United Nations
international diplomacy, working through our differences, no warfare
Double V campaign
Victory at Home and Victory abroad (no more segregation)
Lyndon B Johnson
JFK vice president
Sun Belt
growing populations in the south and economically thriving
Truman
Keep communism from spreading, security America after WWII, Democrat
Truman Doctrine
pledged US aid to places that support ending communist takeover
Marshall Plan
Provided money to European countries in order to promote trade and stability
Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill; an ‘iron curtain’ warned the soviet Union that communism was separating eastern and western Europe
Korean War- Start
75,000 Northern Korean (Soviet Supported) Soldiers invade South Korea (US supported)
Korean War- outcome
estimates of 1.5 to 3 million civilian deaths, no official peace treaty
Eisenhower
avoiding US contact with Korean War, Interstate Highway System, republican
Brown Vs. Board
decided that ‘separate but equal’ is ultimately not equal
Little Rock 9
nine African American students go to a school in Arkansas following Brown Vs. Board
Montgomery bus boycott
black community stops taking buses, effecting bus revenue heavily
JFK presidency
democrat, economic growth, space exploration, manage nuclear risk, stop communism
Bay of Pigs
a failed mission where 1500 US trained Cuban exiles are sent to Cuba’s coast to overthrow
Cuban Missile Crisis
closest the world has been to nuclear war; 13-day stand-off
March on Washington
a peaceful civil rights march in Washington D.C, includes MLK’s I have a dream speech
Lyndon B Johnson
