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100
this person fueled the fears Americans harbored about communism;

he falsely accused many innocent people

Who is Joseph McCarthy?
100
the main reason for the cold war
What is to allow democracy to flourish and stop the spread of communism?
100
this ruling by the Supreme Court involved SEVERAL CASES of segregation in public schools and found it to be illegal
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
100
Rosa Park's arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. List as many effects as possible from this event
What is.....(here are some effects, but there are more):


-empowerment of the African American community

-Americans start to learn about MLK

-nonviolence and patience can cause a great impact in long standing biases

100
group formed for protection from aggression and to keep communism from spreading
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
200
leader of Soviet Union after Stalin;

shares same goals of spreading communism

Who is Nikita Krushchev?
200
the idea that the continent of Europe was sharply divided between two distinct and opposing ideologies; term coined by Winston Churchill
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
nonviolent protest led to what outcome 
What is African American gaining their civil rights? 

Or

What is the end of Jim Crow laws?

or

What is bringing people together to solve differences?


200
attorney who eventually turned Supreme Court justice as first African American;

key figure in the Civil Rights movement;

never had any of his rulings overturned

Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
when weapons of war were set close to the United States by the Soviet Union

name the event and why it's important

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What is the United States wanted the Soviet Union to remove the missiles from Cuba?

300
this family's decision (along with other families) led to the integration of public schools (even if it took some time to make happen)
Who is the Brown family?
300
hot wars that took place during the Cold War took place to do what
What is prevent the spread of communism?


[For your test know about Korean War; Vietnam War; and their outcomes]

[Which side (North/South) of Korea was communist, which wasn't? What about Vietnam?"]

300
law meant to keep African Americans from having their civil rights
What are the Jim Crow laws?
300
not well known at the time of the Montgomery Bus Boycott;

born in Atlanta, Georgia;

job as a pastor in Montgomery, Alabama;

believed in nonviolent protest; learned from the teachings of Ghandi

helped organize the March on Washington

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?


[Make sure to know key figures of this era well.]

300
this event helped stop the spread of communism throughout the entire city; 

it also led to a wall being built to separate the two parts with different ideologies 

What is the Berlin Airlift?
400
3 remarkable men who stood up for what was right, not what was popular;

could be characterized as eloquent speakers, brave, and patient

all were assassinated  

Who is John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy?
400
reason why the Soviet Union created a blockade of the city of Berlin
What is the Soviet Union wanted to control all of Berlin instead of sharing it with the Allies from WWII?
400

the purpose of this peaceful event (where a large group got to exercise their right to free speech and the right to gather) was to impact legislation that was already being discussed in Congress

What is the March on Washington?
400
One of our youngest Presidents;

assassination was televised;

 

Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
the invention of the television did what during the Cold War and Civil Rights Eras
What is seeing events around the world happening almost immediately?


[Make sure to know all impacts the TV had.]

500
helped the Civil Rights movement by signing civil rights legislation to help African Americans gain their Civil Rights
Who is President Johnson?
500
after the Korean War the North and South remain split; North Korea remains a communist country; South Korea is not considered democratic; what is it considered 
What is a capitalist country?
500
What is important about the Voting Right Act of 1965?
What is it banned the literacy test and poll tax that had been in place since the times of Reconstruction keeping African Americans from voting?
500
the number of Supreme Court judges that voted for the Board of Education and against Brown in the case Brown vs. the Board of Education
What is zero Supreme Court Justices? 


All the justices voted in favor of desegregation of schools.

500
ways the United States stopped the spread of communism across Europe
There are many. Know them all and how it helped.  Here are some..What is....?


*the Berlin Airlift

*the Korean War

*the formation of NATO