The Korean War and Other Postwar Conflicts
Eisenhower and Postwar America
The Civil Rights Movement
Kennedy & Johnson
The Vietnam War
The Nixon Years
Where Is It?
100
1. North Korea was supported by this country in the Korean War.
2. South Korea was supported by this country in the Korean War.
1. the Soviet Union
2. the United States of America
100
After WW2, people began starting families in much higher numbers than before. This was known as...
What is the Baby Boom?
100
He was a Baptist minister who advocated for nonviolence while protesting against discrimination and segregation.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
In 1960, he was elected the first Catholic president, despite many Americans' concerns that he was too young and inexperienced.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
100
He was the communist leader who defeated the French colonists in Vietnam and led attacks on South Vietnam. The capital of Vietnam is named after him.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
100
The quote, "That’s one small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind," was said during this event.
What is the moon landing?
100
This is the largest communist country in Asia.
What is China?
200
North and South Korea were divided at this parallel (line of latitude) both before the Korean War and after the war ended in a stalemate.
What is the 38th parallel?
200
He was a decorated war hero, who promised to end the conflict in Korea and lead the US through the Cold War
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
She refused to sit in the back of a public bus on her way home from work.
Who was Rosa Parks?
200
This country, located 90 miles off the coast of the United States, became the focus of a possible nuclear conflict when the Soviet Union sent weapons there.
What is Cuba?
200
This theory, named during the Vietnam War, stated that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow.
What is the domino theory?
200
He was the Democratic candidate running against Nixon who was assassinated by a Palestinian immigrant.
Who is Robert Kennedy?
200
This country became communist after war in the 1950s.
What is North Korea?
300
The United States became involved in the Korean War because a general fear of the spread of this ideology.
What is communism?
300
To better accommodate the growing population of young families, communities outside of cities were built, called...
What are suburbs?
300
This Act of 1964 protected the right of all citizens to vote, outlawed discrimination in hiring, and ended segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
The United States and the Soviet Union were known as these because they emerged as nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide.
What are superpowers?
300
The Vietnam War used this type of warfare, in which enemy forces would disappear into the jungle, making it difficult to pin them down.
What is guerilla warfare?
300
In this country, the communist Khmer Rouge imposed a brutal reign of terror on their own people.
What is Cambodia?
300
Once divided, this country became a unified communist country after war.
What is Vietnam?
400
Alger Hiss, a State Department employee, was arrested for being a part of this.
What was a Soviet spy ring?
400
These four towns were created by a man who used the assembly line model to rapidly build homes in New York and Pennsylvania.
What are Levittowns?
400
The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case determined that these institutions must be desegregated.
What are schools?
400
This organization was established as a way to advance the United States in the space race.
What is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)?
400
True or False: Young people in the 1960s were largely supportive of the war effort in Vietnam.
What is FALSE?
400
This scandal, in which campaign staffers broke into the Democratic party headquarters and stole information, ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon.
What is the Watergate scandal?
400
This country lies below the 38th parallel and remains a free democracy.
What is South Korea?
500
Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had a list of public servants who were communists. This led to concerns about communists hiding among citizens in the US, known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
500
This technological innovation, used for entertainment, changed how people spent their time in the evenings.
What is television?
500
He was a Black Muslim who stated that that there should be “a society in which there could exist an honest white-black brotherhood.” He was assassinated in 1965.
Who was Malcolm X?
500
Lyndon Johnson, who was sworn into the presidency immediately after Kennedy's assassination, developed this plan to provide economic, medical, and housing assistance.
What is the Great Society?
500
This refers to the many surprise attacks by communist forces on cities throughout South Vietnam during the New Year.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
This practice by President Nixon represented an end to strained relations between countries.
What is detente?
500
Name this country where the Khmer Rouge held its reign of terror.
What is Cambodia?