The Civil rights
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson that was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
Separate but equal
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the this city
Memphis
What was the US's main goal in Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism.
A U.S. policy created that was based on the idea of containment.
The Truman Doctrine
After Stalin’s death, who replaced him as leader of the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized. They are known as the?
The Little Rock 9
This fierce advocate for African Americans disagreed with MLK's strategy for equality.
Malcolm X
What was the main purpose of the WAR POWERS Act?
To make sure everyone is on the same page before attacking someone .. or To restrict the power of the president
The response of the United States to help East Berlin's citizens with necessary supplies?
The Berlin Airlift
What was the name of the Satellite that the soviets sent into space first?
Sputnik 1
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education
250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to ask Congress to make a law that would give African Americans equal rights and quality education.
The March on Washington
US president responsible for the Vietnamization of the war?
Richard Nixon
Who was the Senator from Wisconsin that was lying about communism?
Joseph McCarthy
Who was the US general that lead the fight in Korea?
General Dougal McCarthur
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation what year did it pass?
1964
Passed in 1965, it banned literacy tests for voting.
Voting Rights Act
___________________ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable.
The Tet Offensive
What was the Red Scare?
The fear that communists both outside and inside America were working to destroy American life
What line of latitude divides Korea?
38th
The ruling in the Plessy V Ferguson case enabled what laws to be passed in the south to continue to oppress African American?
Jim Crow Laws
What president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson
What is it called when there is a belief that if one country falls to communism, other regions will fall too?
Domino Effect/Theory
Name the three most well known communists Countries during the Cold War?
Soviet Union, China, North Korea
What was the name of the treaty created by the non-communist countries in 1949?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization