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Why has the Korean War often been called America’s “forgotten war”?
The United States made no significant territorial or political gains during the war. Despite the fact that tens of thousands of Americans died, the war both began and ended with the Korean Peninsula divided at the 38th parallel.
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Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process and equal protection rights to all citizens?
The 14th Amendment
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What are baby boomers?
People born during the demographic post–World War II baby boom approximately between the years 1946 and 1964, giving an age range between 51 and 69 as of 2015.
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What is a hippie?
A member of a counterculture, originally a youth movement that started in the United States during the mid-1960s.
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What was the Watergate Scandal?
Amajor political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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How did the competition between the Soviet Union and USA affect how the war was waged and what technology was used?
Since both were trying to get an edge on each other, it boosted the technology developed in each country. Because of the Cold War, many countries developed space program.
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What is the difference between Martin Luther King JR and Malcolm X?
The major difference between the two was their attitude towards whites. King was an integrationist. He wanted blacks and whites to work together towards a society in which all races got along together and mixed with one another as equals. By contrast, Malcolm X was a black nationalist. He wanted blacks to keep to themselves. He wanted them to have equal rights and to be economically strong just like King did.
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What was the mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses?
Suburbs
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
To keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.
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What was 9/11?
It was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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What is Communism? Which countries were communist?
Communism is a classless society. Some countries that were communist were the USSR, most of Asia and eastern Europe. Also some of South America.
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What was the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
In 1892, a case upheld segregation for black people. The supreme court decided that the "separate but equal" doctrine was constitutional and allowed it to be kept in the United States.
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Who was the first man on the moon?
Buzz Armstrong
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Why did the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba?
America had missiles in Turkey and The Soviet Union was to even out the playing field.
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What was a con of Ronald Reagan's presidency?
He cut the funding from schools and other public programs to bankrupt the Soviet Union.
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What happened in the Vietnam war?
North Vietnam fought South Vietnam and the US helped South Vietnam fight North Vietnam in order to stop Communism.
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What is Brown v. Board of education case?
The case established that segregation was unconstitutional. Eventually, all places were integrated into being encompassing for everyone living the United States.
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What kind of music was getting popular during this time period?
Rock n Roll
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What was America's general opinion about the Vietnamese war?
Peace, not war. They thought the war was unnecessary and it didn't concern us.
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What is another word to refer to the Persian Gulf War?
Gulf War or Desert Storm.
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What happened during the Cuban missile crisis?
The USSR sent nuclear missiles to Cuba.
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What are some of the peaceful protests?
Montgomery Bus Boycott March on Washington Many sit ins
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What was the gender roles of the 50's like?
Men expected to be the breadwinners; women, even when they worked, assumed their proper place was at home.
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Which loved president was from this time period?
JFK
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What is a pro of Obama's presidency?
He got Osama Bin Laden.