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US History FInal 3Q
Milestones and Interesting facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President Kennedy supported freedom and democracy in a speech given in Europe at the ____ which was erected by Communists in 1961 | Berlin Wall |
| John F. Kennedy was the only president who was a member of this religion | Catholic |
| In televised debates between Kennedy and Nixon, Kennedy appeared to be: | more polished than Nixon |
| Important decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren focused on: | protecting the constitutional rights of citizens accused of crimes |
| In 1961 President Kennedy committed NASA and the nation to the goal of: | Landing a man on the moon within the decade |
| What was the term for President Johnson's plan for domestic reform | Great Society |
| "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" was part of: | Kennedy's Inaugural Address |
| The huge population increase after WWII was called the: | Baby Boom |
| Nation that entered the Korean War when the United states invaded North Korea | China |
| John Foster Dulles' policy under which aggression against any and all would be met with immediate all-out nuclear strike by the United States | Massive Retaliation |
| Cold War between the US and Soviet Union can BEST be described as: | a rivalry(competition)between them for world power |
| Berlin was located in which German occupied zone after WWII? | Soviet |
| House Un-American Activities Committee was created to .. | hold hearings and investigate communist influence in the U.S. |
| What was Nixon's famous "Checker's Speech"? | Nixon denied receiving illegal campaign gifts |
| Senator Joseph McCarthy lost credibility when he attacked: | The U.S. Army |
| Where was first "Proxy war" of the cold war | Korea |
| City where President Eisenhower had to call in U.S. paratroopers so as to guarantee nine black students had the ability to attend Central High School | Little Rock Arkansas |
| During summer of 1965, riots broke out in this section of Los Angeles and the motto became "Burn Baby Burn" | Watts |
| Piece of Legislation that forbade segregation in public places; such as hotels, restaurants, theaters, and lunch counters | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Participants in the 1963 march on Washington hoped to: | convince Congress to pass civil rights legislation |
| The highlight of the March on Washington | Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided for: | end of literacy tests for voter registration |
| 1954 Supreme Court Decision which desegregated schools by declaring that the "separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional | Brown v the Board of Education |
| Linked the Soviet Union with Seven Eastern European countries | Warsaw Pact |
| Response to Soviet threat, the U.S.and other western nations formed this peacetime military alliance | NATO |
| Provided food, fuel, medicine, and Christmas presents | Berlin Airlift |
| Term used by Winston Churchill to describe the separation of communist and non-communist countries in Europe | The Iron Curtain |
| The Competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R for the greatest military strength | Cold War |
| International Peacekeeping organization created after WWII to promote peace, security, and economic development | United Nations |
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