USII Final Exam #5

Senator that said the State Department was infested with communist agents

President Truman’s policy to aid nations struggling against communism

radical African American activist who was killed in 1965

operation in which the U.S. and Britain broke the Soviet blockade of West Berlin

African American lawyer who worked for the NAACP

US intelligence gathering organization

rival military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states

struggle between the US and Soviet Union became rivals but never fought directly in conflict

case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

Belief that only by going to the brink of war could the US protect against Communist aggression

new leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death

policy that stated the US would use force to help any nation threatened by communism

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance to counter Soviet expansion

Government agency that coordinates US efforts in space

Contest in which nations compete to build more powerful weapons

Policy of threatening to use massive force in response to aggression

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of Brown v. Board of Education

Segregation by custom or tradition

Held to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks, lasted over a year

which city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?

negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of being a Communist agent

civil rights organization won important court cases against segregation in the 1950s?

US and Soviet Union hoped to stay out of war by having enough weapons to destroy one another

Banned the poll tax, which had kept poor African Americans from voting

Gave the US Attorney General greater power to protect the voting rights of African Americans

Segregation imposed by law

dividing line between North Korea and South Korea

Refused to give up a bus seat to a white passenger

U.S. aid program to help Western Europe rebuild after World War II

Event where MLK Jr. delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

Bus trip staged by CORE to defy segregationist codes

wanted to enroll in ‘Ole Miss’

ended tests to see if someone could read or write in order to vote