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Vocabulary & Korean War
War; civil rights; changes in U.S.
More war, vocabulary, and changes
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Nuclear war and communism were two of these.
What are two new threats to Peace after World War II?
100
Televison changed this.
What product changed American family life in the 1950s?
100
Countries against communism.
What are "free worlds?"
100
The U.S. entered this war to stop the spread of communism.
What was the main reason the U.S. entered the Korean War?
100
_____ sent military and economic aid to help countries fight communism.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
200
Basic freedoms that belong to all people.
What are human rights?
200
This case caused the desegregation of public schools.
What was a result of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka?
200
These have strong economies, strong militaries, and play an important role in world events.
What are Superpowers?
200
A temporary end to fighting.
What is a "cease-fire?"
200
_____promised to end the Korean War if elected President of the U.S.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
_____gave 13 billion dollars to Europe to fight communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
300
A rivalry between tje U.S. and the Soviet Union to build new weapons.
What was the arms race?
300
The removal of racial barriers.
What is "desegregate?"
300
A rebuilding of run-down areas in the nation's cities.
What is "urban renewal?"
300
______commanded all United Nations (U.N.) forces in Korea during the Korean War.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
400
The Sovet Union and the cold war.
Which country was the main opponent of the US. in the Cold War?
400
The United States and the Soviet Union were the 2 opponents of this event.
Who were the 2 main opponents in the Cold War?
400
North Korea invaded South Korea.
What caused the Korean War to occur, or happen?
400
This person accused many Americans of being communists without having any proof.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
400
Using peaceful actions to bring about change.
What is nonviolence?
500
Began the Berlin Airlift was put into action.
What action did President Truman take after the Soviets closed the overland routes to West Germany?
500
A Soviet blockade was what made this happen.
What was the Berlin Airlift a result of?
500
Both South Korea and North Korea remained separate countries.
What was the end result of the Korean War?
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_______ led efforts to end segregation by using nonviolence.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
500
Watching T.V., listening to Rock'n'roll music, plastic credit cards, suburbs grew, integration, and the building of an interstate highway system.
What were ways the United States changed in the 1950's?