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Cold War in the 1960's
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Vietnam War
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What was the Space Race?
Soviet Union and USA were competing to be the best in space.
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What was the Civil Rights Movement?
It was a long period of time when African Americans were fighting for equal rights.
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What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A law passed that ended segregation in all public places and gave equal rights to all Americans.
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Why Rosa Parks known as a civil rights leader?
Refused to give up her seat on a bus that led to the busses being desegregated.
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What was the cause of the Vietnam war?
South Vietnam refused to reunite with North Korea and become a communist country.
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What were the first in space achievements for both the Soviet Union and USA?
USA: first man on the moon Soviet Union: First man in space
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What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott and what did it change?
When African Americans boycotted by not riding the public buses for a year. The boycotts led to the desegregation of public buses
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What were Freedom Rides?
A group of African Americans and whites rode in buses through different states to protest and test the desegregation of buses.
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What was Malcolm X's ideas for the Civil Rights Movement?
Thought that African Americans could make changes without white Americans and thought that violence was sometimes needed.
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What was the results of the Vietnam War?
South Korea surrendered and the country reunited as a communist country.
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What Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviet Union planned to launch missiles at the United States from Cuba. U.S. found out about it and set up a naval blockade in which the Soviet Union turned back around.
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What change did sit-ins do in the 1960's?
ended segregation in restaurants
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What were sit-ins?
A group of African Americans would walk into a restaurant and sit down to be served or they would be arrested and another group would come in and sit down next.
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What was Martin Luther King Jr's ideas for the Civil Rights Movement?
He thought African Americans needed to make changed with peace. He led many speeches and marches.
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How was the Korean Conflict and Korean Conflict similar?
Both were over the spread of communism, USA helped the South in both, the North was trying to spread communism
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How close is Florida and Cuba?
90 miles
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What were the Jim Crow Laws in the South?
law that said public places can be segregated as they as they are equal.
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Explain how the court case of Brown vs. Board of Education began.
Linda Brown, a young African American girl, had to walk a mile to her school, crossing over railroad tracks, although there was a white American school a few blocks from her house.
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What happened to Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy during the 1960's?
They both were assassinated.
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What was different about the Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict?
Korean Conflict ended in a stalemate and separate countries. Vietnam war ended in South Korea surrendering and them joining as a communist country.
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Which president set up the blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
President John F. Kennedy
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What was the Brown vs. Board of Education?
A court case the ended segregation in schools.
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What even occurred after WWII that was a major stepping stone in the Civil Rights movement for African Americans?
President Truman desegregated the military.
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How were Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X's ideas different in the Civil Rights Movement?
Martin Luther King Jr encouraged peace and Malcolm X said that violence was sometimes needed.
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How many American soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War?
58,000