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Roots of the Cold War
Fight for Civil Rights
Truman/Eisenhower & American Security
Kennedy and Johnson
Rising Ethnic Dissent
100
Leader of Russia who promised to have free elections in Poland, but ....he set up Soviet troops and Communist governments in Eastern Europe.
Who is Joseph Stalin? (Shortly after World War II ended, Stalin's plans for the spread of Communism began a 45 year long "Cold War" ...so focus on the 3 C's: Cold War, Communism, Containment)
100
Sat in the white section of a segregated bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks? (the lady with the flower (rosa) parked herself at the front of the bus)
100
Nickname for the "hunting down" via The House Un-American Activities Commission of Americans who were loyal to the communist party.
What is the Red Scare? (Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Trials, the Venona Papers, and McCarthy hearings -- all during this hunt for communists in America)
100
By 1949, because the U.S. would not share it's knowledge about atomic weapons, Russia developed their own. These nuclear weapons were supposed to act as "deterrents" from attacking each other, but what they really did .... was start this?
What is the Arms and Space Race? (Massive retaliation (nuclear bombs) were not going to be practical because they were not flexible with their damage -- only a complete wipe-out.
100
George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox were all southern governors who resisted ________.
What is integration? (Remember the South was slow to embrace the changes from the Civil Rights movement and the Civil Rights Voting Act)
200
In 1946, Communist rebels challenged the Greek government and Stalin put pressure on Turkey --- so this was the US response to offer aid to any free people RESISTING communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine? (think: If Communism is a disease, who you gonna call? Doctor Truman will fight off disease! Doctor Truman = Truman Doctrine)
200
The Supreme Court case that desegregated schools by deciding that "separate was inherently unequal."
What is Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)? segregate = separate Plessy vs. Ferguson (1854?) said segregate = YES Brown vs. Board of Education said segregate = NO
200
This president extended the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan for containment to the Middle East.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
200
The Soviets were first in space with this satellite?
What is Sputnik? (Funny little name, huh? But it inspired the U.S. to race hard to be the first to the moon!)
300
In 1948, the Marshall Plan offered ____________ to the war torn countries of Europe.
What is economic aid? (Truman Doctrine -- we will "d"efend you against communism (Marshall Plan -- we will help your economy with "m"oney)
300
The leader of sit-ins, freedom rides, and peaceful demonstrations in an effort to end segregation.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King? (a peaceful minister who rallied the people with civil disobedience)
300
Though segregation in public schools was struck down (or ruled to be illegal), other segregation laws known as ____ _____ laws prevented African Americans from sharing beaches, theaters, restaurants, water fountains, and public buses with whites.
What are "Jim Crow" laws? (Think: "Jim" is a man's name and a "Crow" is a black bird, so this nick-name was for the laws that continued to discriminate against and segregate African American people.)
300
In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba as a communist dictator. This conflict was the first to involve the U.S. against Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs? (Cuban exiles, with U.S. support, landed here -- but were defeated. Then Castro and the Soviets tried to install missiles -- but U.S. spy planes saw them! We came to a brink of war (CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS), then compromised reached ... all good)
300
Delgado v. Bastrop (1948) was for the Mexican-American children in Texas (just like Brown v. Board will be for African American children)
What is ended segregation for Mexican American students in public schools. (Remember: Mendez v Westminister ISD: segregation of a group was illegal without a state law requiring it White v. Regester: required single member districts in Dallas and Bexar counties so local groups could elect reps. Hernandez v. Texas: Juries should include members of the same class of people as the accused Edgewood v. Kirby: changed school finances to increase funding in poor school districts
400
The US response to Stalin ordering a blockade around the western occupied side of the city of Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift? (Think: Berlin is like "balloon" ....so....airlift supplies to the people stuck there.) The Iron Curtain : Soviets cut-off Eastern Europe from Western Europe
400
Government policies that required companies and institutions doing business with the federal government to actively recruit minority candidates.
What are Affirmative Action programs? (pushed for increased number of minority employees and minority representation in colleges --- an UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE was reverse discrimination: Regents of University of California vs. Bakke: upheld affirmative action, but not the use of racial quotas)
400
After World War II, Korea was divided into TWO zones -- North and South. North was communist and South was democratic. Which one invaded the other? The Korean War (1950-1953)
What is North Korea? (Remember: "K" comes before "V" in the alphabet -- so Korean War was fought before the Vietnam War. And in both conflicts, the NORTH came invading into the SOUTH)
400
During the 1960s, gains achieved by the Civil Rights Movement spread to other groups including women. This woman was an activist for the rights of housewives and women's liberation movement?
Who is Betty Friedan? (Think of Betty Flintstone ... even though it was really Rubble. :) Betty was tired of women being treated like cavemen's wives)
500
Alliance of U.S., Canada, and Western Europe -- members pledged a common defense against aggression
What is NATO? (Think about Containment -- because we wanted to contain communist and aggressive beliefs, the US helped create a military force of western allies to fight it off)
500
Stands for the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" and the lawyer who led their case to the Supreme Court?
What is NAACP and who is Thurgood Marshall? (Marshall later became the 1st African American on the Supreme Court)
500
Truman sent this General to Korea to command the UN forces and while there, he wanted to invade communist China and use atomic weapons on them! So Truman removed him from his command.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur? (Remember: Arthur the little Aardvark -- The people loved MacArthur, but Truman knew the US wasn't going to bomb China, and it was important to get the military back to civilian control.)
500
After Kennedy's assassination, this president steered civil rights legislation and his "Great Society" programs through Congress.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson? (Remember the Johnson Space Center, too! Johnson is credited for programs that fought poverty, gave aid to cities, and established Medicare) *New Deal = Social Security .... Great Society = Medicare