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5th SS Unit 7
Cold War
Question | Answer |
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What does NATO stand for? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
Which President proposed the Civil Rights bill to Congress? | John F Kennedy |
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | The Soviet Union had nuclear missiles in Cuba and the US wanted them to remove them because they were so close to US soil. |
Why did the US get involved in Vietnam? | to stop the spread of communism |
What event ended the Cuban Missile Crisis? | The Soviet Union removed its missiles from Cuba |
A march for civil rights in Washington DC where Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech | The "March on Washington" |
Why was there fighting in Vietnam? | N. Vietnam wanted all Vietnam to be Communist |
What gave all citizens equal rights to restaurants and public places? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
What court case led to the integration (no longer segregated) of public schools? | Brown v. Board of Education |
The US joined the fight with its allies in what war to keep communism from spreading in Korea? | The Korean War |
How did the US benefit from the technologies developed in the US space program? (besides space travel) | better computer systems and heat-resistant materials were developed |
Name the 2 major countries that were involved in the Cold War | US and Soviet Union |
Famous leader who used non-violent protest to gain equal treatment for all races during the Civil Rights movement | Martin Luther King, Jr |
The US Senator who became famous for trying to end communist activity in the US during the 1950s | Joseph McCarthy |
What was it called when the US used planes to drop supplies to W. Berlin people | Berlin Airlift |
Leader of the USSR that wanted to put nuclear missiles in Cuba | Nikita Khruschev |
Winston Churchill said the DIVISION between Soviet Union communism and US democracy was like this | Iron Curtain |
These laws caused inequalities to the services and facilities available to African Americans | Jim Crow laws |
This President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 after the assassination of JFK | Lyndon B. Johnson |
This leader helped farm workers in California achieve better pay and working conditions | Cesar Chavez |
Rosa Parks actions led to what major event in the Civil Rights Movement? | The Montgomery Bus Boycott |
This Senator's assassination led to more protests over the war in Vietnam and more demand for civil rights | Robert F. Kennedy |
Why was it important for the US to have missiles removed from Cuba? | Cuba was only 90 miles from the coast of Florida and JFK didn't want nuclear weapons that close to US soil. |