WorksheetsUSH Era 3 - Post WWII-Early 1970s (1945-1970)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 15mins
The US and the USSR struggled to compromise in the Cold War mainly over this issue.
M.A.D
Ideological incompatibilities
Missiles in Cuba and Turkey
The Bay of Pigs
This was a nickname for communists in the Cold War
Socialists
Ragnarok's
Reds
McCarthyism
This senator made a name for himself by claiming he had a list of communists at the State Dept.
Joseph McCarthy
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
Alan K. Simpson
William Proxmire
The paranoia after WWII that communism could take over the US was called this
The First Red Scare
M.A.D.
Cardinals Nation
The Second Red Scare
These became popular projects for everyday Americans to protect themselves from nuclear war.
Missile Shelters
Bomb Shelters
Storm Shelters
Shelter Homes
This ill-fated CIA plan was an attempt to remove Castro from power in Cuba.
The Bay of Pigs
Invasion Cuba
The Cuban Missile Crisis
End Game
This volunteer program run by the US govt. provides social and economic development abroad.
The Lions Club
The Peace Corp.
Hands Across America
Live Aid
Emmett Till was tortured and killed over this
Whistling at a white lady
Dancing with a white girl
Sitting in a white section of a restaurant
Attempting to vote
This was the nickname given to the students that desegregated the Little Rock schools
The Freedom Riders
Little Rock Nine
The Jackson Five
The Black Panthers
Young people in the late 1960s were often protesting against this.
The expense of higher education
Global Warming
The Vietnam War
Raising the drinking age to 21
This was one of the key methods the US used after WWII in Europe to stop the spread of communism.
Imperialism
Economic and military aid
Isolationism
Increased tariffs
Plessy v. Ferguson legitimized segregation and was overturned by this SCOTUS case.
Dredd Scott v Sanford
Lochner v. New York
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Munn v. Illinois
The Russian launch of Sputnik marked the start of this
The Arms Race
The Space Race
M.A.D
The Cold War
Nonviolent passive resistance was employed by this leader to reach his goals
John F. Kennedy
Malcolm X
Richard M. Nixon
Dr. Martin Luther King
The advent of interstate highway systems and increased auto ownership facilitated this effect on cities
Suburbanization
Neighborhood gentrification
Urbanization
Population Explosion
Betty Friedan's N.O.W.'s support of the E.R.A was attempt to help this group of people
African Americans
Mexican Americans
Children
Women
This social activist was against the idea of peaceful protests because he felt like it didn't work.
Jessie Jackson
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
Robert F. Kennedy
It can be argued that the war in Vietnam was lost because the US did this
Poorly trained the troops
Lost the war of public opinion
Ended the draft
Used nuclear weapons
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18
21
25
17
27
President Nixon's presidency started to unravel with a break-in at this building.
The C-Complex
Trump Towers
The Watergate
The Washington Hilton
The Great Society was LBJ's vision to solve what national problem
Racism
Poverty
The Vietnam War
Muppet on Muppet Violence
