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US Box Quiz 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| McCarthyism | unsubstantiated accusations by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others on people being suspected of being Communists in the early 1950’s |
| NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 Western European countries, the U.S. and Canada |
| HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) | a congressional committee that investigated Communist influence inside and outside the U.S. government in the years following World War II. Richard Nixon headed the committee |
| Warsaw Pact | military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites |
| New Frontier | President John F. Kennedy’s program to provide medical care to the elderly, rebuild urban area, aid education, increase national defense and expand the space program |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka | a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most work places |
| Freedom Riders | the civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 1960’s to challenge segregation |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | during the summer of 1962, the Soviets were attempting to place nuclear weapons in Cuba. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba to prevent the weapons from entering. The Soviets backed down |
| The Bay of Pigs | set up during Eisenhower administration; set into motion by Kennedy administration. Cuban exiles supported by the U.S. military landed on the island & hoped the invasion would trigger a massive uprising, but nothing went as planned and the invasion failed |
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