • The Carter Administration faced • a) the Iran-Contra scandal • b) the energy crisis • c) record deficits • d) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait • e) revolution in Jamaica

26. q.2 • Nixon resigned because • a) he was impeached • b) the senate voted to impeach him • c) there were too many demonstrations • d) he was threatened with impeachment and did not have support in the Senate • e) he had lied to Congress

27. 1980- Ronald Reagan elected • 1987- Stock market crashes • 1988- George H.W. bush elected • 1989- Berlin Wall destroyed

28. the triumph of conservatism • Review Questions • 1) Ronald Reagan was called the Great Communicator because • a) he always told the truth • b) he memorized his speeches • c) he connected with people • d) he had been an actor • e) it was his nickname as a radio announcer

29. 1992- Bill Clinton elected president • 1994- Brady Bill Signed • 1996- Clinton elected to second term as president • 1997- Clinton testifies before a federal grand jury investigating the Lewinsky affair • 1998- House of Representatives impeaches Bill Clinton • 2000- George W. Bush wins contested election

30. Present • Terrorism in the 21st century: The World Trade Center in NY and the Pentagon in Washington DC, were attacked by terrorists. • Multiculturalism: the presence of many different ethnic groups within a society

31. Review question • Bill Clinton’s presidency was marked by • a) a period of prosperity for the nation • b) an absence of political dissension between the Republicans and the Democrats • c) peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians • d) an isolationist foreign policy • e) the passage of the Contract with America

32. Q.2 • Bill Clinton supported free trade policies by signing the • a) free trade agreement with France • b) North American Free Trade Aggrement • c) Dayton Accord • d) order imposing sanctions on Japanese trade with the United States • e) agreement to establish multinational companies