AMH 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stagflation, Hippie, Fidel Castro

• School: SCFMS, SCF
• Department: American History
• Course: AMH 1010
• Professor: Thomas Honsa

Document Summary

Containment - the idea that communism needed to be contained. Created by george kennan, expert on russia. Eventually the soviet system will crumble, just don"t let them invade other countries. Saddam hussein - iraqi leader who waged war against iran. He was a lawyer and politician who pushed for many consumer reforms, especially seatbelts. Defeated by united states and its allies in the gulf war. Stagflation - rising inflation & rising unemployment at the same time. Worst economic crisis in america since the great depression. 1960s counter culture - a period when long-held values and norms of behavior seemed to break down. Many college-age men and women became political activists and were the driving force behind the civil rights and antiwar movements. Watergate - half a dozen burglars break into the national headquarters of the democratic. The washington post was instrumental in bringing the watergate phenomenon to life.