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1950s Society
Civil Rights
Korean War
Cold War
Key Terms
100
Where that vast majority of homes were built
What is suburbs
100
This person refused to give up her seat on a Bus
What is Rosa Parks
100
Dividing line between North and South Korea
What is 38th Parallel
100
Fear that Communists were working to destroy the American way of Life
Red Scare
100
contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons
What is Arms Race
200
Majority of Americans relied on this for entertainment
What is television
200
This athlete broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
What is Jackie Robinson
200
The United State supported this side
What is South Korea
200
Term coined by Winston Churchill
What is Iron Curtain
200
Music that originated in the gospel and blues tradition of African Americans
What is Rock-and-Roll
300
Famous Rock 'n' Roll artist
Who is Elvis Presley
300
Group of nine students that integrated a school
What is Little Rock Nine
300
The Soviet Union supported this side
What is North Korea
300
The United States gave billions of dollars of aid to Western Europe
What is Marshall Plan
300
Older, crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, usually minority groups, live
What is inner-city
400
Large-scale buying, much of it on credit
What is consumerism
400
Lawyer that became the first black Supreme Court justice
What is Thurgood Marshall
400
He was the leader of China
Who is Mao Zedong
400
The main goal of this doctrine was to stop the spread of Communism
What is Truman Doctrine
400
1956 law that authorized spending to build 41,000 miles of highway
What is Interstate Highway Act
500
group of writers that were critical of American society
What is beatniks
500
The ruling in this case ended segregation in schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education
500
He was fired for getting the Chinese involved in the Korean War
Who is Douglas MacArthur
500
Military Alliance to counter Soviet Expansion
What is NATO
500
President Truman's program to expand New Deal reforms
What is Fair Deal