GI Bill
What were the two benefits provided by the GI Bill?
$ aid for housing and education.
What is Communism?
Type of government that controls all economic activity.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A WI senator who led the communist witch hunt.
What is a proxy war?
War where major powers support opposing sides.
Who was Rosa Parks?
Civil rights activist who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger.
What is Redlining?
Practice of denying African Americans housing loans for certain neighborhoods.
Why is it called a "cold war?"
Neither side actually fired a shot at each other.
What was the HUAC?
House Un-American Activities Committee - Congressional body that investigated communist.
Who were the three US presidents during the Vietnam War?
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?
Segregation of schools was unconstitutional
What were the "Double Vs?"
Victory abroad & victory at home against Jim Crow
What was the name of the Alliance of Western Nations Against Communism?
NATO
It caused an increased fear that communists were trying to take over the USA.
What term describes American Men who fled military service during the War in Vietnam?
Draft Dodgers
Which US president desegregated the military?
Truman
What was the major long term effect of discrimination in the GI Bill?
A massive wealth gap developed.
Who was the leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What was the last name of the couple convicted of and executed for being Soviet spies?
The Rosenbergs.
Korea was divided on what parallel?
38th
Loving v. Virginia
Where were Levitowns located?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
What was the capital of West Germany?
Bonn
Who revived the HUAC?
J Edgar Hoover - Director of the FBI
Who was the Communist Leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
The students who led the Greensboro sit-ins were from what college?
NC A&T