This document warned about the Soviet Union's desire to expand their sphere of influence and coined the term 'containment policy'.

These neighborhoods were built outside of major cities to accommodate the housing needs of growing families and created the suburb.

This landmark Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

An unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Humiliated the Kennedy Administration.

Feminist organization founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique. The purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.

This foreign policy pledged to contain communist threats in Greece and Turkey through financial support.

This containment policy was specifically aimed at the Middle East, stating that countries could request aid when faced with the threat of communism.

This political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system. Ended when the US Supreme court declared that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional

Leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. The closest both superpowers ever came to an armed conflict.

This is an environmental science book that documented the adverse effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Deemed "hysterical" due to it's female author; Rachel Carson.

This foreign policy successfully rebuilt Western Europe through economic assistance.

President Eisenhower warned the American people to keep an eye on this informal alliance that vested to inform public policy after World War II.

This civil rights organization, founded in 1957, sought to fight segregation through non violent means. Closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr.

A set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Included the Economic Opportunity Act, Medical Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid.

A 1962 political manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Articulated the fundamental problems of American society and laid out a radical vision for a better future. It issued a call for participatory democracy, "both as a means and an end", based on non-violent civil disobedience.

This top secret document from the National Security Council that launched the Cold War through it's elaborate containment plan.

This literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.

Landmark civil rights and US labor law passed in 1964 that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

A leader of the American Civil Rights Movement note and contemporary to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., until his assassination in 1965. While King was known for Mahatma Gandhi-styled civil disobedience, this leader was known for a more militant response, which he deemed necessary to bring about positive change.

A political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent. Started organizations, such as the Black Panther Party, the Black Women’s United Front, and the Nation of Islam, developed new cultural, political, and economic programs and grew memberships that reflected this shift.

This senator launched a vicious campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.

This term defined these post colonial countries that were not aligned with NATO or the Communist Bloc.

Federal legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, Congress overwhelming approved this resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia.

A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to incite rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War.