Key Terms
What was the meaning of the famous phrase “iron curtain”?
a barrier between the democratic west and communist east
Even though they fought the Cold War against each other, what 2 superpowers both joined the United Nations?
United States and Soviet Union
What did the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision decided?
School segregation was illegal
What President removed American troops from Vietnam leading to the fall of South Vietnam and the entire country uniting under a communist government?
Lyndon Johnson
What economic system did the German philosopher Karl Marx advocate?
Communism
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
Peaceful agreement to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba
How did Rosa Parks spark the Montgomery bus boycott?
Refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus
Who was a former World War II General who was elected to two terms as President?
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the economic goal of the Marshall Plan?
Helping Europe recover from World War II
Why is the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union called the Cold War?
It never resulted in any direct military conflict.
When did Martin Luther King first emerge as a leader in the Civil Rights movement?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
How was the black power movement different from the movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Black power was more radical and sometimes embraced the use of violence.
What war is sometimes called “the Forgotten War”?
Korean War
Who seized control of China meaning 500 million more people were now under the rule of Communism?
Chairman Mao Zedong
Why are civil rights called by this name? Who is guaranteed civil rights?
From the Latin civis for citizen. They are guaranteed to all citizens of a country.
What happened in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Cuban exiles trained by the United States government failed to start a revolution.
In what 2 countries did the policy of containment lead the U.S. into wars?
Korea and Vietnam
What group was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed to protect?
US, Canada, and its European allies
What case did Thurgood Marshall argue before the Supreme Court? What important "first" did he later accomplish?
Brown v. Board of Education. He became the first African American Supreme Court justice.
What word best describes the policy of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Expansionist