Vocabulary
The term “_______" is defined as the division between Democracy (Freedom) in western Europe/United States and Communism (No Freedom) in Eastern Europe/Soviet Union
Cold War
_____________stated that "an iron curtain has descended across the Continent" when he referenced the Berlin Wall.
Winston Churchill
_____occurred when communists in North Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh, wanted to take over non-communist South Vietnam and turn it into one country.
Vietnam War
_____formed after World War II. It is an international organization that works to keep Peace between Nations
United Nations
____occurred when U.S. pilots carried thousands of tons of supplies to the people of West Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
_____was a policy that said that the United States would aid all free nations in their struggles against communism.
Truman Doctrine
___________created the Interstate Highway System in the United States in 1956.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
_______declared segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional in 1954
Brown v. Board of Education
____occurred when the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' access to West Berlin, which was located entirely within East Germany.
Berlin Blockade
____________began after the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962.
Cuban Missile Crisis
_____provided funding for countries in Europe to create a plan to recover from the destruction of World War II
Marshall Plan
______popularized rock n' roll music in the 1950s. (King of Rock n' Roll)
Elvis Presley
______won the presidential election of 1960 to become the 35th president of the United States.
John F. Kennedy
It was created during the Cold War when the U.S. wanted to prevent the spread of communism
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
_____was the term used to describe the desire of Democratic Nations to stop the spread of communism
Domino Effect
____was formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European nations to support communism and protect one another during the Cold War.
Warsaw Pact
The ______________in Nashville, Tennessee, is closely associated with the popularization of country music.
Grand Ole Opry
____was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969
_____was the name of the moon walk mission.
Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11
____opened in 1950 by Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee.
Sun Records
Space mission to the moon in 1969
Apollo 11
Tennessean who wrote the book Roots
First African American Supreme Court Justice
Alex Haley
Thurgood Marshall
_____led the Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott in 1955
Rosa Parks
_____promised to return to the Philippines to defeat the Japanese during World War II
General Douglas McArthur
____radio station in Nashville, Tennessee, is closely associated with the popularization of country music.
____worked in the Civil Rights Movement by participating with the Freedom Riders.
WSM
Diane Nash
Communist leader of Cuba in 1960's
Castro