US History - Quiz 34 Flashcards
1
Q
martyred in Ecuador by the Waodani
A
Jim Eliot
2
Q
developed the polio vaccine
A
Jonas Salk
3
Q
broke the color barrier in baseball
A
Jackie Robinson
4
Q
investigated Communist activities in the U.S. government
A
Joseph McCarthy
5
Q
helped spread the civil rights movement nationwide
A
Martin Luther King, Jr.
6
Q
the State Department official that was caught passing secrets to the Soviet Union before World War II
A
Alger Hiss
7
Q
this gave the president the power to use force, if necessary, against the Communist aggression in the Middle East
A
Eisenhower Doctrine
8
Q
America’s first satellite (man-made)
A
Explorer 1
9
Q
he became the Communist dictator of Cuba in 1959
A
Fidel Castro
10
Q
he assassinated John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
A
Lee Harvey Oswald
