Vocab
unemployed
a person without a paid job, but available to work
What were the Civil Rights?
aimed at ending racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans
JFK
President of the US during the Cuban missile crisis and during the early parts of the cold war
Whats communism?
A system where the government owns businesses and property to create equality
who won the world series (MLB/baseball) this year?
Los Angeles Dodgers
ideology
a system of beliefs that guides how a person or group acts
How did people boycott busses?
They either walked or took ride shares
Ronald Reagan
40th president of the US and created the reagan era
What was the Red Scare?
A period of panic about communist influence in the U.S.
what year is the next world cup (soccer) in?
2026
malaise
discomfort or uneasiness
What was the main goal of the Freedom Rides?
To challenge segregation in bus stations across the South
Nikita Khrushchev
what year was the red scarce in?
1919-1920
how many NFL (football) teams are there?
32
arms race
each side tries to build more powerful weapons and larger military to show who's stronger
What was one concern MLK had about the Black Panther Party’s methods?
Their use of armed patrols could lead to violence.
Anatoly Dobrynin
The Soviet ambassador to the US
whats McCarthyism?
The unfair practice of accusing people of being communists without evidence
how can you get two points in the NFL not on a 2 point conversion?
safety
deindustrialization
closing or moving factories and industries
Why was Emmett Till so important?
He brought national attention to racial violence in the South because he got killed just for talking to a white woman
Joseph McCarthy
A U.S. Senator who accused people of being communists
what was the effect in America from McCarthyism?
People became afraid to speak out in fear of being accused of communism
How many games in NBA (basketball) history has been played on Christmas Eve
only 2 games have been played on Christmas Eve.