Cold War
The Cold War was a war of ideology between which two nations?
US and USSR
What was the New Frontier?
Kennedy's plan to reform US society
According to the official report, who killed JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who was the female activist who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
Rosa Parks
Which event "officially" started the Vietnam War for the US?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What was the nuclear arms race?
Competition between the US and USSR to develop nuclear weapons
What was the Great Society?
Johnson's plan to reform US society
Other than Lee Harvey Oswald, what were TWO other theories about the JFK assassination?
CIA, Johnson, mafia, Cubans, Soviets, Umbrella Man
Which civil rights leader was famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the name of the network of trails used by the North Vietnamese to resupply the Vietcong in the south?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
This was the attempt to keep communism within its existing borders.
Containment
What were TWO features of the New Frontier?
Space exploration, reduce poverty, improve education, Alliance for Progress, Peace Corps, increase access to medical care
What was the name of the congressional committee that was formed to investigate the assassination of JFK?
Warren Commission
What was the difference in the way that Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X approached the fight for civil rights?
King believed in unity and nonviolence, whereas Malcolm X believed in separation of the races and "any means necessary"
What were TWO methods of protest that were used by participants int he antiwar movement?
Demonstrations, burning draft cards, protest music, political cartoons, propaganda
This was the economic plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII.
The Marshall Plan
What were TWO features of the Great Society?
Reduce poverty, improve education, increase access to medical care, environmental protection, consumer protection
Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby
What was the Freedom Summer?
When civil rights activists traveled around Mississippi to help register African Americans to vote
What were TWO events that made 1968 a tumultuous year?
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Chicago Democratic Convention, Election of 1968, domestic and foreign protests to the Vietnam War
Why was the moon landing important within the context of the Cold War?
Signified that the US won the space race
Why was the Great Society considered more successful than the New Frontier?
Johnson had more congressional experience than Kennedy, Kennedy was assassinated
When was JFK assassinated?
November 22, 1963
Which act prohibited racial discrimination in voting?
Other than Vietnam, through which two countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail run?
Cambodia and Laos