Lesson 1-3 Vocab
After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and United States
Cold War
The legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
Segregation
How many years did the Cold War last?
50
Who won the election of 1948?
Harry Truman
From 1960 to 1980, the greatest number of immigrants to the United States came from where?
Mexico
A large increase in birthrate from the late 1940s through the early 1960s.
Baby Boom
The efforts of African Americans to win equal rights, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s.
Civil Rights Movement
A __________ nation is one that is dominated politically and economically by a more powerful nation.
Satellite
How much time did it take to build a Levitt House?
16 minutes
Mexican Americans won an important legal battle when the Supreme Court ruled on the case of ______.
Hernandez v. Texas
The dividing line between South and North Korea
38th Parallel
1964 law outlawing discrimination in hiring based on gender and on race.
Civil Rights Act
Which Republican won the Presidential election in 1952?
Dwight Eisenhower
Who was the first leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
Thurgood Marshall
This president was Assassinated on November, 22, 1963.
John F. Kennedy
A political and military alliance between the United States, Canada, and European nations created in 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A major Cold War confrontation in 1962 when Kennedy ordered Soviet ships carrying missiles to be blocked from entering Cuba.
Cuban missile crisis
What two spies were sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets?
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Who was the leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)? Also, was assassinated in April of 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
War that began in the 1950s to help fight the war on communism.
Vietnam War.
President Truman's reforms that extended liberal policies and included a high minimum wage, expanded Social Security, and loans for low-cost housing.
Fair Deal
A treaty between the United States and Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles
SALT Agreement
What happened that marked the beginning of the Korean War?
North Korean Troops swept across the 38th Parallel.
What court case in 1954 argued that racial segregation in public schools violates the 14th Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
What was the Watergate scandal? And who was behind it?
Break into the Watergate building to steal secret documents and wiretapping phones. Richard Nixon was found guilty of the crime.