Vocab.
excess
what is surplus
series of bunkers along the German border
what is the Maginot Line
The North Korean City that was captured after NATO troops pushed across the border
The case that determined segregation was illegal
what is Brown vs. Board of Education
True or False: Eisenhower believed that government should protect the basic welfare of Americans by approving greater funding for public housing
True
a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to the government standards
what is poverty line
camps where Japanese Americans were interred during WW II
what is internment camp
The river the Chinese pushed NATO forces back from on their counteroffensive
What is the Yalu River
The woman that was elected to the Supreme Court
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This president graduated from West Point
who is Eisenhower
connecting or existing between two or more states
what is interstate
Germany invaded this half of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
what is the western half
The line that marked the official boundary between North and South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel
The African American who believed that Africans should separate from whites to be free
who is Malcolm X
This crises occurred when Egypt tried to nationalize one its canals
What is the Suez Canal Crisis
to refuse to buy items from a particular country
what is boycott
what was the act that permitted America to sell, lend, or lease considered vital to the defense of the U.S.
what is the Lend-Lease Act
A reason that Truman was considered the underdog during his election campaign
What is division in his own party
This gave the government the power to force local officials to allow African American to register to vote
what is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
on May 1, 1960 the Paris Summit was prematurely ended due to to this event
What is the U-2 plane being shot down
the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to build more and more weapons in an effort to surpass others
what is arms race
Joseph Stalin's plan to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union
what is the 5-year Plan
Which commander was fired for having disagreements on how to proceed with the Korean War
Who is General MacArthur
This happened on April 4, 1968
what is Martin Luther Kings march on Washington
True or False: Eisenhower sent troops into Hungary to check the Soviet Unions control of the country