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| Defected communist spy who testified against Alger Hiss and predicted the downfall of the soviet union through its satellite states |
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| First president of the National Organization for Women in 1966 |
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| "the father of containment" Kennan had a significant impact on Truman's administration regarding foreign policy |
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| Military leader under Roosevelt and developer of the Marshall Plan |
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| European Recovery Program that rebuilt Europe's economy after WWII |
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| Favored winner of the election of 1948 but was upset by Truman |
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| Developer of the proposed invasion of Japan and handled the Korean War. He was relieved of his public position because of his different view about the Korean War from Truman |
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| Charged with being a Soviet spy and was part of a very controversial case which eventually convicted him for jail time |
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| Senator who started a communist witch hunt in the government and claimed many spies had infiltrated the government |
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| First director of the FBI |
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| Soviet dictator from 1941 to 1953 |
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| Progenitor of the Hippie Movement, Kerouac was a great literary figure and rebel of the 1950s |
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| The King, and a great culture figure of the 60s and 70s |
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| U.S. Secretary of State under Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. Advocated an aggressive stance on communism |
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| Secretary of State in the Truman administration and most known for his convincing of Truman to intervene in Korea |
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| Vietnamese Communist revolutionary who led the Viet Minh independence movement |
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| First president of South Vietnam who was extremely corrupt and very inefficient politician who the U.S. grew very frustrated with regarding his lack of control over his country. Diem was eventually assassinated and an increase in American intervention began |
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| Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was a very rash and very angry communist who built the Berlin wall, started the Cuban Missile crisis, and said threatening things |
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| Civil Rights activist who advocated for peaceful demonstrations for the civil rights of Blacks |
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| Arrested for not moving to the back of a bus for a white man and started the bus boycotts |
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who started the "warren court" (liberal) and decided on cases such as Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Mranda v. Arizona, Loving v. Virgina |
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| African-American Muslim who was a human rights activist who supported violent black retaliation to white supremacy |
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| Narrowly lost the 1968 presidential election to Nixon |
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| American General in command of the American military operations in Vietnam during the height of the war and the Tet offensive |
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| Secretary of State for both JFK and LBJ |
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| "the most influential loser" was a Democrat who ran for president 4 times and supported pro-segregation legislation |
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| Counterculture musical artist who was extremely popular |
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| Dictator of Cuba who took control through a communist revolution |
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| A foreign policy king, Kissinger was a National Security Adviser and a Secretary of State in the Nixon administration and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
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| Communist leader of the revolutionary movement in China (killed lots of people) |
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| Military leader of China who lost china's mainland and retreated to Taiwan |
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| Main manipulator of the Watergate crimes |
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| Political and Religious leader of Iran who held Americans hostage for hundreds of days |
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| Soft Communist leader of the Soviet Union who took down the Berlin wall and witnessed the fall of communism in Moscow |
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| First Black American Justice to serve on the Supreme Court |
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| First Black American Baseball player |
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| Highly controversial Republican Candidate who advocated or at least alluded to using Nukes |
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| First Polish Pope and was influential in the ridding of Communism from many European states |
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| Vice President under Roosevelt |
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| Federal Law which monitors activities and power of labor unions |
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| Secret negotiations for the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty under Carter |
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| Intelligence gathering independent agency that provides national security intelligence to senior U.S. policymakers |
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| Greek-Turkish Aid Bill (1947) |
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| Bill that gave money to these governments in order to help them prevent communist takeovers |
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| Free countries should not be subject to revolutions of minority parties with violent rebellions (communism) |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization EST. 1949 military alliance |
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| Security arrangement in which all states cooperate collectively to provide security for all by the actions for all against any states within the groups which might challenge the existing order by using force |
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| U.S. attempts using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to temper the spread of Communism and prevent a "domino effect" |
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| Bill that provided college or vocational education for veterans of WWII and as well as one year unemployment compensation |
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| Social slang for a group of youths, beginning counterculture roots |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People EST. 1909 |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference EST 1957 Martin Luther King JR. Civil rights activists |
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| Boycott used to oppose racial segregation in the public transportation system |
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| political scandal named after the hotel it took place in which led to the resignation of Nixon and the initial break-in was relatively useless |
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| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks which regarded armament control |
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| Economic policy of decreasing taxes and regulation in order to increase federal revenue |
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| Scandal during the Reagan administration where U.S. officials facilitated the sale of arms to Iran in order to secure release of hostages and fund Nicaraguan contras |
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| Theory that if one country fell to communism, it would quickly spread |
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| vision of LBJ to reform American policy to rid poverty and racial injustice |
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| central to the Great Society vision of LBJ which included many social programs to promote health, education, and general welfare among the poor |
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| Buy-time, gradually building up strength of South Vietnam and re-equipping it with modern weapons |
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| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries EST 1960 |
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| Pact for the mutual defense for eight communist states making up the soviet union (response to NATO) |
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| Federal highway Act of 1956 |
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| Establishment of highways |
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| Supreme court decision upholding a woman's right to choose an option of abortion up to a limited time |
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| Rioting in LA that left over a 100 dead and thousands wounded and arrested. All because of police brutality and discrimination on black Americans |
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| Political movement that emphasized separation from whites and blacks and racial pride for black political and cultural institutions. |
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| Students for a Democratic Society. Radical protesting students which lead to the formation of many "new left" thinking including the Weathermen Underground |
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| Culture of the 60's that defied regular society with durgs, sex, and rock n' roll |
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| relaxing or easing, term has been used for international politics especially when the reduction of tensions between the Soviets and U.S. during the end of the Cold War |
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| where inflation and economic stagnation occur simultaneously |
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| Famous town for sociologists to study |
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| presented by LBJ during his State of the Union where he proposed a reduction in poverty through the OEO (Office of Economic Opportunity) |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| Two minor naval skirmishes off of North Vietnam allegedly unprovoked allowed LBJ use a formal declaration of war without Congress |
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| Failed invasion of Cuba led by the CIA and Cuban exiles |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Equal rights amendment of the constitution that maintains equal rights on account of sex, never ratified |
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| Strategic Defense Initiative |
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| Ronald Reagan's attempt to protect nuclear attack from outer space (STAR WARS) |
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| War lasting between the Soviets and U.S. that was wagged between armament of nuclear weapons and spread of communism/democracy |
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| Abolished national-origin quotas that had been in place in the U.S. since the Act of 1924 |
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| Military doctrine or nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack |
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| 1)US will keep all of its treaty commitments 2)Provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens freedom of allied nations 3)furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with treaty commitments |
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| Radical civil rights movement group that used violence in order to overthrow racial oppression |
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| Secret offensive of NVA and Viet Cong where they launched an all out attack during a cease fire with tanks and everything. It turned out to be a mistake for them in the end |
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| Underground civilian population who fought for the communist revolution in Vietnam |
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| National Liberation Front, communist revolutionary groups |
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| separation from East and West Germany dividing the Iron Curtain from Democracy |
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| An attempt to improve the relations between the Communist bloc and the West |
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| Year of highest troop levels in Vietnam |
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| Diem assasination brings U.S. into vietnam |
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