Cold War
What was the name of the first spacecraft the Soviet Union sent into space?
Sputnik 1
Who was the first President in the 1950s?
Harry S Truman
Who wrote the famous book "the Catcher in the Rye"?
J. D. Salinger
who claimed to have a list of 205 known Communists in the State Department?
Joseph McCarthy
Who refused to give up their seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
What parallel separated North and South Korea?
The 38th parallel
Who said the quote “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers”?
Who was the king of pop in the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
What was McCarthyism?
Publicizing accusations of disloyalty with insufficient or little regard to evidence
In what state did the events of the Little Rock Nine take place?
Arkansas
What was the Warsaw Pact?
A collective defense treaty between the USSR and 7 countries in Eastern Europe made in response to the creation of NATO.
Who founded NASA?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What popular music genre was created in the 1950s?
Rock and Roll
A 13-month mass protest against racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Alabama.
What was the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education?
You can't segregate schools.
How many Sputnik satellites were launched in the 1950s
Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Sputnik 3
What President said the quote “The next time you see one of those squirrels go near my putting green, take a gun and shoot it"?
When was Michael Jackson born?
1958
What year were Alaska and Hawaii added as the 49th and 50th states?
1959
In what year did the Supreme Court declare bus segregation unconstitutional?
1956
Who replaced Joseph Stalin?
Nikita Khrushchev
What did the "S" in Harry S Truman stand for?
Nothing, its just an initial
What popular Disney princess movie came out on March 4, 1950?
Cinderella
What did the Eisenhower doctrine do?
Middle Eastern countries could request for American assistance or aid if they're threatened by armed aggression.
What was the name of the high school the Little Rock Nine attended?
Little Rock Central High School