WWII
It was the primary catalyst that led the U.S. to declare war on Japan
What was Pearl Harbor?
Geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
What was containment?
Landmark United States Supreme Court case that declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The U.S. dropped Atomic-Bombs on these two Japanese cities.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This revolutionary black nationalist organization was formed in 1966 in Oakland, California.
Who are the Black Panthers?
He was the first space monkey to go to space and return safely to Earth.
Who was Ham?
A list of individuals or organizations that are considered undesirable or are to be avoided by a particular group or authority
What is a Blacklist?
J.F.K. likely avoided a nuclear war during this crisis?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Military alliance of 32 countries from North America and Europe. (full name)
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled state laws prohibiting interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment
What is Loving v. Virginia?
Argument for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.
possible responses: to shorten war, retribution, save lives, justify development costs, post war dominance, racism
The civil rights organization was founded in 1909 to advocate for the rights of African Americans.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
This U.S. President famously said we go to the moon in this decade because it is hard, not easy?
Who is J.F.K.?
The practice of publicly accusing people of disloyalty or subversion, particularly with regard to communism.
What is McCarthyism?
True/False:
Fascist and Communists are on opposite ends of the Political Spectrum and do not share like ideologies.
What is True. They are on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
Native Americans who played a crucial role in World War II by using their native language to create an unbreakable code.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
After the French withdrawal the U.S. increasingly got involved in this Southeast Asian "conflict".
What was the Vietnam War?
Of the following civil leaders he was not assassinated; MLK, JFK, Cesar Chavez, RFK, Malcolm X
Who was Cesar Chavez?
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
This Civil Rights group began as a Puerto Rican street gang.
Who are the Young Lords?
In 1969, this American was the first person in history to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
If one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall, leading to a chain reaction of communist expansion.
What is the the Domino Theory (or effect)?
Young people in the 1960s and 1970s who challenged mainstream values and embraced countercultural lifestyles
Who are hippies?
Group of African Americans who were trained as pilots and crew that fought galanty for a country that treated them like 2nd class citizens.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
In 1960 this U.S. spy plane was shot down over The Soviet Union.
What is the U-2?
African American students who, in 1957, were the first to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This U.S. President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Founded in 1966, this American feminist organization that advocates for women's rights and equality.
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)?
This SHHS Teacher has never been to the moon?
Who is Mr. Taylor?
In 1953 this couple was found guilty and executed for espionage.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
This scandal is largely responsible for President Richard M. Nixon's resignation and downfall.
What was the Watergate Scandal?
Cold War enemies, these two superpowers were allies during WWII.
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union
?
Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European satellite states as a counter to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Four students protesting the Vietnam War were shot and killed by National Guard troops on May 4th, 1970 at this university.
What was Kent State University?
Names of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.
What were Little Boy and Fat Man?
A riot at this New York City location was a seminal moment in LGBTQ history.
What was the Stonewall Inn?
After initially falling behind, this country would go on to win won the Space Race?
What is the United States?
A form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise of left-wing ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism.
What is the Red Scare?
The Berlin Wall built to prevent people entering or leaving East Berlin?
It was constructed to prevent people from East Berlin escaping to West Berlin