This rebel leader overthrew the government in Cuba and set up a Communist regime.
Who is Fidel Castro.
100
This term is the name given to the towns built in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania after their inventor who came up with a method of building homes very quickly.
What is Levittowns.
100
This name was given to the dramatic rise in birth rates in the US after World War II.
What is "Baby Boom".
100
This man is often credited as being the key to the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
This new technology of the 1950s became enormously popular and could be found in nearly every American home at the time.
What is television.
200
This man was accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald.
200
This organization was formed on the pledge that all member nations would settle all disputes peacefully.
What is United Nations.
200
This President changed the face of America forever with the Interstate Highway Act of 1956.
Who is President Eisenhower.
200
This Supreme Court case/decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
200
This amendment was used by the Hollywood 10 as a defense to accusations of communism.
What is 5th Amendment.
300
This Republican candidate lost the 1960 election to John F. Kennedy.
Who is Richard Nixon.
300
During the Kennedy administration, this country was caught by the US setting up nuclear missiles for the Soviet Union.
What is Cuba.
300
This policy was used by President Truman to counter Soviet Union communist expansion to other countries during the Cold War.
What is containment.
300
In 1961, a wall was built in this divided European city.
What is Berlin.
300
The acronym NATO stands for...
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization
400
This man replaced John F. Kennedy as President of the US after his untimely assassination.
Who Lyndon B. Johnson.
400
These new businesses replaced many family run stores in the 1950s.
EX: McDonalds
What is franchises.
400
This country was the first to successfully launch the "Sputnik" satellite into orbit.
What is Soviet Union.
400
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Brown defense was fighting for this.
What is desegregation (in public education).
400
This general was fired by President Truman during the Korean War for gross insubordination (refusing to accept authority) to a superior.
Who is General MacArthur.
500
This man was the leader of Chinese Communist Party.
Who is Mao Zedong.
500
During the Korean War, the United States supported which this country.
What is South Korea.
500
This Cold War theory posited that if one country came under the influence of Communism, then the surrounding countries would follow.
What is Domino Theory.
500
This is the name given to the 1962 standoff between the US and Soviet Union over 13 days due to the installation of weapons in Cuba.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis.
500
When the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961, Khrushchev sided with side of the wall.
HINT: Communist side.