Period 8 and 9 Part 2

Question 1

Word

Answer 1

Defintion (Make sure to note the time period if possible)

Question 2

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 2

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a polotical and social protest campaign agaisnt the policy of racial segragation on the public transit system in 1956.

Question 3

Warren Court

Answer 3

The Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights and free speech.

Question 4

March on Washington

Answer 4

The March on Washington, was a march in Washington DC in 1963, advocating for civil and economic rights.

Question 5

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Answer 5

A failed military invasion of Cuba in 1961 directed by the CIA in an attempt of overthrowing Fidel Castro and ridding Cuba of communism.

Question 6

Berlin Wall

Answer 6

a concrete wall that seperated East Berlin and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, built by the Communist East German government to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West.

Question 7

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 7

A nuclear standoff in 1961 between Russia and America when America put nukes in Italy and Turkey and Russia put nukes in Cuba.

Question 8

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Answer 8

a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national originm or religion in public places and most workplaces.

Question 9

The Great Society

Answer 9

A set of domestic programs launched by President LBJ in 1964 such as aid to education, medicare, and urban renewal to name a few.

Question 10

Voting Rights Act

Answer 10

a law that made it easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests ad=nd authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level.

Question 11

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Answer 11

A resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam.

Question 12

“Domino theory”

Answer 12

The theory that if one country falls to communism, another one will and so on

Question 13

Tet Offensive

Answer 13

A 1968 major escalation between North and South Vietnamese soldiers and one of the largest military operations in the entire war

Question 14

The New Left

Answer 14

The new left was a broad political movement that emerged from the counterculture of the 1960s and countinued through the 1970s

Question 15

Counterculture

Answer 15

A culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substanstially from that of mainstream opinon or media

Question 16

Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique

Answer 16

A book created by Betty Friedan in 1963, and is widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism

Question 17

Roe v. Wade

Answer 17

A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in which the court ruled that the consituition of the United States protects women’s abortion rights

Question 18

The Sexual Revolution

Answer 18

A social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and interpersonal relationships

Question 19

Cesar Chavez

Answer 19

An American labor leader and also a civil rights actvist. He was a leader in the revolution for farm workers and many people that worked for crops from the 1960’s

Question 20

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Answer 20

The American Indian Movement was a movement created to adress and protest agaisnt discrimiantion, police brutality, and syetmic poverty agaisnt Native Americans

Question 21

Stonewall Riots

Answer 21

A series of protests by members of the LGBTQ+ for rights

Question 22

“The Silent Majority” (Nixon)

Answer 22

A term President Nixon used to describe the people who supported his foreign and domestic polices but didn’t particpate in public protest.

Question 23

Vietnamization

Answer 23

A statergy President Nixon used in order to with drawl U.S. troops from the Vietnam War and replacing them with South Vietnam forces.

Question 24

My Lai Massacre

Answer 24

A village in south Vietnam where 200 inncocent poeple, women and children included were massacred.

Question 25

Rachel Carson and Silent Spring

Answer 25

A scientist who wrote a book called “Silent Spring,” which warned about the dangers of pollution and pesticides to the environment and wildlife.

Question 26

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Answer 26

An organization in the United States government that works to protect human health and the environment by enforcing regulations and conducting research on environmental issues.

Question 27

Watergate

Answer 27

A political scandal in the 1970s involving the Nixon administration’s efforts to cover up their involvement in a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

Question 28

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Answer 28

From 1979 to 1981, when Iranian revolutionaries held 52 Americans hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, resulting in a standoff between the two countries.

Question 29

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 29

American attorney, conservative activist,, and anti-feminist spokesperson for the national conservative movement. She argued for traditional societal roles.

Question 30

Reaganomics (supply side/trickle down)

Answer 30

Economic policy associated with President Ronald Reagan, emphasizing tax cuts, deregulation, and reduced government spending, with the belief that benefits would “trickle down” to lower income levels and stimulate economic growth.

Question 31

Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 31

A political scandal in the 1980s involving the Reagan administration secretly selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the proceeds to fund Nicaraguan Contra rebels, in violation of U.S. laws and policies.

Question 32

End of the Cold War

Answer 32

A political and diplomatic thawing between the United States and the Soviet Union, leading to the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe