Important People
Terms & Definitions
Name That President
Vietnam War
JFK
100
These spies were charged, convicted and executed for passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets.
Who are Julius & Ethel Rosenberg.
100
Winston Churchill was the first to speak of this ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
What is the "iron curtain."
100
This president sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to protect African American students.
Who is President Eisenhower.
100
President Johnson entered the Vietnam War because:
What is he believed in the domino theory.
100
This president succeeded President Kennedy.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson.
200
This theoretical physicist who worked on developing the atomic bomb, was investigated and denied future access to classified information because he was discovered to be a communist.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer.
200
General MacArthur chose this port city for a counterattack against North Korea.
What is Inchon.
200
This president fired General MacArthur and received negative feedback from the American public.
Who is President Truman.
200
This was a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder.
200
How did President Kennedy initially approach civil rights policies.
What is cautiously.
300
This businessman mass-produced suburban housing.
Who is William Levitt.
300
These three countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World War II.
What are Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.
300
This president decreased federal spending.
Who is President Eisenhower.
300
American soldiers used this to disrupt the enemy food supply.
What is Agent Orange.
300
This was Kennedy's domestic agenda.
What is New Frontier.
400
In The Other America, this author exposed problems dealing with race.
Who is Michael Harrington.
400
Where did Senator McCarthy first announced that the State Department was infested with communists?
What is on a radio broadcast.
400
The Warren Commission was the result of this president's death.
Who is President Kennedy.
400
This provided the division of Vietnam into two countries.
What is The Geneva Accords.
400
What did President Kennedy's domestic agenda primarily fight?
What is poverty.
500
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow this person.
Who is Fidel Castro.
500
The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train:
What are scientists.
500
This President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is President Johnson.
500
President Eisenhower's domino theory was based on the idea of:
What is containment.
500
One component of president Kennedy's New Frontier was:
What is equality for all Americans.
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