Global
first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong
After leading the March on Washington, ___________ gave his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ______________connected all parts of America for safer travel.
Interstate Highway System
The ______________was made by Communists to separate the two parts of Berlin.
Berlin Wall
developed the ARPAnet
Leonard Kleinrock
In the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, the Supreme Court ended __________ in public schools.
segregation
first American to orbit the earth
John Glenn
The Montgomery bus boycott was formed to protest the arrest of _______________
Rosa Parks
The National Security Act established plans for national security, such as the founding of the ______________
CIA
The Korean War ended in a
truce
invented modern computer operated by a mouse
Douglas Engelbart
The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 guaranteed that civil rights of Native Americans would not be taken away by _________________
tribal governments
first American in space
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
first Black American Supreme Court justice
Thurgood
Marshall
Medicare provided medical care for _____ citizens.
senior
America's first nuclear-powered submarine was the _______________________
USS Nautilus
developed polio vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 ensured equal __________for all Americans no matter their skin color, religion, or national origin.
housing rights
The___________ was formed to be a world organization in which nations work together to solve their problems.
United Nations
first Black American four-star general
Chappie James
During Johnson's presidency, he focused on his plan for _________________
a Great Society
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President ______________________________ succeeded in forcing the Soviet Union to remove any nuclear weapons they had delivered to Cuba
John F. Kennedy
televised American evangelist known around the world
Billy Graham
The GI Bill of Rights made ____________available to servicemen returning from war
low-interest loans
During___________, the United States and the Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons against each other for over forty years.
the Cold War
first Black American to be an adviser to the president
Robert Weaver
The first _______________built by the United States was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station
nuclear power plant
Fidel Castro was the Communist dictator of _______ during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba
Atheism is the belief that _________ does not exist.
God
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed _____________ in employment and in public places, such as public schools, government facilities, and programs.
discrimination