Cold War
Name of period in which many Americans are afraid of communism in the 1950s
McCarthyism
Where was there an attempt to overthrow a communist leader in the Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Who wouldn't give their bus seat up and led to Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
Rosa Parks
Resolution that gave U.S. the authority to send troops to Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Name for idea if one country falls to communism others will follow
Domino
Name Winston Churchill gave to imaginary line between Eastern and Western Europe
Iron Curtain
Leader of North Vietnam during Vietnamase War?
HO Chi Minh
Court case called for desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
leader of the North Vietnamese during Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
Where the first sit-ins were
Greensboro
Name of plan to send 13 billion to Europe to make sure they don't become communist
Marshall
Name of plan in which we sent aid to Turkey and Greece to stop communism
Truman Doctrine
What court case said separate but equal in 1896 and led to segregation (legalized)
Plessy v Ferguson
Tet
Led to us taking missiles out of Turkey and Soviet Union taking missiles out of Cuba
Cuban Missile
NATO was formed in 1949 and as a result what was starte by Eastern European countries to counter NATO
Warsaw Pact
Who was dismissed for insubordination during the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
Segregation that is lawful- name is
De Jure
Policy of pulling out troops gradually out of Vietnam
Vietnamization
Act that led to federal government supervision of voting in 1965
Voting Rights Act
Where is Korea divided?
38th parallel
Started by Kennedy to send skilled volunteers overseas to help underdevelped nations?
Peace Corps
Legislation in 1964 that did away with segregation in any public facility
Civil Rights Act
released and showed how the United States government wasn't honest about Vietnam War
Pentagon Papers
first African American to be drafted in baseball in 1947
Jackie Robinson