Mr. Coe's Cold War and Civil Rights Eras Vocabulary Review

Question 1

Military alliance between Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe, formed in 1955

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Warsaw Pact

Question 2

Supply of West Berlin by American and British planes during a Soviet blockade in 1948-1949

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Berlin airlift

Question 3

1947 declaration by President Truman that the US would support nations threatened by communism

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Truman Doctrine

Question 4

Dramatic increase in birth rate during and after World War II

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Baby boom

Question 5

Form of protest in which protesters do not resist or fight back when attacked

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Nonviolent protest, Sit-in

Question 6

Process of bringing together of different races

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Integration

Question 7

Alliance between the United States, Canada, and Western European nations, formed in 1949

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Question 8

Country dominated politically and economically by another nation, like Soviet Union in Cold War

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Satellite nation

Question 9

Law that outlawed discrimination in a number of areas, including voting, schools, and jobs

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 10

List that is circulated among employers, containing names of persons who should not be hired

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Blacklist

Question 11

Civil rights organization formed in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders

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SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

Question 12

Student civil rights organization founded in 1960

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SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

Question 13

Latitude line that divided North and South Korea

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38th Parallel

Question 14

Contest between nations in which both expand their arms stockpiles in order to gain superiority

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Arms race

Question 15

Belief in the separate identity and racial unity of the African American community

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Black nationalism

Question 16

Winston Churchill’s term for the extension of Communist control over Eastern Europe

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Iron curtain

Question 17

Proposed constitutional amendment, never ratified, to prohibit discrimination on account of sex

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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Question 18

Failed invasion of Cuba by a group of anti-Castro forces in 1961

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Bay of Pigs invasion

Question 19

Policy of risking war in order to protect national interests

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Brinkmanship

Question 20

Federal program that provides medical benefits for older Americans

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Medicare, Medicare

Question 21

President Kennedy’s proposals to improve economy, help the poor, and advance the space program

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New Frontier

Question 22

Law aimed to control pollution caused by the discharge of industrial and municipal wastewater

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Clean Water Act

Question 23

Protest in 55-56 by African Americans against segregation in the bus system of Montgomery, AL

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Montgomery bus boycott

Question 24

Law passed in 1944 that helped returning veterans buy homes and pay for college

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GI Bill

Question 25

Self-government with respect to local matters

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Autonomy

Question 26

Organization, also called the Black Muslims, dedicated to black separation and self-help

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Nation of Islam

Question 27

State of hostility, without warfare, between the US & USSR after WWII until USSR's collapse

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Cold war

Question 28

Program of American economic assistance to Western Europe, announced in 1947

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Marshall Plan

Question 29

Law passed in 1970 that aimed to control pollution caused by industrial and auto emissions

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Clean Air Act

Question 30

Congressional committee that investigated Communist influence in the US in the 1940s and 1950s

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HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)

Question 31

1962 crisis that arose between the US and USSR over a Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 32

Belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would likewise fall

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Domino theory

Question 33

Form of protest in which protesters seat themselves and refuse to move

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Sit-in

Question 34

LBJ’s proposals to aid public education, provide medical care for elderly and eliminate poverty

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Great Society

Question 35

1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion

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Roe v. Wade

Question 36

Eisenhower’s approach: conservative when it comes to $, liberal when it comes to human beings

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Modern Republicanism

Question 37

Theory favoring the political, economic, and social equality of men and women

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Feminism

Question 38

Organization founded in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means

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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

Question 39

Federal program that provides medical benefits to poor Americans

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Medicaid, Medicaid

Question 40

Rule that police must inform persons accused of a crime of their legal rights

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Miranda rule

Question 41

Civil rights protest in which protesters challenged racially segregated bus terminals

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Freedom Rides

Question 42

American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

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Containment

Question 43

Law to reduce barriers to black voting, by increasing federal authority to register voters

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 44

1954 case in which the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Question 45

Barrier built by the East German government in 1961 to prevent East Germans from escaping West

Accepted Answer

Berlin Wall

Mr. Coe's Cold War and Civil Rights Eras Vocabulary Review

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Mr. Coe's Cold War and Civil Rights Eras Vocabulary Review

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