Misc 1
What type of government did North Korea practice in the Cold War?
communism
What is a term for a state of tensions between countries with the building up of weapons without actually using them?
Cold War
Did the baby boom and improvements in healthcare and nutrition cause tremendous population growth?
Yes
Who won the Korean War?
No one
Oliver Brown
What type of government did South Korea practice during the Korean War?
non communism
What two countries were primarily involved in the Cold War?
Soviet Union and the US
What world organization's purpose was to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts?
United Nations
What helped returning soldiers set up businesses, go to college, and to build homes?
GI Bill of Rights
Who was Oliver Brown's lawyer and the first African American on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
What document stated that the US would help any nation that were being threatened by communism and to help Europe rebuild?
Marshall Plan
What is a term that means preventing the spread of communism?
containment
During the Cold War, what type of music became prevalent?
Rock and Roll
In what city was there a bus boycott?
Montgomery
What was the name of the boundary that cut off Soviet run Eastern Europe from the democratic governments of the West?
Iron Curtain
What brought much need supplies to West Berlin?
Berlin Airlift
What city in Germany was divided at the end of World War II?
Berlin
suburb
What was the group's name of both African Americans and whites who traveled to segregated bus stations in the South?
Freedom Riders
What organization did the US join along with other Western European nations whose purpose was to defend against any attack?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What was the name of the military alliance that the Soviet Union formed during the Cold War?
What is the name of the region stretching across the southern rim of the US?
Sunbelt
What US Senator accused people of being communist?
Joseph McCarthy
What is the vocab word for nonviolent protests against unjust laws?
civil disobedience