Unit 9: Cold War & Civil Rights SSUSH20-21 #1

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This refers to a tense situation in 1962 between the U.S., Soviet Union and Cuba that nearly resulted in a nuclear war.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The program under which the U.S. supplied economic/financial aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII.

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Marshall Plan

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The U.S. foreign policy of providing economic and military aid/help to democratic nations threatened by Communism.

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Truman Doctrine

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What was the purpose of "SNCC" during the early years of the Civil Rights era?

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it coordinated students around the south in non-violent protests to resist segregation laws

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The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education addressed the issue of

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segregation.

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This law was passed by Congress and prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Which event occurred at the 1963 "March on Washington"?

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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created in 1957 with the PRIMARY purpose of coordinating non-violent protests to end segregation and discrimination.

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coordinating non-violent protests to end segregation and discrimination.

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Which statement describes the MAIN impact television had on the Vietnam War?

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It caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam.

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What was 'Containment'?

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The American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world.