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disc jockey
payments to a _________ to play an artists song is known as payola
elvis presley
recording artist who connected black rhythm and blues music to the white youth
false
(true or false) according to dr. benjamin spock the family and household is to be centered around the father
true
(true or false) disneyland is located in california
true
(true or false) the atomic bomb derives its power from fission
alexander flemming
who accidentally discovered penicillin
beat nicks
jack kerouac wrote on the road. he was a leader of a movement called
false
(true or false) another name for keynesian economics is capitalism
escalator clause
cost of living increase pegged to the consumer price is the __________
jonah salk
who created the original polio vaccine
sputnik
name of soviet union's first satellite
true
(true or false) example of mass production of thousands of near identical homes is called levittown
false
(true or false) television programming presented woman as independent and capable human beings
jimmy dean
actor who conveyed a powerful image of the youth culture and died at the age of 24
true
(true or false) rock n roll drew its sources from country, western and gospel
false
(true or false) white middle class americans were very homogenous
ghetto
inner city neighborhoods where poor people lived
brown v board of education
name of court case that overturned separate but equal in education was _______________
false
(true or false) majority of school districts in the south began to desegregate after the supreme courts ruling
true
(true or false) civil rights movement's leaders originated from urban
adali stevenson
who ran against dwight eisenhower for president and lost both times
brinkmanship
pushing the soviet union to the edge of war to get them to make concessions is called _____
palestinians
when israel was created what other group was pushed out of their homeland
true
(true or false) fulgencio batista was overthrown by fidel castro
francis gary powers
who was pilot of the US plane that was shot down over the soviet union
french
vietnemese nationalists defeated ___ at dien bien phu
US army
senator joseph mccarthy's righn of terror came to an end when he accused _________ of being a communist
rosa parks
who refused to give up her seat on the bus that began the montgomery bus boycott
true
(true or false) the governments response to the poverty of the inner cities was urban renewal
true
(true or false) half of the nation's elderly were included in the governments definition of poor
true
(true or false) most farmers were poor in the 1950s
false
(true or false) most people who were poor were always poor
martin luther king jr
who was the minister who helped lead the montgomery bus boycott
separate but equal
brown v board of eduction of topeka overturned the concept of ____________ in education
john foster dulles
eisenhower's secretary of state was ____________
true
(true or false) though a rebulican president eisenhower expanded social security and raised the minimum wage
iran
the CIA helped install reza shah pahlevi as an absolute dictator of the country of ___
false
(true or false) president eisenhower sent in military aid to the french as they tried to control vietnam
hungary
an attempted revolution faked increase democratic reforms in which country
true
(true or false) television helped contribute to the civil rights movement
brooklyn dodgers
jackie robinson was the first black mlb player. he played for the ______
manifesto
over 100 southern members of congress denounced the supreme court's decision of brown v board of education by signing a ____
gandhi
MLK got his tactic of passive resistance from two men. name one
mccarthy
what senator ruined people's lives by accusing them of being communists or communist supporters
false
(true or false) the united states participated in the war against egypt in support of israel
richard nixon
john f kennedy defeated _______ in 1960 for president
lee harvey oswald
who is credited with killing JFK
false
(true or false) like JFK, LBJ grew up wealthy
true
(true or false) JFK and LBJ wanted a stronger federal government and involvement in public education
greensboro, nc
the first sit in at a lunch counter occured where
george wallace
governor of alabama who stood in the registrations building to prevent black students from enrolling
true
(true or false) the attempted enrollment of black voters in the south in 1964 was called "freedom summer"
false
(true or false) de facto segregation is where the law demands segregation
watts
the massive riots that occured in LA were called
true
(true or false) black power encouraged the natural growing of hair like afro and the wearing of african style clothing
little
malcom x was originally known as malcom _____
mississippi
james meredith was the first black student to attend the university of ____
true
(true or false) LBJ's society will ultimately fail
medicare
federal aid to the elderly to help pay medical costs is _____
new frontier
JFK's program for domestic reforms was the __________
false
JFK defeated richard nixon by a wide margin
jack ruby
who shot and killed lee harvey oswald
medicaid
____ is a federal medical assistant to welfare residents
true
immigration act of 1965 eliminated the national origin of quotas
freedom rides
CORE attempted to desegregate bus stations and interstate buses with a tactic called _______
true
JFK supported the march on washington in 1963
selma, alabama
MLK led a voting rights march in _______ when over 70 marchers were brutally beaten trying to cross a bridge and two others were murdered
true
when the law says that segregation is permitted that is dejure segregation
LA
where did the watts riots take place
black panther
huey newton and bobby seale formed the ________ party
muslim
what religion was malcom x
eugene bull connor
the police commisioner who used firehoses and dogs on protesting children in birmingham alabama
true
LBJ's great society programs did decrease the numbers in poverty
barry goldwater
who did LBJ defeat in the 1964 presidential election
false
the warren commision came to the conclusion that lee harvey oswald did not act alone
alliance for progress
jfk proposed giving money for infrastructure improvements to latin america. his plan is called
khrushchev
the leader of the soviet union ordered a wall to be constructed in berlin. who is the leader
france
vietnam became a colony of ____ in the mid 1800s
korea and vietnam
in geneva two countries will be divided in half with the northern sectors under communist control. what were the two countries
false
(true or false) the leader of north vietnam was ngo dinh diem
true
(true or false) the US dropped more bombs on north vietnam than in all WWII
atrition
to inflict so many casualties and so much damage on an enemy over a period they will eventually surrender. what is it called
true
(true or false) the anti war movement began with college students
tet offensive
communist forces launched a massive attack on US forces on the vietnamese new york. this attack was called the _______
false
(true or false) president johnson loses the 1968 election for president
bobby kennedy
in the 1968 presidential election, __________ was very popular with the poor, minorities, and youth
george wallace
who ran as a third party in the 1968 election
martin luther king jr
james earl ray assasinated ____________________
true
in the vietnam war, american forces controlled the urban areas but not the country side
john f kennedy
the bay of pigs was a very embarassing event for which president
CIA
who poorly advised president kennedy on the bay of pigs invasion
berlin
what city had a wall constructed to keep the people from leaving the communist side
cuba
the soviet union placed nuclear missiles in what country that directly threatened the US
true
the vietnam won the battle of dien bien phu
ho chi min
who was the leader of communist vietnam
korea
along with vietnam, what other country was divided at the geneva conference
buddhist monks
who set themselves on fire in protest of trying to make south vietnam a catholic nation
true
LBJ did not tell the truth about the events leading to the gulf of tonkin resolution
true
the US will drop more tonage of bombs on north vietnam than in all of WWII
true
american forces massacred all the civilians at the village of my lai
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