Chapter 29 Flashcards
He invented the Polio Vaccine
a tactic spread by the student nonviolent coordination committee
why did the US react in alarm to the sputnik satellite
The USSR launched it
The importance of Michael Harrington’s book “The Other America”
he showed the continued existence of poverty
What is Urban Renewal
tearing old buildings down in cities
What does it mean that Brown v Board of education of Topeka overturned Plessy v Ferguson
The court ruled “separate but equal” in Plessy was unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks was key to what Civil rights struggle?
The Montgomery bus boycott
Jackie Robinson was
First African American to play in the MLB
Which best demonstrates MLK’s philosophy and strategy
He combined Gandhi and Thoreau’s strategy
What best defines the US policy of Brinkmanship
Pushing the USSR to the brink of War
Who was Ho Chi Minh
Leader of Communist North Vietnam
Who was John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower’s secretary of state, a rabid anti communist
Which best defines the policy “massive retaliation of the 1950s and 1960s
The process of threatening Nuclear war and economic sanctions
What was the outcome of the Army-Mccarthy hearing of 1954
His popularity faded when he claimed armed services were led by communist
Why is Fidel Castro relevant to US History
Leader of Cuba when the US failed to invade in 1961
What is a tactic spread by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black College student sat in segregated lunch counters
What were the goals and tactics of Freedom Rides
to desegregate the buses in the south
What is De Jure segregation
Segregation by law
What is De Facto segregation
segregation in Practice
Who was Malcolm X
A black leader who first joined the Nation of Islam
Key Difference between philosophy of black power and early civil rights
Early Civil rights cooperated with whites and sought peace
WHich reason was the most important on the March on Washington
MLK’s I have a dream speech
