Unit 4-B Evidence Quiz

Chester J. Pach, Jr

An American historian and distinguished professor of history at Ohio University.

Stephen E. Ambrose

Biographer of presidents Eisenhower and Nixon; authored 'Eisenhower: Soldier and President' (1991).

Fred I. Greenstein

Professor emeritus at Princeton University; known for 'The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader' (1994).

Joseph S. Nye

Harvard University professor; authored 'Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics' (2005).

Steven Wagner

Author of 'Eisenhower Republicanism: Pursuing the Middle Way' (2006); professor at Missouri Southern State University.

Clayborne Carson

Professor of history at Stanford University; director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute.

Charles M. Payne

Professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University.

John Foster Dulles

United States Secretary of State from 1953-1959; a key figure in shaping American Cold War policy.

Allen Dulles

Former head of the CIA from 1953-1961; instrumental in covert operations.

Sherman Adams

Eisenhower's White House Chief of Staff; held significant control over White House operations.

Richard Nixon

Vice President under Eisenhower; known for anti-communist positions and goodwill tours during the Cold War.

Earl Warren

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1953-1969; oversaw landmark case Brown v. Board of Education.

Nikita Khrushchev

Leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to 1964; prominent figure during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Ho Chi Minh

President of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1969; leader of the Viet Minh and later the NLF.

Ngo Dinh Diem

U.S.-backed ruler of South Vietnam from 1954 until his assassination in 1963.

Louis St Laurent

12th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from 1948 to 1957.

Fidel Castro

Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008; orchestrated the Cuban Revolution against Batista.

Rosa Parks

Civil rights activist known for refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Ella Baker

Civil rights leader involved in founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and SNCC.

Thurgood Marshall

Civil rights lawyer and first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, known for Brown v. Board of Education.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Prominent civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent resistance and founded the SCLC.

Red Scare

Post-WWII period of heightened fear of communist infiltration within the U.S.

McCarthyism

The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Korean War

Conflict between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953; ended in a stalemate.

Eisenhower's Middle Way

A domestic policy approach that balanced conservative and liberal elements, and emphasized a smaller role for federal government, balanced budgets, and the continuation of New Deal programs

Interstate Highway Act of 1956

Legislation that authorized the construction of a national network of interstate highways.

Cold War Proxy Conflicts

Wars where the U.S. and USSR supported opposing sides without direct confrontation.

Domino Theory

The idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall.

Brown v. Board of Education

1954 Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Southern Manifesto

A document written in 1956 that resisted integration and outlined opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown.

Little Rock Nine

A group of African American students who faced opposition when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1964 Civil Rights Act

Legislation aimed at ending discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Khrushchev’s Kitchen Debate

A 1959 debate between Nixon and Khrushchev about the merits of capitalism and communism.

U-2 Incident

The 1960 crisis that arose when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

Military-Industrial Complex

The relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it.

Sputnik

The first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, marking the start of the space race.

Eisenhower Doctrine

Policy that promised U.S. economic and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries threatened by communism.