Test 11, Chapters 21-22 Flashcards
Who introduced mass-production of low-cost housing in the 1940s?
Levitt and Sons
What country won the Yom Kippur War in 1973?
Israel
President Johnson called his social welfare program the ____
great society
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for ____
polio
President ____ negotiated the surrender of the Panama Canal Zone to the military dictator of Panama.
Carter
Communists took over all of South Vietnam in what year?
1975
Did Israel win or lose the Six-Day War in 1967 against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria?
win
Marian Anderson was a great black American ____ who used her talent and influence to peacefully bring about change.
opera singer
who was the first black major-league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th
which amendment did away with poll taxes?
24th
what act prohibited racial discrimination in all public places?
civil right act of 1964
in what year did the US put a man on the moon?
1969
who was the communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
The US fought the Vietnam War between what years?
1965 - 1973
What country signed the SALT I treaty with the US
Soviet Union
which US President was the first to resign from office?
Nixon
which president was the first man from the deep south to win the presidency since Zachary Taylor in 1848?
Carter
what communist dictator took over cuba in 1959?
Fidel Castro
negotiated the cease-fire in Vietnam
Henry Kissinger