Blacks
What did the Civil Rights Movement change?
It created equal legal rights for Black people
What are baby boomers?
The many people born 1945-1963 in the US after WW2
What is communism?
An atheistic government that controls everything and lies to control its people
What is James Earl Ray known for?
Killing Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968)
Which US president had soldiers leave Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
Who was the most significant leader in the Civil Rights Movement?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the name of Martin Luther King’s most famous speech (from 1963)?
“I Have A Dream”
Who was Mao Zedong?
Dictator of communist China (1943-1976)
What is Lee Harvey Oswald known for?
Killing President John F. Kennedy (1963)
What was the longest and most controversial war in US history?
Vietnam War
How did 9 Black students attend Central High School in Little Rock AK in 1957?
With a military escort
Who were the hippies?
Young people who rebelled against everything
What country blocked which (and why) during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
US blockaded Cuba and the USSR (to prevent nuclear bombs in Cuba)
Which US president’s program was called New Frontier?
John F. Kennedy
How did many anti-war young men react to the 1960s draft?
They did not register for the draft or they fled to Canada (or both)
What event started the Civil Rights Movement?
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955
What is the name of the world’s first man-made satellite?
Sputnik
Where and when was the Iron Curtain?
The division between communist and free Eastern Europe 1945-1990
What is Earl Warren known for?
US Supreme Court chief justice who helped civil rights and banned prayer in school
Which US president first sent fighting soldiers to Vietnam?
Lyndon Johnson
What was the name for the racial segregation laws in the US South?
Jim Crow laws
What place did the US say was the real China from 1945-1971?
The island country of Taiwan (People’s Republic of China)
What military alliance was organized against the Eastern Bloc in 1949?
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What did Dwight Eisenhower do during the 1950s?
He was 34th US president, and he started the Interstate Highway System
Who was the United Nations commander in the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur