Civil Rights
Refused to give her seat up on a bus. Her actions led to bus boycott.
What are baby boomers?
a large generation of people born after WWII
This war that was meant to stop the spread of communism. First US loss.
Vietnam War
What is terrorism?
Who was president during Cold War and Space Race. Pushed for Civil Rights and was assassinated in Dallas.
President Kennedy
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Civil Rights leader who fought peacefully for equal rights for African Americans.
What was the Space Race?
US and Soviet Union competed on who had the best science and technology by racing to put people into space.
How did Gerald Ford forgive?
He pardoned Nixon to try to heal the country.
What gave equal rights to people with disabilities?
Americans with Disabilities Act
Who was the first African American president of the US?
What did the court case Brown vs. Board of Education do?
Said that keeping black and white students in different school (segregation) was illegal.
This person was the first man to walk on the moon. This event won the US the Space Race.
Neil Armstrong
Where did illegal activity happen dealing with a presidency and what was it called? (same answer)
Watergate
This president played a big part in ending the Cold War
President Regan
This president tried to cover up some wrongdoing by his supporters and later resigned.
President Nixon
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Answer:
ended segregation in public places
People cannot be denied a job due to race, religion or gender
What caused the Space Race?
Communism
What do the Korean and Vietnam War have in common?
American went to war to help stop the spread of communism in both countries.
What are some things that the ADA did?
Made job Made job discrimination for people with disabilities wrong and forced public buildings to provide equal access.
This president signed into law the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
President Johnson
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Made sure everyone has the same right and ability to vote.
Describe the counterculture of the 1960s.
Made up of the New Left (who opposed the war and American culture). Hippies
What was the Cold War?
A time of tension between the US and Soviet Union over the spread of communism.
What was Operation Desert Storm?
The US sent military to Kuwait to protect it from the attack of Iraq who was invading for oil.
President during the attacks of September 11th.
George W. Bush