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What were the causes and effects of the Baby Boom?
Causes: Returning veterans, post-war optimism. Effects: Suburban growth, increased consumerism.
What were the causes and effects of McCarthyism?
Causes: Fear of communist infiltration. Effects: Blacklisting, political repression, erosion of civil liberties.
What were the causes and effects of the Vietnam War?
Causes: Containment policy, domino theory. Effects: Division in American society, loss of life, distrust of government.
What were the causes and effects of the Watergate Scandal?
Causes: Abuse of power by the Nixon administration. Effects: Nixon's resignation, increased distrust of government.
What were the causes and effects of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
Causes: Soviet desire to support a communist regime. Effects: Strained US-Soviet relations, U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
What were the causes and effects of Brown v. Board of Education?
Causes: Challenges to segregation. Effects: Desegregation of schools, resistance in the South.
What were the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Causes: Civil Rights Movement, pressure on Congress. Effects: Outlawed discrimination, advanced equality.
What were the causes and effects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Causes: Continued discrimination in voting. Effects: Increased voter registration, greater political participation.
What were the causes and effects of the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
Causes: Iranian Revolution, anti-American sentiment. Effects: Weakened Carter's presidency, strained US-Iran relations.
What were the causes and effects of the Cold War?
Causes: Ideological differences, geopolitical competition. Effects: Arms race, proxy wars, division of Europe.
What were the causes and effects of the Tet Offensive?
Causes: North Vietnam's attempt to incite rebellion in South Vietnam. Effects: Decreased American support for the Vietnam War.
Compare the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine.
Both aimed to contain communism, but the Truman Doctrine focused on Europe (Greece and Turkey), while the Eisenhower Doctrine focused on the Middle East.
Compare the First and Second Red Scares.
Both involved fear of radical ideologies, but the First Red Scare (post-WWI) focused on anarchism and socialism, while the Second Red Scare (post-WWII) focused on communism.
Compare the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, while the Voting Rights Act specifically protected voting rights.
Compare Kennedy's and Johnson's approaches to Vietnam.
Kennedy initially used advisors, while Johnson escalated the war with combat troops after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Compare the goals of the SCLC and SNCC.
Both were civil rights organizations, but SCLC focused on nonviolent protest and SNCC initially focused on sit-ins and later became more radical.
Compare the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Both were proxy wars during the Cold War, but the Korean War ended in a stalemate, while the Vietnam War ended in a U.S. withdrawal.
Compare the approaches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
King advocated for nonviolent resistance and integration, while Malcolm X initially advocated for separatism and self-defense.
Compare the counterculture movement and the Civil Rights Movement.
Both challenged societal norms, but the counterculture focused on personal liberation, while the Civil Rights Movement focused on equality and justice.
What is Levittown?
A planned suburban community with mass-produced, affordable homes.
What is the GI Bill?
Legislation providing benefits to returning WWII veterans, including education and home loans.
What is the Iron Curtain?
The ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into communist East and democratic West.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
A policy of providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism.
What is NATO?
A military alliance of Western countries formed to counter Soviet aggression.
What is McCarthyism?
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper evidence, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy.
What is Massive Retaliation?
A military doctrine relying on the threat of nuclear weapons to deter an enemy.
What is Flexible Response?
A defense strategy allowing for a variety of military options beyond nuclear war.
What is Vietnamization?
Nixon's policy of gradually withdrawing U.S. troops and transferring responsibility for the Vietnam War to South Vietnam.
What is Détente?
The easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Nixon administration.
What is the Credibility Gap?
The growing distrust between the government and the American people during the Vietnam War.
What is the Southern Manifesto?
A document signed by Southern congressmen resisting school desegregation.