Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

________ played a role in the Suez Canal crisis and pressured Britain and France to withdraw.

________ fought to prevent publication, concerned about effect on secret negotiations with North Vietnam, USSR, and China.

________ fought against discrimination in hiring, pay, college admissions, and financial aid, and control of reproductive rights.

Montgomery bus boycott (1955) led to ________ Jr's national prominence and the integration of city buses.

The Students for a(n) ________ (SDS) was formed in 1962 with leftist political agenda.

________ helped overthrow anti- American governments in Iran and Guatemala and tried (unsuccessfully) to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba.

________ was divided into 4 sectors after the war.

The ________ was a power struggle between the two leading political- economic systems, capitalism and communism.

The good life was defined as having a decent job, a(n) ________, and access to modern conveniences (consumerism)

________: Government official who turned the Pentagon Papers over to the press.

________ was French colony until World War II.

________ took office with intentions of imposing conservative values on the expanding federal government.

________- sent $ 12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its economy and promote economic growth.

________ was a major turning point in the war, North Vietnamese and Vietcong nearly captured American embassy in Saigon.

________ symbolized the repressive nature of communism and divide between democratic West and communist East.

________ for Women (NOW) was formed in 1966 to fight for legislative changes, including the Equal Rights Amendment.

________ passed the Equal Pay Act (1963) requiring equal pay for equal work.

The ________ began in June of 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea.

________ attacked North Korea under the umbrella of the United Nations, which led to China's entry into the war.

________ ran segregationist third- party campaign, popular in the South.

The ________ was formed at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964.

The ________ established a constitutional right to privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

1952 ________: The Republicans chose Dwight D. Eisenhower, a war hero, in the 1952 ________.

________ represented hope for many Americans as an advocate for the poor and critic of Vietnam War.

________ for the Cold War prevented major cuts to the military budget.

The My ________ occurred in 1968, US soldiers abused, tortured, and murdered innocent civilians.

________ in 1962 brought US and Soviet Union closest to military confrontation.

________: Vice President and later President who granted Nixon a presidential pardon.

________: ________ began soon after, but the war dragged on for two more years.

sent $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its economy and promote economic growth

Theodore Roosevelt promised to regulate business and restore competition

Franklin Roosevelt focused on immediate public relief and recovery of banks

Franklin Roosevelt addressed shortcomings of the First New Deal and responded to changing political climate

Truman decided to attempt a reunification of Korea after early military successes

Truman decided against MacArthur's recommendation, thinking a war with China would be imprudent

The Republicans chose Dwight D. Eisenhower, a war hero, in the 1952 presidential election

Truman was unpopular, and America was ready for a change

Cuba and Berlin Wall

Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona

Selma, Birmingham

three civil rights workers murdered by local police department

King assassinated

ending abortion, criticizing affirmative action, emphasizing traditional gender roles and nuclear family

Secretary of State under Nixon

Government official who turned the Pentagon Papers over to the press

Vice President and later President who granted Nixon a presidential pardon