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- 2. The abbreviation for an area with no military forces is called the _____
- 5. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were known for being the first American astronauts to land on the ____
- 6. What was the name of the Soviet Union’s own military alliance?
- 8. This cut off Soviet-run Eastern Europe (communist countries) from the democratic governments of the west
- 9. Non-violent protest against unjust laws is known as ___ ___
- 12. In 1965, what law was passed that ended literacy tests to block African Americans from voting and allowed federal officials to register voters in states practicing discrimination?
- 14. What was the last name of the president who had to resign due to the Watergate scandal?
- 15. In both the Korean War and Vietnam War, the United States backed the _____ part of the country.
- 16. Along with the US and the Soviet Union, which two other countries divided up Germany and Berlin?
- 18. A large increase in the birth rate from the late 1940s to 1960s was known as the __ ___
- 19. Both the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan attempted to keep communism contained by giving ______ to countries threatened by communism
- 20. What were the initials of the organization that was designed to defend western Europe against Soviet threat?
- 21. NOW is an organization that works for equal rights in jobs, pay and education for ___.
- 23. Tension between the US and the Soviet Union
- 24. People who oppose (or are against) war (the Vietnam War) were known as ____
- 25. JFK created a program where American volunteers worked in developing countries for two years. This program is called the ___ ____
- 27. In Brown v. Board of Education, _____ was declared illegal (unconstitutional) in schools.
- 28. Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty was part of a program called ____ ____
- 30. What is the abbreviation for the American space program that competed with the Soviets in the space race?
- 32. The Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite called ____
- 33. What is the name of the Long Island suburb that was first introduced as a new way of building suburban houses? __
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- 1. In both the Korean War and Vietnam War, the Soviet Union backed the _____ part of the country.
- 2. What is the name of the belief that if one country (South Vietnam) fell to communism, other countries would follow and fall to communism too?
- 3. People who wanted or supported war (the Vietnam War) were known as ____
- 4. The US and Britain were able to get supplies to West Berliners by the ____ _____
- 7. The effort of African Americans to win equal rights was called the ___ ___ __
- 10. Federal troops were summoned to Arkansas when the governor refused to allow African American students into Central HS in what was called ___ ___ ___
- 11. The name of the international organization created to prevent another world war by settling conflicts between countries is called the ____ ___
- 13. The Soviets were pointing missiles at the US from which island country? ___
- 15. The US and Soviet Union were both considered a ____ which means a nation with enough military, political and economic strength to influence events worldwide
- 17. The last name of the couple that was sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union was ____
- 22. The woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus thus beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott was ____
- 26. The last name of Soviet Union’s leader who closed all roads, railway lines and river routes connecting Berlin with West Germany was ____
- 29. This is the US policy to keep Soviet influence contained within existing boundaries
- 31. President Reagan’s weapons program to destroy Soviet missiles from space was known as the __ __ Program