The Cold War
Who were the two world superpowers after WW2?
United States and Soviet Union
Who is going to be the communist leader of China after the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Movement where African Americans fought for rights not being granted to them in Constitution
This is when people to refuse to buy goods or participate to express their frustration in society
Boycott
This was the first Suburb
Levittown
Why was the competition of power between the USSR and USA called the Cold War?
“Cold” because it created tension, but no actual battles were fought directly between USSR and U.S. (threats of “hot” war, but never occurs)
The Korean War begins and ends with the border of the two countries remaining the same. What is the border of North and South Korea?
The 38th Parallel
Martin Luther King Jr. gave this famous speech in Washington DC
I have a Dream Speech
This man is going to become president after JFK and carry on his ideas. He will pass both the Voting and Civil Right Acts.
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Eisenhower will pass this act which will allow suburbs to grow and faster transportation.
Interstate and Defense Highway Act
What is it called when the USSR and USA were in competition to create the most Nuclear weapons?
Arms Race
Who took control over Cuba after the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
What are the methods of protests used during the Civil Rights Movement?
Marches, boycotts, speeches, sit-ins
What did the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 do?
Enforced 14th Amendment
Promised equal rights and protection of all citizens
Outlawed all Jim Crow laws
What did the Television do in America?
Spread national culture as Americans were exposed to same news, sports, and TV shows
Influenced public opinion of current events and leaders since wars and presidential debates/speeches now broadcasted on TV
This was when the USSR and U.S. competed to develop superior space technology and what is the name of the first space Satellite
The Space Race and Sputnik 1
What are the two major reasons why the Bay of Pigs invasion failed?
1) Castro knew the attack was coming
2) The exiles did not have air support
What does Executive Order 9981 do?
Integrated the armed forces
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Enforced 15th Amendment
Promised equal voting rights to all citizens
Made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal
What was the goal of LBJ's Great Society?
Wanted to eliminate poverty and racial injustice
The Truman Doctrine and Containment Policy were formed to do what?
Stopping or (Containing) the spread of communism
The "Television War" refers to what actual war in American History?
The Vietnam War
This court case is going to overturn Plessy vs Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
This person is responsible for the assassination of JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
This is the 2nd time that American feared that Communism was going to spread to the US
The 2nd Red Scare