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case in which the Supreme Court

ended segregation in public schools

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Brown vs Board of Education

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a young black minister that organized

a civil rights campaign

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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law that guaranteed voting, housing

and job rights for ethnic minorities

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Civil Rights Act

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America’s first black cabinet member

and adviser to the President

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Robert Weaver

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first black Supreme Court justice

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Thurgood Marshall

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first Japanese American to serve in

the U.S. Congress

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Daniel Inyoue

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first Japanese-American woman to

serve in the U.S. Congress

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Patsy Mink

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began a project called the Interstate

Highway System

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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first American to fly into space

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Alan Sheperd

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first American to orbit the earth

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John Glen

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first man to walk on the surface of

the moon

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Neil Armstrong

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schoolteacher that died in the

Challenger explosion

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Christa McAuliffe

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space shuttle that broke up and

burned on its reentry of the atmosphere

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Columbia

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Leaders of the ________________________________ wanted to control the world by taking away freedom and spreading Communism

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Soviet Union

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the conflict between the United States

and the Soviet Union

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Cold War

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Communist dictator of Cuba

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Fidel Castro

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when President Kennedy ordered the
United States Navy to form a blockade
Around the island of Cuba

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Cuban Missle Crisis

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shot and killed while traveling in a

motorcade through Downtown Dallas

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John F Kennedy

19
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when President Johnson made a major

commitment to putting out the “fires” of Communism in the Southeast Asian country of South Vietnam

A

Vietnam War

20
Q

withdrew American troops from Vietnam

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Richard Nixon

21
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the first President ever to resign from office

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Richard Nixon

22
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the Great Communicator

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Ronald Reagen

23
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the idea of stopping Communism before it

could attack and enslave a country

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Ronald Doctrine

24
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an island that Ronald Reagan agreed to

help liberate from Cuba and Communism

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Grenada

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In 1954, the words “_________________________________” were added to the pledge.

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Under God

26
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In the ________________________, the Supreme Court ruled that Bible reading and prayer were illegal in public schools.

A

1960

27
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the first female justice to serve

on the high court; replaced Thurgood Marshall

A

Sandra Oconner

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the dictator of Iraq, invaded the tiny country of Kuwait.

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Sadam Hussein

29
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the shortest war our nation has ever fought

(2 ½ months); fought to free Kuwait from Iraq

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Desert Storm

30
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worst terrorist attack

the United States has ever experienced; terrorists hijacked several passenger airliners

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September 11th and 9-11

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President of the U.S. during “9-11”

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George W. Bush

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The hijacked airplanes attacked the __________________________________ in New York and the ________________________________ in Washington, D.C. A fourth airplane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

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Twin Towers and Pentagon

33
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leader of al Quaeda

A

Osama Bin Laden

34
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radical Islamic terrorist group responsible

for the “9-11” hijackings

A

Al Quaeda

35
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declared by President Bush; a war against

terrorists and any nation that helped them

A

War on Terror

36
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the purpose was to remove Saddam Hussein

from power and help the Iraqi people build a stable and free government; under leadership of President Bush

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Iraqi Freedom

37
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hit New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005

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Katrina

38
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a land too dry or too cold to grow many plants

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Desert

39
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a desert area made fertile by the presence of water

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Oasis

40
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a raised area of the earth’s surface that rises somewhat abruptly

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Mountain

41
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a long row of mountains

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Mountain Range

42
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a lowland between hills or mountains

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Valley

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the level of the ocean waters

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Sea Level

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elevation or height above sea level

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Altitude

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