U.S. History Cold War/Civil Rights Movement

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  1. 2. Three word term for the inequality that grew following World War II due to Black Americans being denied college and housing benefits under the G.I. Bill.
  2. 5. Dr. King made the decision to use this group in the Birmingham Campaign protesting racial segregation. The violence they ended up facing made many people criticize Dr. King.
  3. 6. Two word name for the discriminatory practice that was eliminated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, allowing thousands of Black Americans to finally exercise their right to vote.
  4. 8. Communist supporters in the Soviet Union criticized capitalism by saying it did this to workers, meaning to take advantage of them.
  5. 10. Civil rights activists launched this in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a White person on a city bus.
  6. 11. Two word name for the type of funeral that Mamie Till decided to have following the murder of her son, Emmett Till. This served as a big spark for the Civil Rights Movement.
  7. 13. Brown v. Board of Education was a major win for civil rights activists because it ruled that this could no longer be practiced in public schools.
  8. 15. Repeated nuclear bomb tests on the Marshall Islands by the United States has led to a higher rate of this disease among the Marshallese compared to the rest of the world.
  9. 18. One of the causes of the Cold War was the belief among Soviets that they had made a larger this in WWII than the United States, both in lives and property.
  10. 20. During the Cold War, the U.S. government was so determined to stop communism from spreading that they were willing to send in this to other countries.
  11. 21. In addition to causing many health effects, nuclear bomb testing on the Marshall Islands has permanently destroyed parts of this.
  12. 23. Capitalist supports in the United States criticized communism by saying it gave too much power to the government, threatening people's this.
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  1. 1. First and last name of the individual who spread fear about communist spies in America. He is famous for accusing government workers of being spies, but never having evidence to prove it.
  2. 3. In order to get around the blockade the Soviet Union set up around West Berlin, the United States used these to deliver supplies.
  3. 4. Two word name for the strategy that many civil rights activists used to try and end racial inequality in the United States. Examples included protests, boycotts, demonstrations, sit-ins, etc.
  4. 7. Three word name given to the group of Black teenagers who successfully integrated an all-white high school in Arkansas, despite facing intense harassment.
  5. 9. In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Dr. King explained that this was neutral, and could be used positively or negatively. Dr. King argued that it had been used negatively too long in the United States.
  6. 12. This was the U.S. policy during the Cold War on how to deal with communism. The policy revolved around preventing communism from spreading throughout the world.
  7. 14. Southern states launched massive this after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, preventing public schools from being integrated for years.
  8. 16. Two word name for the weapon that the Soviet Union and United States began competing with each other to acquire as many as possible of during the Cold War.
  9. 17. Two word name for the period of mass paranoia in the United States over the fear of communist spies infiltrating America.
  10. 19. Isaac Woodard became this after being severely beaten by a sheriff just hours after returning from WWII. This showed that racial injustice was still widespread in America even after winning WWII.
  11. 22. This campaign was launched by Black Americans during World War II as an attempt to achieve victory against tyranny abroad and victory against racism at home.