Unit 25 Flashcards
Who was the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee?
Adlai Stevenson
Who was the early favorite for the Republican nomination?
Robert A. Taft
What significant transportation program, which created a 42,000-mile Interstate system, was begun by Eisenhower?
The Federal Highway Act
What did the Kefauver Committee investigate?
Labor unions
What two labor organizations merged in 1955?
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
What raised questions about whether Eisenhower would be able to run for a second term?
Eisenhower’s major heart attack
Who was Adlai Stevenson’s running mate?
Estes Kefauver
What Supreme Court decision said that separate but equal facilities were acceptable?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What did the Brown v. Board of Education decision say about separate but equal?
That separate educational facilities are unequal
How did most southern school districts react to the Brown decision?
They resisted the changes
What did the governor of Arkansas do in 1957 to prevent the integration of Central High School in Little Rock?
He called the National Guard to prevent black enrollment from taking place
What groups were formed in many cities to resist racial integration?
White Citizens Councils
What black woman’s actions began the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott?
Rosa Parks
What was the main issue that the Federal civil rights laws of 1957 and 1960 addressed?
The right of blacks to vote
Who became leader of the Soviet Union after Jospeh Stalin?
Nikita Khrushchev
People in what European country attempted to revolt against Soviet domination in 1956?
Hungary
What Middle Eastern country was the focus of a conflict in 1956 regarding the Suez Canal?
Egypt
Into what Middle Eastern country did the U.S. send troops in 1958?
Lebanon
Who seized power in Cuba in 1959 with cautious support from the United States?
Fidel Castro
Who was the Communist leader that declared a new government in North Vietnam in 1945?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the dividing line between North and South Vietnam?
The 17th parallel of latitude
What Russian accomplishment punctured American pride on October 4, 1957?
They launched the first artificial satellite into orbit (Sputnik)
What passenger did Sputnik II have on board?
A live dog
When did the United States launch its first successful satellite?
January 31, 1958
What new government agency assumed control of the American space program from the military?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
What does ICBM stand for?
Inter-continental ballistic missiles
What was the radar system that kept watch for incoming missiles over the North Pole, the likely route for any Soviet attack?
The North American Air Defense (NORAD)
What area of American life received increased Federal funding in response to the space race?
Education
List the first 34 Presidents of the United States in order
(1) George Washington, (2) John Adams, (3) Thomas Jefferson, (4) James Madison, (5) James Monroe, (6) John Quincy Adams, (7) Andrew Jackson, (8) Martin Van Buren, (9) William Henry Harrison, (10) John Tyler, (11) James K. Polk, (12) Zachary Taylor, (13) Millard Fillmore, (14) Franklin Pierce, (15) James Buchanan, (16) Abraham Lincoln, (17) Andrew Johnson (18) Ulysses S. Grant, (19) Rutherford B. Hayes, (20) James A. Garfield, (21) Chester A. Arthur, (22) Grover Cleveland, (23) Benjamin Harrison, (24) Grover Cleveland, (25) William McKinley, (26) Theodore Roosevelt, (27) William Howard Taft, (28) Woodrow Wilson, (29) Warren G. Harding, (30) Calvin Coolidge, (31) Herbert Hoover, (32) Franklin D. Roosevelt, (33) Harry S. Truman, (34) Dwight D. Eisenhower
