Last 1/2 of the 20th Century Flashcard - Grade 5

What reduced the # of missiles in the US & Soviet Union?

NASA is a part of what industry?

What is one of the many offshoot inventions NASA developed? Options: lawnmowers, satellites, speed boats, computers

What ended segregation in the U.S.?

What were the Southern laws that were unfair to African Americans in the South called?

What ended literacy tests and poll taxes for Southern voters?

Which is NOT a contribution of Rosa Parks? Options: gave a speech at the March on Washington, marched in protest of segregation, volunteered at the NAACP, arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus

What is a war with two stronger countries not being directly involved in the conflict but providing support to the side with views most like their own?

What is a war called that has no actual fighting but there is tension between two nations?

What 3 year war was a proxy war in the 1950s?