Duplicate of EOC US History Review 1

This president created the Interstate Highway Act for military and economic reasons

The Civil Rights Act banning discrimination based on race and other factors was passed in

This court case requires that law enforcement read accused persons their rights

This court case banned racial quotas for college admissions but said race could be a factor

The president who issued an executive order banning segregation in the military

This court case made abortion legal in the United States

This was one of the first large suburban housing developments in the US

From which city did Martin Luther King, Jr. write his famous letter while in jail?

These two men were the first to participate in a live television presidential debate

This Supreme Court case overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision

This was the most dangerous moment of the Cold War, it involved Soviet weapons near the US

The period of dramatic increases in birth rates after WWII

This was a program by the US after WWII to help European countries rebuild through economic aid

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in

The law passed in 1965 that banned literacy tests for voting was called the

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt by Kennedy and the CIA to remove this dictator

All of the following were part of the US policy of containment during the Cold War EXCEPT

All of the following were presidents during the Cold War EXCEPT

The Supreme Court extended individuals freedoms during the time this man was Chief Justice

Television coverage of protests in this city had a huge impact on the Civil Rights Movement

The rise of communism during the 1940s in these 2 Asian nations led to McCarthyism in the U.S.

This invention has had a major impact on more people moving to southern states

The Truman Doctrine during the Cold War focused on this.

The Second Red Scare is also called this, named after the man who made false accusations

This satellite launched by the USSR led to the Space Race and the creation of NASA