Final Flashcards
When did the movement begin?
1954
What was the average income of a black person in the 1950s?
$700 per year
What rights were blacks initially denied?
Voting, education, equal pay
What happened in Mississippi in 1955 to Emmett Till?
I’m at Joe said something to the owner’s wife. That night the husband and others killed him. The murderers, though admitted to being guilty, had no charges.
Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
She refused to give up her seat for a white man.
Who bombed the church in Birmingham?
The KKK
In Selma, Alabama what percent a votes were black? How many were registered?
50%, 1%
Did Congress ever pass the voting right for black americans?
Yes
In 1995, the Japanese took control of Korea and in 1910 made it part of blank
Japan
After Japan was defeated in world war II Korea was occupied by troops of the blank blank and the United States
Soviet Union
Soviet forces in Northern Korea and American soldiers in southern Korea were separated by the 38th parallel, latitude line that divided the country in blank
Half
The United Nations called for a blank to choose one government for the entire country, but the Soviets opposed the idea
Election
North Korea and South Korea became separate nations. Their troops sometimes clash along the blank
Border
The United States withdrew it’s forces from Korea in 1949. In 1950 the Communist Leaders of North Korea ordered a blank of South Korea
Invasion
North Korea blank a United Nations demand that it pull its army out of South Korea
Ignored
President Harry s Truman ordered American forces to South Korea 15 other blank blank members also sent soldiers
United Nations
About blank percent of the UN troops were Americans
90
The North Korean army was helped by soldiers from blank
China
General Douglas MacArthur of the United States was named blank and chief of the United Nations command
Commander
MacArthur directed allied operations from his headquarters in blank Japan
Tokyo
Lieutenant general Walton h Walker became the first field commander of the blank ground forces in Korea
Allied
During the first months of the war, the North Korean communist captured Seoul, the **blank*” of South Korea
Capital
After you us and UN forces arrived in Korea * * blank ** was recaptured
Seoul
The Allies advanced into North Korea and seized Pyongyang, the capital city, on October 19th, 1950. The blank retreated farther north
Communist
General MacArthur and the Allies were confident that the war would be over by christmas. But in late november, China set a huge army into Korea to fight the blank
Allies
The Chinese forced U.S. and U.N troops to withdraw from blank and retreat into South Korea
Pyongyang
General Walker was killed in a blank accident, and lieutenant general Matthew b Ridgeway took command
Jeep
By the summer of 1951, the two sides had dug in and began fighting along a battle line blank of the 38th parallel.
North
… Truman and his advisors feared such actions might lead to a third blank blank
World war
The Korean war marketed the first battle between blank blank
Jet airplanes
As many as 100 to 150 us F-86 celebration Jets and blank -built MIG-15s took part in some air battles
Soviet
For the first time during a war, blank carried soldiers into combat. They were also used to make during rescues Allied pilots who had been shot down.
Helicopters
The US Navy helped troops by firing blank at enemy targets on shores
Shells
After lengthy peace talks, an armistice agreement was signed on July 27th, 1953, and the blank ended
Fighting
A two and a half mile wide Demilitarized Zone was set up to keep the two sides apart both agreed not to increase their blank strength
Military
After the armor test was signed, that allies and communist charge each other with torture and starvation of prisoners, and other war crimes. The two strides exchanged 88,559 blank
Prisoners
The Korean war caused extensive damage throughout the country. More than a million blank were killed
Civilians
Although the fighting stopped, negotiators were unable to draw up a permanent peace plan. They were also unsuccessful and reunifying blank
Korea
