Cold War Begins
People were fleeing the cities and moving to these, causing the urban areas to lose tax dollars.
What are suburbs?
This was the goal of both America's Containment policy as well as the Truman Doctrine.
This was the reason why Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death.
What is sending nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union?
This man founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This court case began the desegregation of public schools in the United States.
What is Brown v. Board?
This bill helped veterans receive financial aid and gave them loans for housing. These loans caused veterans to move to suburban communities.
What is the G.I. Bill?
A war broke out in this country when the North invaded the South.
What is Korea?
Sputnik was the first one of these launched into space by the Soviet Union?
What are satellites?
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat was an example of this type of peaceful protest.
What is civil disobedience?
Governor Faubus blocked these students from entering an all-white high school in Arkansas. President Eisenhower had to intervene to protect the students.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
The United States sent over food to West Germans after the Soviet Union placed a blockade around the city.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This organization was formed to protect Western countries against Soviet aggression.
What is NATO?
Named after a U.S. Senator, this term refers to making accusations of communism or treason without any evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
This lawyer who worked for the NAACP later became the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Interracial groups risked their lives by traveling on buses throughout the South.
What are the Freedom Rides?
These Eastern European nations claim to be independent, but are actually controlled by the Soviet Union.
What are satellite nations?
This refers to the United States and the Soviet Union competing to see who can build the most destructive atomic weapons (Hint: what's another word for "weapons?").
How were the Hollywood 10 affected by the House of Un-American Activities Committee's investigations?
Blacklisted
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this bill into law after the Selma, Alabama marches.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This bill, signed in 1964, ended discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This sought to send money and resources to Europe to help the region rebuild after WWII (as well as to stop the spread of Communism).
What is the Marshall Plan?
The refers to a strategy in which the United States and the Soviet Union must always make the other feel like they are on the verge of a nuclear war.
What is brinkmanship?
These were created by Harry Truman in order to question potential communists working in the federal government?
What are Loyalty Review Boards?
This referred to a group of Southern politicians who blocked civil rights legislation in Congress. They wanted to maintain the status quo of Jim Crow in the South.
This court case was decided after the University of Texas created a separate, inferior law school for black students. The case set a precedent for Brown v. Board.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?