THE COLD WAR
After WWII, this country was first divided into four zones occupied by the Allies and then later split into two separate countries.
Germany
During the Cold War, Americans practiced "duck and cover" nuclear attack drills, and many built these under or near their homes.
bomb shelters
He was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953-1969
Who is Earl Warren?
Basic medical coverage for the elderly and the poor
What is Medicare/Medicaid
This group refused to answer questions before the government, asserting their fifth amendment rights against self-incrimination:
workers of Hollywood
This organization was a military alliance intended to defend against the spread of communism in Europe after WWII.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The term used to describe politically motivated, generally false accusations of citizens being communists.
McCarthyism
The outcome of the 1960 presidential election was strongly influenced by this.
What is the televised debates?
Sent volunteers to poverty-stricken American communities
What is VISTA
The space race between the United States & the Soviet Union began after
What is the launch of the satellite Sputnik.
This organization was formed in response to a pro-democracy alliance and was intended to defend European communist countries.
Warsaw Pact
The term used for the explosive population growth after WWII and during the first part of the Cold War.
Baby boom
The law that prohibited wage discrimination based on gender
What was The Equal Pay Act of 1963
Provided pre-school education, especially for those who could not afford it
What is The Headstart Program
The theory that no matter who starts an atomic war, both sides will be destroyed is called
What is mutually assured destruction
The term used to describe the fear that communism would take over the U.S. during the early days of the Cold War.
Red Scare
In this proxy war conflict, the result was a stalemate in which the northern part of the country stayed communist and the southern part of the country remained a democracy.
Korean War
One goal of the Peace Corps was (more than one possible answer)
To provide education and skills to the citizens of underdeveloped nations
To foster a positive relationship between the United States and other countries
To prevent developing nations from turning toward Communism
Federal office created to coordinate the War on Poverty
What is the Office of Economic Opportunity
The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona and Gideon v. Wainwright both advance the rights of this group of people
Who are people accused of a crime
Married couple executed for spying during the Cold War.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Who was Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower
The man who was widely accepted as killing President Kennedy
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald
provided federal funds to poor school districts; funds for special education programs
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that American spy planes had taken aerial photographs showing that the Soviet Union had placed long-range missiles in this country
What is Cuba