Chapter 37 - The Eisenhower Era

Khrushchev

________ threatened to launch missiles at the U.S. if it attacked Cuba.

Truman

________ sought to improve black rights after hearing about the 1946 lynching of black soldiers.

CIA

________ engineered a coup in Iran to protect oil supplies in Middle East in 1953.

Fidel Castro

Overthrew U.S. supported Fulgencio in cuba in 1959

Eisenhower

________ ran and won against Stevenson in 1956.

USSR

________ formed Warsaw Pact to counteract NATO in 1955.

McDonalds

The 1950s saw the first Diners club cards, opening of ________, the debut of Disneyland, and the explosion of TV stations.

Alaska and Hawaii

Became the 49th and 50th states to join the Union in 1959

Jim Crow

Blacks in South were boundy by ________ laws that segregated all aspects of society.

Betty Friedman

Was the godfather of the godfather of the feminist movement

Elvis Presley

________ redefined popular music.

Sweatt v Painter

________: supreme court ruled that separate professionals schools for blacks failed to meet the test of equality.

Khrushchev

________ was invited to America by Ike, for talk.

Eisenhower

________ was appreciated for ending a war and keeping the U.S. out of other wars.

Khrushchev

________ came in angry at Paris conference due to U.S. flying spy planes over USSR.

Eisenhower

________ was a war hero and well- liked.

Traditionalists

Were shocked by Elvis’s open sexuality

Elvis Presley

Redefined popular music with him dying from drugs in 1977

Eisenhower

Won the presidential election 442-89 electoral votes which kept promise of settling armistice with Korea

Sweatt v. Painter

Supreme Court ruled that separate professionals schools for blacks failed to meet the test of equality

USSR

Formed Warsaw Pact to counteract NATO in 1955

Space Race

Began in 1957

22nd Amendment

Limited presidents to two terms