If one nation falls to communism, it's neighboring countries will fall as well.
100
What is the 38th parallel?
latitude line dividing North and South Korea.
100
Who are the Viet Minh?
Who are the Viet Cong?
Viet Minh: North Vietnam, communist group that fights against US
Viet Cong: South Vietnam, communist group that fights against US
100
What is the difference between Segregation and Integration?
Segregation is keeping groups of people SEPARATE, while integration is bringing groups of people TOGETHER
100
What was the biggest engineering project in U.S. history?
Interstate Highway System
200
What is a Red Sympathizer?
Someone who believes in parts of Communism.
200
What type of government does Mao Zedong bring to China?
Communist
200
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
President Johnson has power to use any force necessary to repel any armed attack against the U.S.
Sends Air Force and Navy to begin Airstrikes
200
What is the difference between discrimination and prejudice?
Discrimination is when one group of people is TREATED UNFAIRLY, while prejudice is an intolerance of a group of people based on RACE
200
What was the location of Americas most famous postwar housing?
Levittown
300
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
USSR places missiles in Cuba, aimed at the U.S.
300
Why does the U.S. get involved in the Korean War?
to stop the spread of communism
300
What was the purpose of Operation Rolling Thunder?
To demonstrate to the South Vietnamese U.S. commitment to their cause and to stop the spread of communism.
300
What did Linda Brown do?
Brown vs. Board of Education case is about her being allowed to attend an all white school near her house.
300
Who told the world in 1961 that America would put a man on the moon?
President John F. Kennedy
400
What happened to the USSR after the Cold War?
Split into 15 independent states (countries).
400
What role did the Soviet Union play in the Korean War?
Supplies North Korea with weapons, tanks, airplanes, and other supplies needed to invade South Korea.
400
Why was the Ho Chi Minh Trail significant?
Allowed North Vietnam to send troops and supplies into South Vietnam. U.S. unable to destroy because they did not want to spread the war into Cambodia and Laos.
400
What did Malcolm X do?
He fought for Civil Rights, but disagreed with MLK Jr. non violent approach.
400
What did President Truman change in July 1948?
desegregate the military
500
List 3 characteristics of the U.S. during the Cold War and 3 characteristics of the USSR during the Cold War.
Answers will vary...
500
How does the Korean War end?
Fighting ends with a stalemate.
Both sides sign an armistice.
Border remains at 38th parallel; neither side gains territory.
500
What is Vietnamization?
withdrawal of American troops in Vietnam
500
Who became the first African American Supreme Court justice? He first became famous for defending the Brown family in Brown vs. Board of Education.