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Chapter 11 Test Review. What event cause Truman to send American troops to Korea in 1950?. The invasion of South Korea by North Korea. What did Churchill mean by the “iron curtain”?. The separation of the Communist countries in Eastern Europe from the democratic nations in the West.
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What event cause Truman to send American troops to Korea in 1950?
The separation of the Communist countries in Eastern Europe from the democratic nations in the West
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks were part of what movement in the 1950s and 1960s?
In 1950, the United States became involved in the Korean War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?
The two military alliances that opposed each other in Europe during the Cold War were the Warsaw Pact and the ____________.
Who was a US senator during the 1950s that held hearings to look into possible communist threats and accused several people of being communists?
In response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948, the United States and Great Britain ___________.
The United States space program has benefited other things besides space travel. Some products that benefited from the space program were…
What event in the 1960s brought the world close to nuclear war?
What Supreme Court case in 1954 led to the desegregation of schools?
Martin Luther King, Jr., encouraged his followers to Use _________________.
President Johnson called his social programs the ___________________.
What agency was created after the Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik?
The Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union was a rivalry between what two forms of government?
What finally gave all citizens equal access to restaurants, hotels, libraries, and theaters?
In a speech in 1946, This man declared that an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe.
Which was a major aim of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning segregation?
After World War II, a new type of conflict developed between the Soviet Union and the United States that involved competition between the two countries in everything they did. What was this conflict known as?
1962, the United States was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. What was the importance of this event?
The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
How did the Brown vs. Board of Education decision affect the Civil Rights movement?
The United States space exploration that began in the 1960s caused this Industry to grow rapidly.
What role did the Civil Rights movement play in the lives of African Americans during the 1950s?
It encouraged African Americans to work toward equal rights.
Which person’s arrest led African Americans to organize the Montgomery bus boycott?