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In 1953, _______ and the United States signed a treaty guaranteeing continued U.S. support on the Korean Peninsula.
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In 1953, _______ and the United States signed a treaty guaranteeing continued U.S. support on the Korean Peninsula.
south korea
______ was the scientist who developed the first polio vaccine.
Jonas Salk
The policy of ________, reclaiming communist countries, met with limited success.
rollback
Governments pushing to the edge of nuclear war without actually starting one was known as ________.
brinkmanship
The Eisenhower campaign was one of the first to use __________ commercials to communicate with voters.
television
Which strategy was NOT used by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War?
sabotage Soviet Union nuclear weapons
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| Term | Definition |
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In 1953, _______ and the United States signed a treaty guaranteeing continued U.S. support on the Korean Peninsula. | south korea |
______ was the scientist who developed the first polio vaccine. | Jonas Salk |
The policy of ________, reclaiming communist countries, met with limited success. | rollback |
Governments pushing to the edge of nuclear war without actually starting one was known as ________. | brinkmanship |
The Eisenhower campaign was one of the first to use __________ commercials to communicate with voters. | television |
Which strategy was NOT used by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War? | sabotage Soviet Union nuclear weapons |
The Soviets’ successful launch of ___ in 1957 shocked and disappointed Americans. | Sputnik 1 |
_________ actions were part of U.S. efforts to undermine communist efforts. | Covert |
_______ became the nation’s fastest growing industry as radio, print, and television ads encouraged families to purchase new goods. | Advertising |
The belief that neither side would start a nuclear war because both sides would be destroyed was the theory behind the policy of ___. | mutually assured destruction (MAD) |
The growth of ___ affected American culture more than anything else during the 1950s. | television |
With the development of new vaccines, antibiotics, and procedures, the 1950s were a turning point in the history of ________. | medicine |
The invention of the ________ made radios and televisions smaller and more reliable. | transistor |
______ scientists, plans, and rocket parts helped jump start Russian and American rocket programs. | German |
Congress outlawed rigging _________________ after the Twenty-One scandal. | quiz shows |
Egyptian leader who created an international crisis by nationalizing the Suez Canal | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 vice-presidential running mate | Richard M. Nixon |
Governor from Illinois who lost the 1952 presidential election to Dwight D. Eisenhower | Adlai Stevenson |
President Eisenhower believed the communist takeover of China might have a(n) _______ effect on the governments of Asia. | domino |
The ___ project was a decades-long secret program that captured and decoded Russian radio messages. | Venona |
Concerning communism, _________ was the official position of U.S. policy. | containment |
The U.S. House of Representatives formed the ___ to investigate suspicious persons and organizations that might be undermining U.S. security. | House Un-American Activities Committee |
Congress adopted “In God We Trust” as the national motto to distinguish American culture from the state-sponsored __________ of the Soviet Union. | atheism |
Tired of fighting the United States, China agreed to end this conflict without a treaty in 1953. | Korean War |
A cease-fire prevailed after a 20-nation force from the United Nations arrived to police the region. | Suez Crisis |
resulted in China falling under communist rule | Chinese Revolution |
resolved after President Eisenhower let it be known he was willing to use nuclear weapons to prevent an attack by Red China | Taiwan Crisis |
The economic boom of the 1950s was driven and characterized by a new __. | consumerism |
Which statement about President Eisenhower's interstate highway system is NOT true? | The interstate highway system was constructed solely by the federal government. |
leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin | Nikita Khrushchev |
Russian cosmonaut who became the first person to orbit the earth | Yuri Gagarin |
Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign slogan was "___." | I Like Ike |
The ___ was formed by Black leaders, including Dr. King, to promote the rights of minorities and end segregation. | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
His New Frontier plans included proposals providing federal aid to education and health insurance for the elderly. | John F. Kennedy |
This Republican candidate lost the 1960 Presidential election. | Richard M. Nixon |
He was arrested in a theater shortly after shooting President Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository building. | Lee Harvey Oswald |
The _ Corps sent trained volunteers to provide technical assistance to developing countries. | Peace |
Why was the Pete Hernandez v. Texas ruling significant? | The Court applied the Fourteenth Amendment to classes of people, not just races. |
The 1960 Presidential election was the first in which ___ was (were) important. | television |
Having grown up during the Great Depression, President Johnson wanted to see an end to _. | poverty |
___ fell to a communist rebellion led by Fidel Castro in 1959. | Cuba |
_ was the pastor who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, serving as spokesman while providing inspirational leadership. | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
President Kennedy issued executive orders reducing discrimination, and placed __ in important government positions. | women |
The ___ Commission concluded that JFK's assassin acted alone. | Warren |
_ laws in the South required segregation in most private businesses and public facilities. | jim Crow |
The speech, "A Time for __" brought Ronald Reagan to national prominence. | Choosing |
President Johnson's Great _ proposals aimed to improve the life not of just the needy, but all Americans. | Society |
This Arizona Republican senator lost the 1964 Presidential election. | Barry Goldwater |
As the first astronaut on the moon, this American said, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." | Neil Armstrong |
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved? | The United States agreed to remove missiles in Turkey in exchange for the Soviet Union removing missiles from Cuba. |