This Soviet action in 1957 led to greater encouragement of American science and math education
What is launching Sputnik 1
100
This 14 year old was brutally beaten and murdered for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi
Who is Emmett Till
100
The nation was occupied and divided between the US, Britain, France, and the USSR after the end of the second world war
What is Germany
100
Being accused of being a Communist would lead you to being this
What is being blacklisted
100
The 4 major Actors during the Korean War
What are the nations of North Korea, South Korea, The United States, and China
200
By detonating their first _______ ____, the USSR initiated the arms race in 1949.
What is nuclear bomb
200
This man was the chief counsel for the NAACP when he won a ground-breaking supreme court case which ruled that separate but equal was not acceptable in public education
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
A treaty with the US and 11 other nations, signed on April 4, 1949.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
200
This war which lasted from 1950-1953 was seen in positive light by the public of the United States
What is the Korean War
200
The United States supported this Party in China before independence was declared in 1949.
What is the Chinese Nationalist Party, or the Kuomintang
300
The USSR created this as a defensive measure against NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
300
This incident forced President Eisenhower, who was less than willing, to enforce the decision in Brown V. Board of Education
What is the Little Rock Nine incident
300
The episode in which a blockade by the Soviet Union led to US response on June 24, 1948.
What is the Berlin Airlift.
300
This act greatly rolled back restrictions on unions
What is the Taft-Hartley act
300
The general in command of American forces in Korea
Who is General Macarthur
400
This person introduced the theory of containment and wrote the "Long Telegram."
What is George F. Kennan
400
This organization, founded in 1957, was notable for organizing civil rights demonstrations such as the March on Washington
What is the SCLC
400
A recovery package/program to help the European economy following World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan
400
This man attempted to conduct a full scale investigation of the U.S. Armed Forces in search of any Communists
Who is Joseph McCarthy
400
This Administration was the first in history to cut off aid to the Nationalist Party in China during their Civil War
What is Truman Administration in regards to Nationalist Support
500
This mishap under Eisenhower occurred when a United States spy plane was shot down while covertly conducting surveillance
What is the U-2 Incident
500
This girl was a member of the Little Rock Nine and is notable for showing up to the school by herself and calmly facing a large angry mob
Who is Elizabeth Eckford
500
Who went to Berlin in the summer of 1963 and encouraged people to come visit Berlin to witness the differences in society?
Who is Kennedy?
500
The increased fear of communism in the United States led to the reemergence of this committee
What is HUAC
500
This group pushed American forces back as they approached the Yalu River