Cold War 1
One of the two superpowers- characteristics: Communism, Eastern hemisphere, Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Russia
USSR
One of the two superpowers- characteristics: democracy, Western hemisphere, Eisenhower
USA
What kind of protesting did MLK and Rosa Parks believe in?
Non-violent
The name of the Northern Vietnamese fighting force
Viet Cong
What year was 9/11?
2001
Characteristics of democracy:
belief in free elections, economic and religious freedom, private property, and respect for individual differences
Characteristics of communism:
Communist Party makes all key economic, political, and military decisions. The people are not free to worship as they please, own private property, or express their views freely.
Who was the lead lawyer in the Brown v. Board of Education case and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
The fighting style used by Viet Cong
Guerilla warfare
What group was responsible for the terror attacks on 9/11?
Al-Qaeda
Why was it called a COLD war?
the two superpowers never faced each other in a “hot” military conflict.
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements.
What event in 1957 became a symbol for the civil rights struggle in education?
The Little Rock 9
T/F The Vietnam War was very popular back home in America
False
How many flights and what were the targets for each?
1- World Trade center (south)
2- World Trade center (north)
3- Pentagon
4-White House / Capitol / crashed into a field
What is containment?
Policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.
What are the two major alliances now?
NATO v. Warsaw Pact
The Brown v. Board decision overturned which previous legal doctrine?
Separate but equal
In what ways was the war seen as unwinnable?
Ever changing goals, what does winning look like, lack of local support
What was the reason the American government wanted to invade Iraq?
Searching for WMD's
Who are the Rosenbergs?
Rosenbergs were a couple that were accused of passing along atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. They were sentenced to death.
What is the red scare?
The belief that communists pose a threat to the American way of life.
What is the name of the Arkansas governor who sent troops to not allow the LR9 students in?
Orval Faubus
What are 2 reasons for the rise of an Antiwar movement for Vietnam?
Cost- lives/resources
Domestic priorities
etc
What were two reasons America wanted to invade Afghanistan?
The Taliban government allowed terrorist training camps to groups like Al-Qaeda
Afghanistan refused to give up Osama Bin Laden