Potpourri
This man sought to rid the US of communists who he believed to have infested US State Departments.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This was the first modern president to start establishing civil rights for African Americans by banning segregation in the military and hiring of federal workers.
Who is Harry Truman?
During the Space Race, America had a major accomplishment by having the USS Nautilus submarine swim under this region.
What is the North Pole?
The Taft-Hartley Act passed in 1947 limited the power of this group which Republicans believed had gained too much power which could possibly cripple the entire economy.
What are the Labor Unions?
This man was believed to have beat Harry Truman in the 1948 election which even had made headlines, although it was wrong.
Who is Thomas Dewey?
This attorney for the state department was accused by Chambers from the Time magazine of being a Russian spy who was only able to be convicted of perjury due to the statue of limitations.
Who is Alger Hiss?
This 1896 court case stated that separate but equal faicilities met constitutional requirements.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
NASA was formed in 1958, which removed it from this control? Bonus - What does NASA stand for?
What is military control? National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The party started as a result of Southern Democrats who opposed civil rights legislation, later nominating Strom Thurmond for president.
Who are the Dixiecrats?
Truman started this "deal" which called for a higher minimum wage, farm price supports, more public housing and increased rural electrification.
What is the Fair Deal?
This bill provided assistance to veterans who wanted to go to college as well as help veterans with medical care and home mortgage loans.
The unanimous verdict in this Supreme Court case said that separate but equal shall not apply to public schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This was the name given to the missile defense system that could watch for incoming missiles.
What is NORAD - North American Air Defense?
Eisenhower and this Soviet Union leader had reciprocal visits with one another until the Soviets shot down the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.
Who is Khrushchev?
In 1951, this amendment passed that allows a president only 2 terms - although did not apply to Truman.
What is the 22nd amendment?
This was the term coined for the population explosion after WWII?
What is the Baby Boom?
This was the name given for the group of students in Arkansas in which President Eisenhower brought in 1000 paratroopers to protect the students so that they could go pass the National Guard brought in by Governor Faubus.
What is the Little Rock Nine?
After the Soviets showed their superiority with being the first in space and first human in space, America passed this act to help boost America's effort.
What is the National Defense Education Act - boosting math, science and foreign language?
This leader took over the government of North Vietnam, in which America wanted to support France in keeping it out of South Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Who is is Dwight D. Eishenhower?
This democrat senator from South Carolina filibustered for 24 hours again civil rights legislation, later switching to the Republican party. He was the oldest senator to ever serve.
Who is Strom Thurmond?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started with the arrest of this woman.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This was the first American satellite launched into space.
What is the Explorer?
Khruschev had a heated discussion at an exhibtion with this vice-president in Moscow that was later called the "Kitchen Debate."
Who is Richard Nixon?
Dwight Eisenhower had admired the Autobahn system while serving in WWII in Germany, and came up with this similar new system in the United States.
What is the interstate system?