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This country occupies a strategic peninsula that borders China and Russia, and extends within 100 miles of Japan.
Korea
Fear of Soviet and communist radicalism asserted itself in the late 1940's-1950's. This was known as what...
The Second Red Scare
William Levitt successfully applied assembly line production techniques learned from the automobile and shipping industries to building what along the East Coast?
Suburban Mass-produced homes
Which satellite made it to orbit first?
Which country sent it?
Sputnik from the Soviet Union
What group controlled almost 3/4 of South Vietnam's land and over half its population?
The Viet Cong
This General led UN forces in recapturing all of South Korea from North Korea. He later advocated for America to continue pursuing the opportunity to reunite the two countries.
General Douglas MacArthur
The Soviet Union steadily tightening its grip on Eastern Europe (directed by Stalin) and controlling all forms of media was known as...
The Iron Curtain
In 1956, President Eisenhower promoted and pushed for the landmark bill known as what, which created a 42,000-mile system system of multiple-lane highways.
The Federal (Interstate) Highway Act
The 1950's was a remarkable time for advances in what things?
Jet aircrafts, improved kitchen appliances and life saving antibiotics and vaccines. As well as TV, highways, suburbs and American cities.
People who were opposed to the Vietnam war were known as what? Vs. people who were in favor being known as what?
Doves vs. Hawks
Truman's decision to commit American troops in Korea without Congressional approval set a precedent for which war?
The Vietnam War
What caused George Kenan to propose containment as a foreign policy plan to deal with the Soviets?
(open answer)
(Mid 1940's)
Kennan felt that the Soviet Union was naturally suspicious of outsiders and would likely be at odds with the US for many years to come. He felt that the Soviet Union would likely want "to overthrow political forces beyond their borders".
Wallace urged restraint. He felt it was valid of the Soviet Union to want to control areas along it's western borders.
Which President felt it was his constitutional duty to implement the Brown V Board of Education, by sending 1,100 paratroopers into Little Rock to protect the nine African American students?
President Dwight Eisenhower
What kinds of issues did Kennedy pursue while in office?
Poverty, hunger, civil rights, and space
Which President chose not to seek re-election?
President Johnson
In July 1948, which President ordered the racial desegregation of US armed forces?
President Truman
This plan committed 13 billion to help rebuild 16 Western European countries...
The Marshall Plan
Dr. King's philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience indirectly led to what famous group of protesters at the Woolworth's Drug Store?
The Greensboro Four
The successful resolution of what, gave Kennedy more confidence in discussions with Nikita Khrushchev?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Which group had the highest unemployment rates in the United States and was represented by AIM?
Native Americans
The act of making unsubstantial accusations of disloyalty without evidence became known as what?
McCarthyism
What was the economy like in the 1950's?
Best it had ever been.
Which country originally had ties to Vietnam prior to our involvement in the war?
Which side of Vietnam was America aiding?
Southern
What is the meaning of the acronym NOW?
National Organization for Women