WWII
When was Pearl Harbor attacked
Dec. 7, 1941
name of the young boy whose murder sparked a revival in the Civil Rights Movement
Emmett Till
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Predicted outcome of nuclear war: everyone loses
Mutual Assured Destruction
What was the name of the first Atomic Bomb used
Little Boy
What does the D in D Day stand for
Day
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked when this person___refused to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
Who killed JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Keeping communism from spreading to other areas
Containment
What was the name of the second atomic bomb used by the US
Fat Man
When was the D-Day invasion of Normandy
June 6, 1944
The students who desegregated a high school in Arkansas in 1959 were collectively known as the ________
Little Rock 9
The 40 yearn conflict between the US and USSR for prestige in arenas such as space and the Olympics-lots of tension but not direct military action
Cold War
Idea if one nation fell to communism then surrounding areas would also fall
Domino Theory
What Japanese city was the first target of the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima
This event was sparked by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and lasted through WWII
Great Depression
The Summer of 1964, when voter registration drives for African Americans in the South started off with the murders of 3 college students was called____
Freedom Summer
Suffragists were fighting for the right to
Vote
Threaten to use nuclear weapons if the other side gets too aggressive
Massive Retaliation
What Japanese City was the second target of the Atomic Bomb
Nagasaki
This word means "trickery or deceit" and was used against the Germans to make D-Day successful
Subterfuge
The court case that led to the overturning of the doctrine of "Separate But Equal" and the desegregating of schools was
Brown v Board of Education
He was the main character in the film Separate But Equal
Thurgood Marshall
The event that led to increased US intervention in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin incident
What tactic was used in the 50's and 60's to make kids feel calm in the event of a nuclear attack
Duck and Cover