The Cold War
This was the first man-made satellite put into space (by the Russians.)
Sputnik
Many middle class Americans moved to the _____________ during the 1950s to get out of the cities.
Suburbs
He was he first African-American baseball player to join the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
He had a dream that one day his children would live in a world where they were judged by the quality of their character and not by the color of their skin. The most influential civil rights leader of the 1960s.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedoms of speech, religion and the press. Right to petition, right to assemble.
First Amendment.
This was our official policy in regards to stopping the spread of communism around the world.
Containment
This President is known for building a massive interstate highway system and expanding our fight against communism. He also served as a general in WWII.
Dwight Eisenhower
This was the "nickname" for segregation laws in the South.
Jim Crow laws.
NAACP lawyer who later became the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
Wrote the "Gospel of Wealth," advocating for helping poorer Americans by providing them with opportunities. Steel magnate.
Andrew Carnegie
This "imaginary" barrier divided Eastern (Communist) Europe and Western (Capitalist/Democratic) Europe.
The Iron Curtain
Jonas Salk created what vaccine?
Polio
Recently integrated students at Central High School in the capital of Arkansas were collectively known as the...
Little Rock Nine
This court case made the segregation of schools illegal.
Forced assimilation of the Native Americans as Americans moved to the west. Destroyed tribal culture and divided traditional homelands.
Dawes Act
This conflict resulted in a cease-fire and lasting "demilitarized zone" between the two involved countries.
Korean War
This is the term for the Communist "witch hunt" of the 1950s.
McCarthyism
Interracial bus rides were known as...
Freedom Rides
This prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion or ethnic origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism all caused the beginning of...
World War I
This financial plan provided aid to countries devastated by World War II.
Marshall Plan
This congressional group questioned Americans about their Communist sympathies. It was headed by Joseph McCarthy.
House Un-American Activities Committee
This U.S. President worked with civil rights leaders to pass many laws during the 1960s.
Lyndon B. Johnson
This court case made segregation legal - but only if facilities were "separate but EQUAL."
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was the highest ever import tax during peacetime.
Hawley-Smoot (Smoot-Hawley) Tariff