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Cold War Basics
Cold War Basics
what is a cold war
This term describes a state of tension and rivalry between nations without direct large-scale fighting between them.
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 to call for equality and an end to racism.
What year did the Great Depression start and end
1929-1939
Who is Harry S. Truman?
: This U.S. president announced a policy in 1947 promising support for countries resisting communism.
Who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955?
Rosa Parks was an African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, helping start the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What triggered the Great Depression?
The 1929 stock market crash and having all of the easy credit and over production
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This 1948–1949 event involved the United States and its allies flying supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union blocked land routes.
What law helped protect African Americans' voting rights in 1965?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a law that banned unfair rules like literacy tests and helped protect African Americans’ right to vote, especially in the South.
In 1933 How many business failed due to the Great Depression?
85,000
What is the Korean War?
This conflict from 1950 to 1953 was an early Cold War war in Asia involving North Korea, South Korea, China, and the United States.
What protest in Alabama involved people refusing to ride buses?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a year‑long protest where African Americans stopped riding city buses to fight against segregated seating.
How many families lost their house everyday?
almost 1,000's families lost their home's everyday
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 1962 crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war after Soviet missiles were discovered near the U.S.
What Supreme Court case ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education was a 1954 Supreme Court case that said segregated public schools were unconstitutional and had to be integrated.
What was the dust bowl, and how did it affect Americans?
During the 1930s drought and over- farming stripped the soil of its nutrients across the great plains. The windstorms blew away millions of top soils and thousands of farming families lost their homes