Us History Flashcards
The __________ Court’s willingness to break with earlier rulings led to major changes in the United States.
Warren
________ is the risky game in which governments push to the edge of nuclear war without actually starting one.
Brinkmanship
The Supreme Court ruling in ___ requires police to follow procedures in order to protect rights when making an arrest.
Miranda V. Arizona
An escaped convict, ___, pleaded guilty to shooting and killing Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Earl Ray
President Eisenhower offered the ______ Effect theory, which stated that the communist takeover of China might result in the toppling of other Asian governments.
Domino
Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a White man was a rallying point for the ______ movement.
Civil Rights
Critics claimed that President _______ programs created dependence on the government for basic needs.
Johnsons
______ was the first male American astronaut to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
A turning point in the history of __________ occurred with the development of new vaccines, procedures, and antibiotics in the 1950s.
Medicine
Assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam, ___ had provided leadership for Blacks seeking separation, not integration.
Malcolm X
Mutually assured ___________ is the theory that neither side would start a nuclear war because neither would survive.
Destruction
______ turned Cuba into a communist state.
Fidel Castro
The ___ program successfully landed Americans on the moon.
Apollo
The Engel v. Vitale decision ruled the recitation of _______ prepared by government officials for students was unconstitutional because it amounted to establishment of religion by the government.
Prayers
___ was shot and killed while standing on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A new ________ drove the economic expansion of the 1950s.
consumerism
This Russian cosmonaut was the first person to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin
After the death of Joseph Stalin, he became the premier of Russia.
Nikita Khrushchev
The Supreme Court experienced a new era of power and prominence under his leadership as Chief Justice.
Earl Warren
Appointed in 1967, he was the first African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
Legislation removed ambiguities in the law concerning rights and empowered the Attorney General and the courts to enforce the measures.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This legislation abolished literacy tests and poll taxes.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
In what administration was the Federal Aid Highway Act passed, leading to creation of the interstate highway system?
Dwight D Eisenhower Admministration
John F. Kennedy was the first _____ elected president.
Catholic
Select which events happened during the Kennedy administration.
The Federal Aid Highway Act passed, leading to creation of the interstate highway system.
The downing of a U.S. U-2 spy plane increased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Congress adopted the motto ___ to distinguish American culture from Soviet state sponsored atheism.
In God we Trust
Select the events that occurred during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration.
The Soviet Union constructs the Berlin Wall, preventing East Berliners from escaping to West Germany.
The passing of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution authorized the President to use military force in Vietnam.
Frustration over the ________ sanitation worker’s strike led to race riots around the country.
Memphis
Which statement does NOT describe an aim of the United States during the space race?
claim other planets in hope of future colonization
Because of _______, the Supreme Court determined that the Fourteenth Amendment applied to classes of people, not just races.
Pete Hernandez v. Texas
As many as 200,000 protestors gathered in ___________, in 1963 to demand new civil rights legislation.
Washington, D.C.
The 1960 Presidential election was the first in which ________ played an important role.
Television
The Chinese Revolution resulted in ___.
China coming under communist rule
Gamal Abdel Nasser created an international crisis by nationalizing the Suez Canal in Egypt.
The Korean War ended, and the United States signed a treaty pledging to defend South Korea.
The passing of laws to end the separation of people due to class or race is _______.
Desegregation
The successful launch of _______ into space shocked and disappointed Americans.
Sputnik 1
President Kennedy’s New _________ plans included proposals for health insurance for the elderly and federal aid to education.
Frontier
Dr. King’s ___ speech is considered one of the most influential in American history.
I have a dream
President Johnson hoped to improve the life of all Americans with his Great ________ proposals.
Society
_______ was President Eisenhower’s vice presidential running mate.
Richard M Nixon
What was the outcome of the Selma-to-Montgomery march?
Protestors delivered a letter to Governor George Wallace leading to a personal meeting with President Johnson to discuss civil rights.
The Supreme Court overturned the segregation of public education in the case of _______.
Brown V. Boar of Education
Black _______ was the idea that African Americans should celebrate their African roots and remain separate from White society.
Power
White Southerners expressed their desire to continue __________ by issuing the Southern Manifesto.
Segregation
The Soviet Union removed nuclear weapons from a country close to the United States in exchange for the removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.
Cuban Missile Crisis
concluded that President Kennedy’s assassin acted alone
Report of Warren County
