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Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952
Identify the historical significance of the following:
subversives ——-Gross National Product ———–“Operation Dixie”
Taft-Hartley Act —-Servicemen’s Readjustment Act —-Harry S. Truman
George F. Kennan—-Douglas MacArthur —-Dean Acheson
Joseph McCarthy —-The Rosenbergs —-Strom Thurmond
Henry Wallace —-Thomas Dewey—-Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower—-Richard M. Nixon—–Yalta Conference
United Nations—–Nuremberg trials——iron curtain
Berlin airlift—–containment doctrine—–Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan——National Security Act——NATO
McCarran Act——Point Four program——Fair Deal
NSC-68————House Committee on Un-American Activities
Dennis v. United States——States’ Rights Party (Dixiecrats)——“Grand Alliance”
“missionary diplomacy” ——“sphere of influence” ——World Bank
IMF——–“Missouri Gang”———UN Conference
Big Five Powers——–UNESCO————WHO
satellite nations——-Reinhold Niebuhr——–George C. Marshall
European Community——-Joint Chiefs of Staff —Israel
“Voice of America”———Central Intelligence Agency——-National Security Agency
Mao Zedong——Jiang Jeshi——-Japanese constitution of 1946
Taiwan—–H-bomb———Smith Act 1940
HUAC——loyalty oaths/program—-J. Strom Thurmond
Progressive party——“dollar imperialism”—— Housing Act 1949
38th parallel——–“police action” ——–“limited war”
Be able to explain the following fully:
–Outline the major events in the development of the Cold War. What responsibility does the US bear for the development of tension? What responsibility does the Soviet Union bear?
– Analyze the effects of the Cold War on the home front, highlighting the anticommunist “witch hunt.”
– Explain the development and application of the policy of containment, using the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, NATO and the Korean Conflict.

Chapter 37 The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960
Identify the historical significance of the following:
Dwight Eisenhower—–Joseph McCarthy ——-Earl Warren
Rosa Parks ——Martin Luther King, Jr. ——Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem —-Gamal Abdel Nasser ——Nikita Krushchev
Fidel Castro ——McCarthyism——- “creeping socialism”
desegregation ——-“massive retaliation” ——-military-industrial complex
Brown v. Board of Ed. ——Plessy v. Ferguson —–Civil Rights Act of 1957
Geneva Conference ——SEATO ———Hungarian revolt
Suez crisis—— Eisenhower Doctrine——- Strategic Air Command
U-2 incident——- Sputnik I and II ——-“missile gap”
National Defense Education Act ———SNCC
braceros—— “New Look” ———John Foster Dulles
televangelists ——-John Kenneth Galbraith ——-Betty Friedan
“pink-collar ghetto” —–information age ——Adlai Stevenson
“Checkers” speech —–purges ——–Lonely Crowd/Organization Man/etc.
Gunnar Myerdal ——Jackie Robinson——- NAACP
Thurgood Marshall ——Sweatt v. Painter ——-Jim Crow statutes
“To Secure These Rights” ——Central High School ——“Declaration of Constitutional Principles’
sit-ins —-termination (and relocation) ——Interstate Highway Act 1956
“New Look” —–John Foster Dulles —–“spirit of Geneva”
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi —–“oil weapon” ——Teamsters
NASA ——-coup in Guatemala ——–John F. Kennedy
Kennedy/Nixon debates —–Fulgencio Batista ——–Paris conference
“kitchen debate” —–22nd Amendment ——-Alaska/Hawai’i
Be able to explain the following fully:
– Compare and contrast Eisenhower’s responses to domestic affairs (McCarthyism, civil rights) with his handling of foreign policy (Castro, Hungary, Vietnam). In which area was he more successful? Why do you think this was so?
– Outline the ways in which Joseph McCarthy manipulated his colleagues, his president, and the American public. Why was he so powerful? How did he finally meet his downfall?
– What types of covert activities was the CIA involved in during the 1950s?

Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968
Identify the historical significance of the following:
John F. Kennedy —–Robert F. Kennedy ——Robert S. McNamara
Medgar Evers —–Martin Luther King, Jr.—— Lee Harvey Oswald
Lyndon Baines Johnson ——Barry Goldwater ——Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael —–J. William Fulbright —–Eugene McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey ——Richard M. Nixon ——–George Wallace
flexible response —–peaceful coexistence ——“nuclear chicken”
Peace Corps Viet Cong ——Alliance for Progress
Bay of Pigs ——-War on Poverty ——domino theory
Great Society ——Tonkin Gulf Resolution ——–Civil Rights Act of 1964
Cuban missile crisis ——March on Washington ——24th Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965 ——Operation Rolling Thunder —–Pueblo incident
Tet offensive —–counterculture —–Berlin Wall
“Atlantic Community” —–EEOC ——Freedom Summer
entitlements —–Nation of Islam ——“Black Power”
Six Day War ——affirmative action ——“New Frontier”
Kennedy Round —–Charles de Gaulle —–Common Market/ European Union
Laos —–“brushfire wars” ——military advisors
“modernization theory” —–Walt Rostow ——quarantine
civil rights address 1963 —–détente ——-Freedom Riders
James Meredith ——Birmingham ——Medgar Evers
Title VII ——–HUD ——–Nat’l Endowment for Arts
Medicare/Medicaid ——-Project Head Start ——-Miss. Freedom Dem. Party
SNCC —–Black Panther Party ——PLO
“credibility gap” —–hawks/doves ——Cointelpro
Am Independent Party —–Mattachine Society ——-The Pill
SDS —–communes ——“tuning out”
Be able to explain the following fully:
– Explain the escalation of American involvement in Vietnam under Kennedy and Johnson, and highlight the domestic impact of the war. How did the doctrine of “flexible response” influence US actions.
– Analyze Kennedy’s response to Cold War crises, especially those dealing with Cuba and Russia. What were the effects of the heightened tension and fears of nuclear war?
–Evaluate and compare the presidency of Johnson with that of Kennedy.
– Compare and contrast the Great Society with the New Deal.
– Examine the movements for minority rights in the 1960s, from civil rights to black power and the American Indian Movement. Which movements were most successful—those who supported non-violence, or those who advocated using “any means necessary?”

Chapter 39 The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980
Identify the historical significance of the following:
Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Henry Kissinger
Earl Warren Warren Burger George McGovern
Sam Erwin John Dean Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter shah of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini
détente impoundment revenue sharing
executive privilege Vietnamization Nixon Doctrine
My Lai Cambodia Kent State
26th Amendment Pentagon Papers ABM Treaty
SALT (I and II) “southern strategy” Watergate
Saturday Night Massacre War Powers Act energy crisis
Helsinki accords Engel v. Vitale OPEC
Iranian hostage crisis Griswold v. Connecticut oil embargo/”oil shocks”
Camp David agreement 1980 Olympic boycott Panama Canal Treaty
“liberal establishment” “China card” Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet Gideon v. Wainwright Escobedo v. Illinois
Miranda v. Arizona AFDC Abingdon Township v. Schempp
SSI Philadelphia Plan Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
reverse discrimination affirmative action EPA/Clean Air Act
Rachel Carson Endangered Species Act “peace with honor”
“New Isolationism” CREEP International Energy Agency
“dirty tricks” Spiro Agnew 25th Amendment
Watergate affair House Judiciary Cmte “smoking gun”
feminists ERA Title IX
Phyllis Schlafly US v. Wheeler Reed v. Reed/ Frontiero v. Richardson
Bakke decision Anwar Sadat Menachem Begin
Afghanistan US embargo to USSR
Be able to explain the following fully:
– Assess the influence of economic factors on the domestic situation during the 1970s, including the energy crisis.
– Evaluate the impact of the Warren Court on American life, highlighting important cases and their consequences.
– Describe the end of American involvement in Vietnam. How has the experience in Vietnam continued to influence American policy?
– Analyze and critique Nixon’s performance as a president.
– Evaluate the impact the Nixon years had on America. Emphasize the causes and effects of the Watergate scandal.

Chapter 40 The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996
Identify the historical significance of the following:
Jimmy Carter Edward Kennedy Ronald Reagan
James Watt John Anderson Anwar Sadat
Walter Mondale Gary Hart Jesse Jackson
Gerraldine Ferrarro Sandra Day O’Connor affirmative action
“Supply-side” economics reverse discrimination Moral Majority
Chappaquiddick Reaganomics Solidarity
Lech Walesa Grenada invasion yuppies
SDI Roe v. Wade Milliken v. Bradley
“neoconservatives” Bakke v. Board of Regents Jeanne Kirkpatrick
Iran- contra Sandinistas glasnost
perestroika “Teflon president” “Sagebrush rebellion”
“morning in America” “Old Right”/New Right” “social engineering”
“ABC movement” Proposition 13 John Anderson
“big-government” “tight money” policies Reagan recession
“window of vulnerability” Strategic Defense Initiative Olympic boycott
Lebanon Sandinistas El Salvador
INF “evil empire” Mikhail Gorbachev
“revenue hole” “welfare state” Jerry Falwell
“identity politics” Webster and Casey decisions S&L failures
“Black Monday” “rainbow coalition” Michael Dukakis
George H. W. Bush Tienanmen Square Boris Yeltsin
Commonwealth of Ind. States START II Nelson Mandela
Manuel Noriega Operation Desert Storm Norman Schwarzkopf
ADA Clarence Thomas Anita Hill
“gender gap” Richard Hofstadter George Will
Be able to explain the following fully:
–Analyze the successes and failures of Ronald Reagan in achieving his goals as stated at the start of his presidency. Why was Reagan called the “Teflon president” by some opponents?
– Explain the revival of the Cold War in the 1980s. How did the Cold War end? How much credit should Ronald Reagan receive in causing the fall of Communism is the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc? Why do you think this happened?
– How did the new conservatism affect social issues in the US during the 1980s? Was this a backlash against the liberality of the 1960s and 1970s? Explain.
–Compare the presidencies of Reagan and Clinton.