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Conflicts
Miscellaneous
1950s
Civil Rights Movement
Miscellaneous
100
How did the Korean Conflict end?
stalemate
100
The purpose of this organization was to find peaceful solutions to international problems.
United Nations
100
How did new technologies change the life of Americans during the 1950s?
television, air conditioners, airlines
100
Who was Booker T. Washington? What did he believe?
Believed the way African Americans to get out of oppression was through education
100
This organization is made up of a General Assembly and the Security Council to debate world issues and means for policing local conflicts.
United Nations
200
What was the Cold War? What were the goals?
between USA and Soviet Union
200
Radio spread what type of new music?
Rock and Roll
200
What were some of the things that were advertised on TV in the 1950s?
Barbies, Slinkies, Coonskin caps, etc.
200
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Law passed by Congress that banned segregation in all public places in the United States
200
What did President Truman do with the military at the end of World War II?
degsegregated the military
300
What was McCarthyism/ the Red Scare?
search for Communists in the US.
300
What new technology made living in the South more attractive?
air conditioning
300
Describe the automotive industry in the 1950s.
New technologies such as automatic transmissions, tires, and power steering made cars easier and safer to drive. They were in high demand.
300
How did segregation affect American society?
segregation in public places, African Americans were socially isolated, etc.
300
What did Brown v. Board of Education rule?
school segregation was illegal.
400
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
separate communist and democratic portions of Berlin
400
What effect did the automobile industry have on the United States during the 1950s?
New highway systems, motel, fast food restaurants
400
True or False. The number of returning veterans after World War II resulted in a shortage of jobs.
False
400
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
States could no longer give literacy test to decide if someone could vote.
400
What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?
separate but equal was legal
500
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? How did it end?
500
What country launched the first unmanned satellite? What was it called?
Soviet Union/ USSR
500
Where did many people move during the 1950s?
suburbs
500
What were the causes of the Civil Rights Movement?
AA denied equal rights
500
This organization is a military alliance that was established in response to the growing threat of the Soviet Union following World War II?
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization