U.S. History - 1950s

Which of the following can NOT be used to describe our enemy during the Cold War?

In 1959 Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in ___.

The Little Rock 9 - students protected as the federal gov't forced the implementation of ___.

The ___, ratified in 1951, limits presidents to two terms.

The 1957 Soviet launch of Sputnik led to the development of __.

______ officially became a U.S. state in 1959.

This man was president of the U.S. from 1952-1960

After WWII, the ______ provided low-cost mortgages for returning veterans.

He successfully argued the Brown vs Board of Ed. case, and later became the first African American on the Supreme Court.

Dr. Jonas Salk invented the vaccine for ___

Sen. Joseph McCarthy gained power by accusing people of being a/an

Soviet controlled nations of Eastern Europe were said to be "behind the __"

The __________ , fought from 1950-53, was an attempt to stop the spread of communism.

The 1954 court case Brown vs. Board of Education overturned

______ is a genre of popular music that developed in the U.S. during the late 1940s & 1950s.

The M.A.D. Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) was based on the fear of ....