Communism
What is the Domino Theory?
The idea that if one country falls to Communism, everyone else will
What was the nickname of the first African American students to go a white school?
Little Rock Nine
Who served as the 35th President of the United States?
Kennedy
Where was Kennedy killed?
Dallas, Texas
Named after the Senator who started the witch trials of Congress in the 50’s, what was the search for finding Communists in America called?
McCarthyism
What was the name of the child who attended the first desegregated in Louisiana school in 1960?
Ruby Bridges
What are the only two government agencies who can operate a U2 spy plane?
CIA and the Airforce
What two pieces of legislation came out from the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act
President Eisenhower created his own doctrine to resist Communism where?
Middle East
In the South, a council was created “stop the integration of schools”, what was the name of the council?
White Citizens Council
What was the name of the Russian leader in charge of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What is Lee Harvey Oswald infamous for?
Assassinating a President
What was the start of the Space Race?
Launching Sputnik 1 by the Russians
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Before Lyndon B. Johnson was President, who position did he hold?
Vice President
What does Title IV protect in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Public Schools
What event ending the space race between the US and the USSR?
Neil Armstrong walking on the moon
Who is Malcom X?
Prominent leader during the Civil Rights Movement
What was outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
world saw the futility of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
Permanent hotline between White House & Kremlin set up
Supported theory of containment & co-existence because alternatives unimaginable
The NAACP challenged Plessy v. Ferguson’s idea of “separate but equal”, what 1954 Supreme Court case?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas