America in the 1950's
A person between 13-19 who had their own unique fads and fashions separate from the adult world that will be targeted by advertisers, starting in the 1950's:
"Teenagers"
The term for separation based on race:
Segregation
Communism was spread to this country which is very close to the United States in the 1960's:
Cuba
What country was the U.S. trying to protect during the Korean War?
South Korea
The first Catholic president and the youngest president to ever be elected:
John F. Kennedy
He was the "King of Rock and Roll" and one of the most famous celebrities of the 1950's:
Elvis Presley
Movement begun by Rosa Parks and organized by MLK:
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
Soviet Union
This country invaded South Korea ,which started the Korean war:
North Korea
Harry Truman
Increase in birth rate from 1946-1964:
Baby Boom
These laws segregated the South in after the Civil War:
Jim Crow Laws
A political and economic system in which the major productive resources in a society, such as mines, factories, and farms are owned by the state or government, and wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need:
Communism
These two communist countries backed North Korea:
Soviet Union and China
Military leader during World War II and was the main military leader during the Korean War. He was fired by Harry Truman during the Korean War and sent back to the United States:
Douglas MacArthur
These two states were added in 1959:
Alaska and Hawaii
This Supreme Court case desegregated schools:
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Soviets launched _________, the world’s first artificial satellite, which started the Space Race.
Sputnik
The divide (Border) between North and South Korea is called:
The 38th Parallel
President after Truman, who won the Election of 1952:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The housing shortage led to planned mass-produced suburban communities starting in the first suburban area called:
Levittown
This act made segregation in public places illegal:
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A foreign policy of the United States, introduced at the start of the Cold War, aimed at stopping the spread of Communism and keeping it isolated within its current borders of the Soviet Union:
Containment
Name the leaders of North and South Korea during the Korean War:
NK: Kim Il Sung
SK: Syngman Rhee
President after JFK who passed JFK's Civil Rights Bill:
Lyndon B. Johnson