Cold War Leaders
This U.S president announced a policy of containing communism in 1947.
Harry S. Truman?
This airlift supplied West Berlin after a Soviet blockade in 1948-49.
the Berlin Airlift?
"I Have a Dream" speech in
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1955-1956 protest began after Rosa Parks was arrested
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Soviet leader installed nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962.
Nikita Khrushchev?
This conflict from 1950-1953 ended with Korea divided at the 38th Parallel.
the Korean War?
The activist that refused to give up her seat
Rosa parks
In 1963 gathering in Washington D.C featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s Famous speech
March on Washington
This U.S president challenged the Soviet Union with the phrase "Tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan?
This 1962 confrontation brought the U.S and USSR closest to nuclear war.
the Cuban Missile Crisis?
the first African American that was in the U.S Supreme court
Thurgood Marshall
Four collage students launched this from of protest at segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Sit-in
This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Mikhail Gorbachev?
This war saw heavy U.S involvement in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and the 1970s.
the Vietnam War?
The first African American to go to an all white school
Ruby Bridges
This event accursed when nine African American students integrated a high school in Arkansas in 1957
Little Rock Integration Crisis
This Chinese communist leader led the People's Republic of China after 1949.
Mao Zedong?
This event in 1989 symbolized the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe.
the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Activist promoted Black empowerment
Malcolm X
Civil rights activist rode interstate buses in 1916 to challenge segregation laws
the freedom rides