Cold War-Civil Rights

Question 1

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 1

Provided benefits to help veterans succeed

Question 2

Consumer Credit

Answer 2

Credit that is used to buy goods that are consumed.

Question 3

commute

Answer 3

Drive to work - Many people who moved to the suburbs had to COMMUTE to work.

Question 4

United Nations

Answer 4

an organization of 50 countries that promotes global cooperation

Question 5

Berlin Airlift

Answer 5

What as organized by Americans and British to deliver food and fuel to West Berliners.

Question 6

ideology

Answer 6

system of ideas and ideals - There were many differences in ideology between the Soviet Union and the West.

Question 7

aggressor

Answer 7

the one being aggressive - Germans was an aggressor in World War II.

Question 8

Red Scare

Answer 8

When many communists were arrested

Question 9

Korean War

Answer 9

Fight between US & S. Korea - US Forces were sent to protect South Korea during the Korean War.

Question 10

propaganda

Answer 10

A key element of the Cold War

Question 11

civil rights

Answer 11

rights that are guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution

Question 12

passive resistance

Answer 12

to oppose something without using violence

Question 13

space race

Answer 13

race to explore outer space

Question 14

guerrilla warfare

Answer 14

war tactics that include surprise, random attacks

Question 15

arms control

Answer 15

deal to limit the production of weapons

Question 16

Vietnam Conflict

Answer 16

conflict in which the US forces fought alongside the South Vietnamese against the North Vietnamese

Question 17

National Organization for Women

Answer 17

organization that works toward equal opportunities for women

Question 18

United Farm Workers of America

Answer 18

organization that works to gain rights for migrant workers

Question 19

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 19

law that makes it illegal for businesses to refuse to hire a qualified person just because that person has a disability

Question 20

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Answer 20

commission that enforces civil rights laws that have to do with the workplace

Question 21

Environmental Protection Agency

Answer 21

agency created to enforce environmental laws

Question 22

Earth Day

Answer 22

holiday designed to make people aware of ways they could help the environment

Question 23

Persian Gulf War

Answer 23

conflict in which the US led an alliance to force Iraq out of Kuwait

Question 24

internet

Answer 24

worldwide network of computers

Question 25

After World War II, countries throughout the world decided to form the _____ _____ to help promote _____ _____, the basic freedoms that belong to people.

Answer 25

United Nations, human rights

Question 26

The US and other countries in the _____ _____ decided to fight against the spread of communism.

Answer 26

free world

Question 27

Joseph Stalin

Answer 27

leader of the Soviet Union

Question 28

Germany, including the city of _____, was divided into two parts.

Answer 28

Berlin

Question 29

A believer in civil rights, Truman decided to _____ the military in 1948 so that African Americans and white Americans could serve together.

Answer 29

desegregate

Question 30

When communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea, the United Nations called for a _____ _____.

Answer 30

cease-fire

Question 31

The UN sent troops led by General _____ _____ to help South Korea.

Answer 31

Douglas MacArthur

Question 32

Linda Brown

Answer 32

a girl who wanted to go to her neighborhood school in Topeka, Kansas, but was told she could not because she was African American.

Question 33

The court case that ended segregation in all public schools was tried in the Supreme Court - who argued the case?

Answer 33

Thurgood Marshall

Question 34

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Answer 34

Worked for civil rights. He believed in non-violence, so he used peaceful methods to change society.

Question 35

The world was changing in the 1960s and the first televised presidential debates took place between John F Kennedy and

Answer 35

Richard M Nixon

Question 36

The Soviet Union had achieved early success in its space program, but the US caught up when _________ became the first American to walk in space.

Answer 36

Edward H White

Question 37

NASA's _____ program prepared for a moon landing and three astronauts were killed during a ground test in 1967.

Answer 37

Apollo

Question 38

Neil Armstrong

Answer 38

The first man to walk on the moon.

Question 39

The 1960s were characterized by the struggle for civil rights. The struggle often included protests and _____

Answer 39

demonstrations

Question 40

President Lyndon B Johnson

Answer 40

tried to help African Americans by working to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965 so that every citizen would have the chance to vote.

Question 41

Many Mexican American activists worked to help _____ _____ who often labored in terrible conditions.

Answer 41

migrant workers

Question 42

President Lyndon B Johnson faced many challenges. Although his plans to help Americans at home brought people together, his commitment of troops to _____ in Southeast Asia deeply divided the country.

Answer 42

Vietnam

Question 43

President Gerald Ford faced many problems after President Nixon resigned. Unemployment and _____ were high, so goods and services were expensive.

Answer 43

goods

Question 44

Gas prices rose, and oil shipped to the US by countries in the Middle List was _____.

Answer 44

limited

Question 45

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 45

New Soviet Union Leader

Question 46

Ronald Reagan

Answer 46

Elected president in 1980