WWII
The Cold War
The 1960s
Civil Rights Movement 1
Civil Rights Movement 2
100

The name given to Germany, Japan, and Italy during WWII.

What is the Axis Powers

100
The failing League of Nations was replaced by this organization.
What is the United Nations.
100

The policy for preventing the spread of Communism.

What is Containment

100

This ruling overturned Plessy v Ferguson. Made school segregation illegal.

Brown v Board of Education

100
This Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
200
This event brought the US into WWII.
What was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
200

Sudden illegal takeover of a government by force.

What is a coup d'etat

200

Deprived of the right to vote.

What is disenfranchised?

200
The goal of this organization was to harness the power of black churches in order to promote non-violence.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
200
The belief that if one country falls to Communism, the surrounding countries will as well.
What is the Domino Theory.
300

Set of beliefs that support a political system,party or group.

What is an ideology

300

A list of people or groups to be avoided or excluded.

What is to blacklist?

300

In 1890 Louisiana had a law that said there had to be separate cars on trains for African American and white passengers and brought this about.

Plessy v. Ferguson

300
Malcolm X began his career as the spokesman for this organization.
What is the Nation of Islam.
300
Political system where the military plays an increasing role in the decisions of government.
What is Militarism
400

Group of nations united by a political agreement or common interest. 

What is a bloc.

400

An astronaut who is part of the Soviet , and later Russian space program.

What is a cosmonaut?

400

The group of students that integrated a high school in Little Rock Arkansas.

Little Rock Nine

400
This act declared voter discrimination based on race unconstitutional.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
400
Fascism accompanied by extreme racism.
What is Nazism.
500
Allied leaders met at this conference to decide the what the world would look like after the end of WWII.
What was the Yalta Conference.
500

A soldier who uses nontraditional ways of fighting.

What is a guerilla.

500

This name was given to the failed attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba.

What is the Bay of Pigs.

500

Six year girl who integrated William Frantz Elementary School.

Ruby Bridges

500
The Senator responsible for leading the Cold War "witch hunts"
Who is Joseph McCarthy
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