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| First satellite put into orbit. This event started the Space Race. |
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| These weapons could deliver a nuclear warhead from one side of the planet to another. |
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| The Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba. |
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| Ruled by a dictator. Government runs everything. Soviet russia and China. Favors poor |
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| Ruled by an elected president. Private owned businesses and land. Favors the rich. US |
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| Attempted to stop the spread of Communism. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Main goal was to stop the spread of Communism. |
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| A group of Communist countries (Europe) |
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| Wisconsin senator. Said he had a list Communists that were in the US government |
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| Accusing people of being Communist |
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| House Un-American Activities Committee. Investigated people being unfaithful to the US government |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenburg |
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| The couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union |
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| A much more powerful version of the A-bomb |
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| Drills conducted in schools where the children would get under the desk. Meant to give a sense of safety, even though they would still die if the bomb did drop. |
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| When the soldiers from WWII got home and had many babies. |
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| Suburbs. The houses were 'cookie cutter' designs. Brought around by the baby boom |
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| We were fighting with South Korea against North Korea. We got too close to China (taking over North Korea) and they sent in troops, making the war a stalemante again. |
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| Built from asphault. Asphault is stronger, so tanks could be driven on them, and airplanes could be landed on them. Stretch from state to state. |
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| US' failed invasion of CUba. Failed because air support was not sent |
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| Dictator of Cuba. Made an alliance with the Soviet Union. |
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| Led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. |
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| A barrier the seperated East Germany from West Germany. Built by East Germany. |
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| Race between the US and Russia to reach space |
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| Accused of assassinating JFK from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository building November 21, 1963 |
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| The man that killed Oswald while he was being transported to the armoured car. |
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| Outlawed major forms of discrimination |
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| Got rid of poll taxes and literacy tests. |
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| Johnson's "Great Society" |
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| Intended to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. |
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| School program that was originally a catchup summer school program. |
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| National social insurance program. Gives garunteed healthcare to those 65 and older, and younger people with disabilities. |
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| We fought with SVN against NVN. Guerilla warfare. |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Blank Check) |
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| Gave President Johnson unlimited warranty to wage war in Vietnam. |
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| The economy was stagnant, and inflation occured. |
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| Mideastern countries stopped shipping oil to the US because they were meddling in other countries business. |
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| The easing of political tension between the US and the Soviet Union. |
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| Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
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| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
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| Froze the number of ballistic missile launchers at their current levels. |
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| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
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| Promoted integration of schools by busing. |
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| Legalized abortion in the US |
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| Outlawed mandatory prayer at school |
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| Gave 18 year olds the right to vote in the US |
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| Students were protesting on K-State's grounds when the Ohio Natioal Gaurd began shooting at them. Killed 4 unarmed students and injured 9 others. |
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| People from the Republican re-election party broke into the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate builiding. Nixon was related somehow. |
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| Reporters for the Washington Post that investigated the Watergate breakin when the government was covering it up. |
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| The covering up of the Watergate breakins |
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| The SUpreme Court was going to impeach Nixon for his part in Watergate. |
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| Trying the president for a crime that is worthy to take him out of office. |
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| 3 day music festival in NY. High point of the war protest movement |
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| People that were against the war |
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| Segregation by law. Jim Crow laws |
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| Segregation by choice. Racism |
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| Ended seperate but equal segregation |
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| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| Black civil rights leader. non-violent |
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| Makcolm Little. Black Civil rights leader. Wanted equality at any cost. "Ballot or bullet" |
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| Blacks boycotted the bus system because of unfair treatment. Caused the city to take money from the police force in order to keep the bus running. |
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| A group of 9 African American students that were prevented from attending Little Rock High by the governor. They had to be escorted around the school by armed soldiers. |
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| Gives woomen equal rights in education, especially in sports. |
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| An amendment that would give women equal rights. Serve on the front line. Constantly shot down by women |
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| Hispanic civil rights leader. NFWA and UFA |
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