Vocabulary
Civil Rights Movement
Cold War
Vietnam and Korean War
100
The United States’ policy of keeping communism where it already existed is called this
What is Containment
100
This 14 year old boy was killed in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman and is credited with igniting the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Emmett Till
100
This country was the first to make it to space, intensifying the Cold War
What is the Soviet Union
100
Korea was split into 2 countries at this line
What is the 38th parallel
200
This style of fighting made it difficult for America to launch successful attacks against the VietCong
What is Guerilla Warfare
200
What are Sit- Ins
200
The 3 races of the Cold War were
What are the Space Race, Allies, and Nuclear Weapons
200
Both Korea and Vietnam were split into 2 countries: North = and South =
What is the north is communist and the south is democratic
300
This theory explains the idea that when one country succumbed to communism then neighboring countries would fall also
What is Domino Theory
300
Offering a different means of protest, this man became a top leader in the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X
300
JFK’s failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro and his communist regime is known as
What is the Bay of Pigs
300
This power given to President Lyndon B. Johnson allowed him to make military decisions without consulting congress
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
400
This type of segregation is the legal practice of separating the races in the Jim Crow South
What is De Jure Segregation
400
This landmark Supreme Court decision overturned the law of “separate, but equal” in public schools
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
400
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
400
This strategy of General Westmoreland called for locating and continuously bombing the Vietcong
What is the War of Attrition
500
This word describes the creation of the middle class in America (single family home, white picket fence, 2.5 kids)
What is Suburbanization
500
This law passed in 1964 outlawed segregation in all public places
What is the Civil Rights Act
500
This president’s policy of providing aid to countries like Greece and Turkey helped to stop the spread of communism
Who is Harry Truman
500
In April 1975 this event signaled the end and ultimate failure of the US and the Vietnam War
What is the Fall of Saigon