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1 U.S HISTORY SECOND SEMESTER REVIEW KNOW THESE MATCHING TERMS: 1. The Berlin airlift 2. Tet Offensive 3. Domino Theory 4. Ho Chi Mihn 5. Freedom Riders 6. Malcolm X 7. Brown v. Board of Education 8. Jackie Robinson 9. Joseph McCarthy 10. John F. Kennedy 11. The Red Scare 12. Eisenhower Doctrine 13. Brinkmanship. 14. Massive Retaliation. 15. Mutually assured destruction 16. Harry Truman 17. Marshall Plan 18. Containment 19. Truman Doctrine 20. Cold War 21. Iron Curtain 22. Martin Luther King Jr. 23. Douglas McArthur 24. Sandra Day O Conner 25. Cuban Missile Crisis 26. Rock N Roll 27. NATO 28. Flexible Response 29. Bay of Pigs Invasion 30. Berlin Wall 31. New Frontier 32. John Manyard Keynes new economics. 33. George H.W. Bush 34. Bill Clinton 35. George W. Bush 36. Barak Obama 37. Iran/Contra Scandal 38. Moral Majority 39. Warsaw Pact 40. Jimmy Carter 41. Supply-side economics 42. Iran/Hostage Crisis 43. Watergate Scandal 44. Stagflation 45. Détente 46. Ronald Reagan Know how Mao Zedong and the Communists win the Communist Civil War and took over China from Chang Kai Shek? Know what happened between North and South Korea leading up to June 25, Know how Truman got UN support for the Korean War even with the Soviet Union having veto power. Know the condition and status of the American troops who first fought in the Korean War. Know the Incheon invasion. Know what happened after the North Koreans retreated from the Incheon invasion. Know the reason why Truman removed MacArthur from his command. Know how the Korean War turned into a stalemate Know what President Eisenhower threatened to do if peace talks failed during the Korean War. Know what caused the end of the Korean War. Know the state of the Korean peninsula today. Know the immediate lasting impacts of the Korean War. Know what happened on September 2, 1949.

2 Know who Nikita Khrushchev is. Know how the U.S. reacted to the Russians launching Sputnik I into space. Know the Red Scare and what happened. Know what the Baby boom is Know what the GI Bill is. Know what the Interstate Highway Act is. Know what happened in the 1950s. Know what the Green Berets are. Know how Kennedy sought to contain Communism. Know what the Space Race is. Know who Lyndon Johnson is. Know what the War and Poverty and Great Society is. Know the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Know what the Warren Court is. Know the following court cases: Brown v. Board of Education Gideon v. Wainwight Miranda v. Arizona Baker V. Carr Mapp v. Ohio Escobedo v. Illinois Know what was true of segregation leading up to the 1960s. Know the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Know the March on Washington. Know the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Know the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Know what happened to the Civil Rights movement after the Civil Rights Act of Know the Kerner Commission Know what the Black Power movement is. Know what Dr. Martin Luther King did in the last years of his life.

3 Know the impact of the Civil Rights Movement. Know the policy of Truman and Eisenhower on Vietnam. Know what happened to Vietnam in Know the reason why the U.S. supported Diem and Diem cancelling the elections. Now what the NLF/Vietnam is. Know what Kennedy do in regards to Vietnam Know what the Gulf of Tonkin incident is. Know how in Feb 1965, Johnson dramatically altered the Vietnam War. Know what Americanizaiton is. Know how the U.S. bombed Vietnam? Know how battles were fought during the Vietnam War. Know what the U.S. Military faced in Vietnam as the War dragged on. Know what happened in the U.S. as the Vietnam War dragged on. What did the United States military face in Vietnam as the War dragged on? Know who Hawks and Doves are. Know the issues of the draft of young men in the military and the concerns associated with how they were drafted. Know about the antiwar protest. Know what the credibility gap is. Know what was true in regards to the presidential election in Know what approach Nixon took in regards to Vietnam. Know what Nixon did when he grew impatient with the snail s pace of the peace negotiations. Know what the Cambodian Invasion caused in the U.S. Know what happened in My Lai. Know what the Pentagon papers are. Know what My Lai and the Pentagon Papers pressure Nixon to do. Know the Paris Peace Accords. Know what happened after the peace treaty was signed. Know the lasting impact of the Vietnam War. Know what the counterculture is. Know what the generation gap is.

4 Know why the counterculture end. Know what happened in regards to the rights of women in the 1960s and 70s. Know what was true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in regards to women s rights. Know what Title IX is. Know what Roe v. Wade is. Know who Cesar Chavez is. Know the gains of Indian Civil Rights because of American Indian Movement (AIM) What common ideology did most American leaders share before Nixon. Know what is Realpolitik Know what is Nixon s approach with China. Know who Nixon try to gain political support from his presidency. Know how Nixon approached the role of government in society. Know what New Federalism is. Know what the Executive Privilege is. Know what is the Watergate Scandal. Know who was president after Nixon. Know the reason why relations cooled with the Soviet Union under the Carter administration. Know what happened politically in America leading up to the 1980 elections. Know what is true of the American economy under Ronald Reagan. Know how the Reagan Administration focused on how they spent their money and the impact of spending the money in that manner. Know Ronald Reagan s approach of the Cold War. Know how Reagan helped to weaken the Soviet Union. Know how the Pope helped defeat Communism. Know who Mikhail Gorbachev is. Know how Gorbachev led the Soviet Union. Know what happened between 1988 to 1991 in Eastern Europe. Know what happened to the Soviet Union. Know what hip hop music is. Know what Bible prophecy states about the U.S. and the next superpower nation.

5 Essay Question Review What were the cause and effects of the Cold War? What philosophy do you think is better for Civil Rights, Malcolm X or Martin Luther King? What are the long term effects of America fighting in the Cold War? How did Rock N Roll and Counter Culture affect popular culture and morality in 2017? What was the long term impact of the Civil Rights Movement?

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