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When was the Cold War? (between what years)
1945-1990
What was established at the beginning of the Cold War?
The UN
Where are the world headquarters of the United Nations?
New York City
What are satellite nations?
puppet governments
What is the term that involves the blocking of Soviet and Communist influence?
containment
Who delivered “The Iron Curtain Speech”
Winston Churchill
What was The Truman Doctrine?
A cry to support free countries and stop the spread of communism
What country was Truman referring to in his Doctrine?
The Soviet Union
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
When was the first time the US joined a non-wartime alliance?
1949, during the Berlin Aiflift
Who was the founder of communist China?
Mao Ze Dong
What year did China become communist?
1949
What was the name of the southern part of Korea before the Korean war?
Republic of Korea
What was the name of the northern part of Korea before the Korean war?
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
What is the nickname of the Korean War?
the forgotten war
What line is the border between the two Korea’s?
The 38th parallel
Who said the famous quote: “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”
General Douglas MacAurther
How many Americans died in the Korean War?
Just over 54,000
What did HUAC stand for?
House Comm on Un-American Activities
What was the purpose of HUAC?
To find and call-out communists specifically regarding the movie industry and the actors
Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and what was their story?
1st US citizens executed for espionage.
What was McCarthyism?
A commie witch hunt in the 1950’s
What is the biggest atomic bomb ever detonated?
Tsar Bomba
Who took over communist Russia after Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was Hungary controlled by in 1956?
The Soviet Union
In 1956, Hungary tried to protest against it’s puppet government. What did the Soviets do in response to that protesting?
Sent in troops and killed 30,000 protestors
What was the name of the first satellite?
Sputnik
What was William Levitt’s mission for New York?
Build affrodable and mass produced homes
What year did Jackie Robinson break the baseball color barrier?
1947
Who delivered the iconic Checkers Speech
Vice President, Richard Nixon
Who wrote the book “Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care”?
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Who was Ray Kroc?
Founder of McDonald’s
When was the Baby Boom?
End of WW2 to 1964
Who was the presidential election of 1960 between?
Nixon v. Kennedy
Who won the presidential election of 1960?
Kennedy
What was the first televised debate?
The presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon
What did the CIA start doing in the summer of 1960?
Training exiles for an invasion of Cuba
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets starting to store nuclear weapons in Cuba
What were the days of Camelot?
Days of youth, charm, and beauty characterized by Kennedy’s presidency
What year was the assassination of Kennedy?
1963
Who killed John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who killed Oswald shortly after the Kennedy assassination?
Jack Ruby
What year was the first manned spaceship sent to the moon and what country sent it?
1961, The Soviet Union
What NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Who was the first American into space?
Alan Shepard
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
Who was the first to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was Brown v. Topeka Board of Education about?
Ruling that segregation in schools is unconstitutional
Who spoke the quote “Separate but educational facilities are inherently unequal”?
Chief Justice Earl Warren
What was the first school to implement the rule that segregation is unconstitutional?
Central High School
What was the nickname for the 9 black kids that went to Central High School and had to be escorted by the National Guard daily?
The Little Rock Nine
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A mass-protest of the segregation on city buses
Who was Irene Morgan?
An African-American activist who was arrested for breaking laws regarding segregation in public facilites
Freedom Riders
A group of activists who would ride buses and challenge the idea that buses were desegregated
Birmingham, Alabama
Considered most segregated “big” city in the South
Where and when was King’s “I have a dream” speech
1963, Washington D.C., in front of 250,000 people
What year was the death of the Nation of Islam?
1965
What year was King assassinated?
1968
Who assassinated King?
James Earl Ray
Between what years was the Vietnam War?
1963-1973
Who led the Communist party in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
What is the domino theory?
When one country falls to communism, the neighboring countries will also fall to communism
What was the result of the gulf of Tonkin incident
the US used it as an excuse to escalate the war
What substances were used in operation rolling thunder to clear out the Vietnam forest?
Agent orange and napalm
What was the college deferment system?
Men in college could delay their service, therefore, most of the men fighting were working class and poor
Who were the victims in the My Lai Massacre?
Women, children, and the elderly