Cold War
Was the Vietnam war a proxy war (a war a part of a bigger war)? Yes or no. What war was it a part of?
What was the Berlin Airlift?
What is a plane that flew over the Berlin Wall to provide necessities to people of Europe?
What did the Civil Rights Act do?
What is make segregation and discrimination illegal and public places?
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. What was this a major step towards?
What is giving equal rights for all citizens in the U.S.?
The collapse of the Soviet Union ended what conflict?
What is the Cold War?
Why is the Korean War known as a "proxy war"?
A. It was not actually a war
B. It was a war part of a larger conflict/war between the U.S. and Soviet Union
C. The U.S. were acting on orders from the United Nations to prevent the spread of communism
What is B. It was a war part of a larger conflict/war between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Countries that formed NATO agreed to
A. ban communism
B. build weapons of mass destruction
C. come to help any other member of NATO if it were attacked
What is C. come to help any other member of NATO if it were attacked?
What were Jim Crow Laws?
What is made it legal to separate people based on skin color?
Which Civil Rights Leaders were involved in the Farm workers' movement?
What is Cesar Chavez?
How did tv affect U.S. negatively during Vietnam War?
What is scared people and people did not want the U.S. involved?
What was the Iron Curtain?
What is an invisible line that separated western and eastern Europe?
What was one of Nikita Khrushchev's major goals?
A. make the Soviet Union a democracy
B. Spread communism around the world
C. improve relationships with the U.S.
What is B. spread communism around the world?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A. planned act of violence
B. planned act of civil disobedience in Montgomery
C. a citywide boycott of the Montgomery bus system
What is B. planned act of civil disobedience in Montgomery?
Which leaders helped organize the march on washington?
A. MLK Jr. and A. Phillip Randolph
B. Malcolm X and Thurgood Marshall
C. Rosa Parks and MLK Jr.
What is A. MLK Jr. and A. Phillip Randolph?
9/11 led directly to
A. War on Terror
B. Cold War
C. Persian Gulf War
What is A. war on terror?
How did the "iron Curtain affect Europe?
A. The western & Eastern sides worked together
B. Political and economic differences grew
C. War grew between them
What is B. Political and economic differences grew
Joseph McCarthy was able to gain power and influence in the 1950s because of
A. America's public support of the Civil Rights Movement
B. America's support for imperialism
C. America's fear of the spread of communism
What is C. America's fear of the spread of communism?
What was the reaction of the country after the assassination of JFK?
What is people were upset, but wanted to continue his legacy?
What did President Ronald Reagan want Mikhail Gorbachev to do near the end of the Cold War?
A. Tear down the Berlin Wall
B. Celebrate the reunion of East and West Germany
C. Let the U.S. build a missile base in West Germany
What is A. tear down the Berlin Wall?
How did the Space Race help the U.S.?
A. Cooperation with the Soviet Union increased trade between the countries
B. Created new fuel sources that were used in new automobiles
C. Created new technologies that were used in consumer products
What is C. created new technologies that were used in consumer products?
What was the difference between the Easter and Western sides?
A. Western Europe had less freedom than Eastern
B. Governments for the western side were more strict
C. Western side had more freedom than the Eastern side
What is C. Western side had more freedom than the Eastern side?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is the closest the world came to a nuclear war with Soviet Union and Cuba working together?
What event helped the U.S. recover from the 3 assassinations?
What is major events that happened in space?
What did the development of the internet, phones, and tv's do for the world?
What is increased communication for people all around the world?
What countries did the U.S. invade after 9/11?
What is Afghanistan and Iraq?