US History 2 Lesson 5 Mega Quiz

Secretary of State who established $13 billion investment program to rebuild Europe after WWII

1955 alliance between Soviet nations as a direct response to the creation of NATO

1968 surprise attack by N. Vietnam on various cities in S. Vietnam on Vietnamese New Year (Tet)

Black civil rights activist who championed Black Nationalism. Believed in self-defense.

State of tension (political and military) between the USSR and the USA from around 1947 to 1991

Black high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas, who challenged segregation in 1957

African-Americanorganization founded in 1909 and promoting education

1965 Great Society act that established Medicare and Medicaid

North Korean leader from 1948-1994 (father of Kim Jong-Il and grandfather of Kim Jong-Un)

Precursor to the Twenty-Fourth Amendment prohibiting racial discrimination in voting

North Vietnamese communist leader

Which was not an environmental act under Johnson’s Great Society

Korean port city; MacArthur took it and quickly pushed to reclaim the capital, Seoul

Leader of communist Cuba from 1959 to 2008

WWII general who served as president of the United States 1953–1961

volunteer aid group established by Kennedy in 1961

California Governor during Johnson’s administration; later president of the US in the 1980s

Leader of China; he was overthrown by communist leader Mao Zedong

Federal agency established by FDR in 1941 forbidding discrimination in the workplace

dividing line between North and South Korea

Region along the 38th parallel between N & S Korea. Eisenhower created it 1953 - still exists.

British Prime Minister during WWII

Belief that if one country in a region falls to communism, the surrounding countries will too

1961 Cuban invasion by 1,500 Cubans and US forces. 25,000 Cuban soldiers capture them

communist China, established in 1912

1949 urban housing project under Truman’s “Fair Deal”; expanded construction of public housing

1962 Cold War conflict. Castro was allowing USSR to install nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Passed under Eisenhower; the first civil rights law since Reconstruction

U.S. president after FDR, serving for two terms, from 1945 to 1953

US president after Truman (1961 until his assassination in 1963) known for his “New Frontier”

WWII Pacific war hero who lead American and South Korean forces during the Korean War

1938 committee made by House of Representatives. to investigate communist activities in the US

US president after Johnson, 1969 until his resignation in 1974 (to avoid impeachment)

Nixon’s plan for a slow transfer of power from U.S. to S. Vietnamese troops.

Wisconsin Senator. Led his own anti-communist crusade (1950-1954). Was denounced as a fraud.

Construction developer who mass produced uniform suburban houses that were all exactly the same

President Truman says the US is responsible for defending free peoples against communism

4 students were killed and another 9 wounded by US forces at Kent State College. Ohio 1970.

1965 urban renewal project under Johnson’s Great Society

1964 repeat of the 1961 Freedom Riders’ traveling south to encourage African Americans to vote

Chinese communist leader who defeated Chiang Kai-shek in 1949

1967 Fed agency in Great Society that provided consumer protection for vehicles and transport

type of warfare conducted by N. Vietnamese soldiers against American and S. Vietnamese troops

Johnson’s plans to address poverty, urban renewal, education, discrimination, etc

African American who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in 1955

Khrushchev’s wall to separate West Berlin from East Germany prevented escape to the West

Guaranteed equal access to public accommodations. DOJ could prosecute cases of discrimination

FDR act providing vets with college tuition, unemployment benefits, and low-interest home loans

Soviet leader of the USSR from 1922 to 1952

1st satellite launched into space (1957); US increased NASA funding to “win” space race

agency created by Eisenhower and developed further by JFK to win the Space Race against USSR

Constitutional amendment that eliminated all poll taxes in federal elections

Soviet leader of the USSR after Stalin, serving from 1953 to 1964

US president after Kennedy, serving from 1963 to 1969; he is known for his “Great Society”

1949 alliance between Western European nations and the US to prevent Soviet expansion in Europe

Minister and civil rights leader. Led Southern protests and 1963 D.C. march for Jobs & Freedom

College students who went to the South in 1961 to encourage African Americans to vote

1954 international agreement to divide Vietnam into two nations

1954 Supreme Court ruling that overturned 1896´s Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal laws)

1964 act passed by Congress allowing Johnson to use direct military force in Vietnam

Vietnamese town where US soldiers lost control. Massacred over 200 women and children in 1968.

1963 political rally for human rights led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

7,000-page leaked doc that said Johnson had lied about the Vietnam War to the American people