Vocab 1
Civil rights demonstrations aimed at desegregating beaches and pools
Wade-ins
How did future president George W. Bush avoid the draft?
His father helped him get a position in the National Guard
He took over for JFK after he was assassinated in 1963
LBJ
These segregation laws were implemented throughout the South after Reconstruction ended
Jim Crow Laws
This scandal made Nixon resign
Watergate
The goal of this U.S. policy l was to stop the spread of communism
Containment
Event where black riders in Alabama walked and carpooled in order to stay off city buses
Montgomery Bus Boycott
These 4 college students refused to given up their seats at a Woolworths lunch counter in North Carolina
Greensboro 4
These written exams were created in order to prevent Black people from voting
Literacy tests
The Kent State Shooting occurred after Nixon took the following action
Invaded Cambodia
Term used to describe the competition between the U.S. & Soviet Union beyond the earth's atmosphere.
Space Race
Why did the U.S. get involved in the Korean War? [Be as specific as possible]
The North (communist) invaded the South (non-communist)
These two presidential candidates faced off against one another in the first televised presidential debate; 1960 was the year
Nixon v. Kennedy
When a government is overthrown by an internal or external force
Coup, or Coup d'etat
This failed CIA invasion attempted to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba
Bay of Pigs
They were founded in Oakland, California in response to police brutality in the city; they promoted self-defense
Black Panther Party
State the correct sides of the Vietnam War (i.e. 4 and 2)
Russia, China, NVA, & VC
U.S. & South Vietnam
As a child, she desegregated a Louisiana school. She was taught by a White teacher for her entire first year
Ruby Bridges
This term, coined by Winston Churchill, was used to explain the ideological division (non-communist in Western; communism in Eastern) in Europe following WWII
Iron Curtain
Why was the Berlin Wall constructed?
To prevent East Berliners and East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
These classified documents on the Vietnam War were leaked to various newspapers by Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon Papers
Report released in 1968 that studied the cause of the 1967 race riots (i.e. Newark, Detroit) in America
Kerner Commission
Why did Malcolm Little change his name to Malcolm X?
He believed his last name was his family's slave name, bestowed upon his descendants by slave masters
Billions of dollars of aid was given to Western Europe to help them recover from the damage of WWII
Marshall Plan
The CIA helped to overthrown Mohammed Mossaddegh, democratically-elected leader of this Middle Eastern country in 1953
Iran