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Test #5 sol
Mr. Hallissey's 5th sol test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When were the missiles removed from Cuba | Following the USA blockade of Cuba |
| What was built to keep the city of Berlin divided | the Berlin Wall in the 1960's |
| What was the Vietnam war about? | US intervention to stop the spread of communism in South Vietnam |
| What was the Domino Theory | after one country falls to communism... all countries around it fall to communism |
| What was the G.I Bill of Rights | gave veterans education, housing, and jobs |
| Name some effects of segregation | schools, restrooms, restaurants |
| What was Plessy vs. Ferguson | separate but equal was ok |
| What was Brown vs. Board of Education | separate but equal was not ok in Describe MLK's philosophy |
| Describe MLK's philosophy | Passive resistance |
| What was MLK's speech | I have a dream |
| What is Rosa Parks known for | Montgomery bus boycott |
| What events started the Civil Rights Movement | Protests, sit ins, marches |
| Who were the Freedom Riders | two buses African Americans and whites that were stopped and beaten |
| What does NAACP stand for | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Prohibited discrimination against AA |
| What was the Voting Rights of 1965 | forced local officials to allow AA to vote |
| What does NOW stand for | National Organization for Women |
| What was the Equal Rights Amendment | Failed, yet focused on equal opportunity for women |
| Who desegregated the Armed forces | Harry Truman |
| What does USSR stand for | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| What are primary source documents | journals, first person accounts, actual documents |
| What are secondary source documents | textbook, encyclopedias, books |
| Representative Citizen in Science | Charles Drew (Medicine, plasma) J.Robert Oppenheimer (Physics, Manhatten Project team) |
| Representative Citizen in Culture | Frank Lloyd Wright (Architecture) Martha Graham (Dance) |
| Representative Citizen in Academics | Henry Louis Gates (History) Maya Angelou (Literature) |
| Representative Citizen in Economics | Bill Gates (Computer Technology, Microsoft) Ray Kroc (Franchising, McDonald's) |
| reconstruction plan calling for reconciliation, preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South | Abraham Lincoln |
| Urged southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunited as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight, became president of Washington College which is now known as Washington and Lee University | Robert E. Lee |
| fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting right, was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all | Frederick Douglass |
| opposition by American Indians to westward expansion | Battle of Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull and Geronimo |
| reduced population through warfare and disease | Battle of Wounded Knee |
| assimilation attempts and lifestyle changes | reduction of buffalo population |
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