Culture Shock
Punks and Hippies are among this way of life and attitude that oppose the prevailing social norm.
What is counterculture?
What is the Space Race?
Since the 1950s, both the USSR and the United States raced to make as many types of this kind of devastating bombs.
What are atomic bombs?
This woman's arrest, caused by not giving up her bus seat for a white rider, was the tipping point that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
This presidential order forced the conscription of American men as young as 18 into military service during the Vietnam War.
What was the DRAFT?
This senator ruined the lives of many officials, celebrities, journalists, and everyday people with baseless accusations that they were all secretly communists and spies.
Who is Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy?
This Russian accomplishment was the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth.
What is Sputnik?
This crisis lasting only 2 weeks was known as the closest the Cold War ever got to starting a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Muslim spokesman was one famous leader of the African American movement during the Civil Rights protests.
Who is Malcolm X?
Although the fighting hasn't picked up since 1953, the Korean War is still considered active because it 'ended' in this kind of agreement.
What is a cease-fire?
This generation was named after an explosion of births that occurred right after World War 2.
What are Baby Boomers?
The first human to walk on the moon.
This US President negotiated a deal with the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear weapons between their countries at the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy/JFK?
This movement fought for equal rights, fair treatment, and equitable education for Hispanic and Latino Americans.
The 2nd president to continue sending American soldiers to fight in Vietnam.
Who is Lyndon B. Jonson/LBJ?
This 'scare' led to Americans everywhere fearing that communists were hiding amongst people they knew to sabotage the country.
What is the Red Scare?
The name of the spacecraft that landed on the moon in 1969?
The Soviets demanded that the United States take out nuclear missiles from this country right on the USSR's border.
What is Turkey?
This historical figure led the United Farm Workers (UFW) in their fight for better workers' rights, pay, and working conditions for American farm workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
JFK approved for American soldiers to use these 2 types of deadly chemical weapons in Vietnam.
What are Agent Orange and Napalm?
This 'bill' gave WW2 service men funds for education and employment assistance that led to more Americans landing white-collar jobs and thus making more money.
What is the GI Bill?
This Russian astronaut was the first human in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
The leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This movement fought to end systematic racial discrimination and equal rights for Native Americans.
What is AIM/American Indian Movement?
The leader of North Korea during the Korean War.
Who is Kim Il Sung?