Cold War Apush

By enqil0009

  • Yalta Conference

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    2nd Red Scare & McCarthyism

  • Truman Doctrine

    Containment
    Give economic and military aid to democratic countries
    Aka start of Cold War

  • Marshall

  • Resistences

    1955 Rosa Parks
    Bus boycotts Montgomery, only walking
    Sit ins - 1957
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    Korean War

    forgotten war, no results

  • The Rosenberg's Espionage

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    Fidel Castro & Cuba Independence

  • Warren Court - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Reverses Plessy v. Ferguson
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    Vietnam War

  • Interstate Highway System

    Eisenhower-Inspired by the conveniency of German roads
    Safer and speedier national defense system transportation system

  • Sputnik

    fear of Soviets putting missiles on it

  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Containment in Middle East

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine students enrolled into Little Rock high School
    Army came to protect them
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    Space Race

  • NASA established

  • First TV election debate

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    Berlin Wall

  • Bay of Bigs invasion

    Planned by Eisenhower, but it was played out during the first year of JFK

  • Cuban Missel Crisis

    Led treaty agreements with USSR and hot line

  • The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Banned over ground nuclear bomb test only underground

  • MLK-I have a Dream

  • Civil Right Act

  • Freedom Summer

    Purpose: recruit African students voters from south
    3 students killed by KKK two whites and one black
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    The Great Society

    Lyndon Johnson social welfare programs
    - People became too reliant on programs
    - Medicare Medicaid
    - Much programs but lack of regulations

  • Man on moon

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    Détente & Arms Control

  • 26th Amendment

    Old enough to fight in Vietnam War, Old enough to vote.

  • Watergate Scandal

  • Nixon recognizes Mainland China

  • SALT-Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

    Used China as the leweigh
    Led to Detente

  • War Powers Act

    Limit President power; it has to be approved by the Congress

  • End of Cold War