Presidents
Only President not elected to a national office
Gerald Ford
Nixon opened trade relations with this communist country enabling communism to continue to be funded
China
The US signed a cease-fire agreement with this country in 1973
North Vietnam
Place of a nuclear accident that brought heavy regulation by the government
Three-Mile Island
First black American to play for a Major League baseball team
Jackie Robinson
President who removed Douglas MacArthur from command because he wanted to win
Harry Truman
Laos and Cambodia
Intervention by this country prevented the UN forces from driving Communism from Korea
China
Two-man space missions
Gemini
Protest tactic promoted by Martin Luther King, Jr
non-violent resistance
President who first sent troops to Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Country that was susceptible to communism because Belgium did not prepare it for independence
Belgian Congo
In 1967, Israel prevented an invasion by several Arab nations in this war.
Six-Day War
American space probe sent toward Venus
Mariner 2
First black American to enroll at the University of Mississippi
James Meredith
President who envisioned the Interstate Highway System
Dwight Eisenhower
The Soviet Union formed this as a response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
He was commander of US forces in South Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Largest domestic building program in US history
Interstate Highway System
Black separatist leader who criticized MLK's methods
Malcom X
Called his welfare program the Fair Deal
Harry S. Truman
Senator criticized for his excessive investigation into communist infiltration in the US government
Joseph McCarthy
Military victory for the US that was portrayed as a defeat by the media
Tet Offensive
Longest suspension bridge in the world when completed in the 1950's
Mackinac Straits Bridge
The focus of the civil rights movement during the Eisenhower administration
Desegregation