The Cold War
This was a period of tension that did not involve military action.
What is the Cold War?
This was the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik?
This symbol of Cold War divisions in Germany was destroyed in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This activist is known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Winston Churchill used this term to describe the split between capitalist and communist countries in Europe.
What is the iron curtain?
This was the first American in space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
This was the last Soviet leader, the man responsible for ending the Cold War.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
In 1963, this man gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
List a few problems the Vietnam War caused at home in the U.S.
What is antiwar protests, riots, distrust of the government, military drafts, and mistreatment of Vietnam veterans?
The purpose of this is to reduce tensions and avoid nuclear war.
What is a détente?
List two artifacts the astronauts Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin left behind on the Moon.
What is the American flag, a photo, a goodwill disc, and a gold-plated olive branch for peace?
This refers to the political and economic restructuring of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
What is perestroika?
This man was a prominent activist who advocated for Black empowerment, racial pride, and self defense "by any means necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
President Nixon began this strategy, which involved the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops while the South Vietnamese assumed more of the fighting.
What is Vietnamization?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This NASA mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This was a Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues facing the communist nation.
What is glasnost?
This court case ruled that segregating public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
List two ways that the Korean and Vietnam Wars were similar.
List two goals of the Marshall Plan.
To prevent the spread of communism in Europe and to help Western Europe recover from World War II.
This was the first woman in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
This president famously challenged Mikhail Gorbachev at the Berlin Wall in 1987, declaring, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
What is legal action (NAACP), sit-ins, freedom rides, boycotts, and marches?
Name two events that happened after the U.S. ended direct involvement in Vietnam in 1973.
What is the North Vietnamese army invaded South Vietnam and Cambodia (and Laos) fell to the Communists?