Goal 11 Terms Hosted by Mrs. Chavers

1. US History Quiz Bowl Goal 11 Terms Hosted by Mrs. Chavers

2. Goal 11 Birmingham City in 1963 that met protestors with police dogs and firehoses. Brought national attention to the movement and forced the government to respond.

3. Goal 11 War Powers Act Law passed after the Vietnam War which limits the President’s ability to send troops into battle without the approval of Congress.

4. Goal 11 Robert Kennedy He was the Attorney General under JFK and later became the leading candidate for the President in 1968 before he was assassinated by SirhanSirhan.

5. Goal 11 Civil Rights Act, 1964 Civil Rights law passed after JFK’s death that banned segregation in all public places.

6. Goal 11 Berlin Wall This symbol of communism was constructed in 1961 to prevent travel and communication between the east and west parts of Berlin.

7. Goal 11 Joseph McCarthy US Senator who began to accuse various people in the government and entertainment profession of being communist. The accusations were usually without proof and served to assassinate the character of the accused.

8. Goal 11 Sit-In Began in Greensboro, NC to protest the segregation policies of many public restaurants. Started by 4 NC A&T College students.

9. Goal 11 Containment The idea of stopping the spread of communism. Theory was set forth by George Kennan. The Truman Doctrine was the official US policy that reflected this theory.

10. Goal 11 March on Washington Large protest in August 1963 outside the Lincoln Memorial to protest the conditions of Civil Rights. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” Speech in this protest.

11. Goal 11 Chesar Chavez Leader of the migrant farm workers union that formed in the 60’s and 70’s to improve the wages and conditions these workers were receiving.

12. Goal 11 Great Society Name of Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to help the US to fight evils of our society, namely poverty, discrimination, unemployment, and poor education.

13. Goal 11 Malcolm X Spokesperson for the controversial Nation of Islam. Advocated black nationalism and separation from white society. Accepted the use of violence in order to defend oneself against civil rights abuses.

14. Goal 11 NATO Name of the security organization formed by the US and western European nations in the Cold War.

15. Goal 11 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case where the Court ruled that segregation is no longer acceptable. Decision was made in a school desegregation case in 1954.

16. Goal 11 NOW Organization that was formed to advocate the rights of women as a group. Helped lead the women’s movement of the 60’s and 70’s.

17. Goal 11 Deferment Practice of giving college bound students an exemption from the draft sending men to fight in Vietnam. This became one of the major issue protested in the war.

18. Goal 11 James Earl Ray The convicted assassin of MLK Jr.

19. Goal 11 Iron Curtain Name given by Winston Churchill to the areas of Europe that were now under the control of the USSR.

20. Goal 11 George Wallace Governor of Alabama who stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to protest its order to integrate. He later ran for President on a platform of continued segregation.

21. Goal 11 Rosa Parks Montgomery lady who signals the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement when she refuses to give up a seat on a segregated bus.

22. Goal 11 Peace Corp Group begun by JFK that was composed of volunteers who went to underdeveloped nations and tried to help the people there improve their lives.

23. Goal 11 Detente Nixon’s policy of relaxing tensions between the superpowers. Led to several arms reduction treaties with the USSR and a state visit to communist China in 1972.

24. Goal 11 Voting Rights Act National law passed to guarantee voting privileges to African Americans across the nation.

25. Goal 11 38th Parallel This line represented the division of North and South Korea. This is the area where the Korean War began and ended as neither side gained any measurable land area.

26. Goal 11 New Frontier Name given to the JFK administration policies that challenged the nation to move into the future. Containment, Civil Rights, and Space Exploration were some of the goals of the program.

27. Goal 11 Hippies Name given to members of the counter culture movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. They often objected to societal norms and experimented with communal living and hallucinogenic drugs.

28. Goal 11 U-2 Name of the US spy plane that was shot down over the USSR during Eisenhower Administration.

29. Goal 11 Little Rock City where President Eisenhower had to send troops in order to desegregate a local all white high school in 1957.

30. Goal 11 Black Power Idea promoted by Stokley Carmichael to describe the idea that African Americans should control their social, economic, and political lives and separate from white society if needed.

31. Goal 11 Viet Cong Name of the South Vietnamese communist fighters who were our opponents in the Vietnam War.

32. Goal 11 John F. Kennedy Winner of the 1960 Presidential election. Challenged Americans to “ask what they can do for their country.” Established the Peace Corp. Avoided war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated in Dallas.

33. Goal 11 Pentagon Papers Secret documents leaked to the NY Times that told of the activities of several Presidents to escalate the war in Vietnam without the Congress’ or public’s knowledge.

34. Goal 11 Cuban Missile Crisis National crisis of 1962 when the US discovered nuclear missiles being placed in Cuba by the USSR. Led to a near war with the USSR.

35. Goal 11 James Meredith African American man who was the first to go to a formerly segregated University of Mississippi.

36. Goal 11 Freedom Riders Group of civil disobedience protestors who rode into segregation bus stations to prove the point of civil rights abuses. Some were injured and killed in a bomb that was placed on one of the buses.

37. Goal 11 Tet Offensive This was the turning point of the Vietnam Conflict as the Communist forces mounted a massive offensive and although they were defeated it served to discourage the American military and public in January of 1968.

38. Goal 11 Lee Harvey Oswald Accused lone assassin of JFK, who was killed by Jack Ruby. Is often the topic of several conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination.

39. Goal 11 Kent State College campus where Vietnam War protests were met with the gunfire of National Guard troops and several students were killed.

40. Goal 11 Marshall Plan Name of the proposal to rebuild the areas of Europe destroyed by WWII. US loaned over 14 billion in supplies and materials to help these nations and was a method to fight the possible spread of communism.

41. Goal 11 New Federalism Policy of Nixon to return control of many government programs to state and local government rather than national government control.

42. Goal 11 Bay of Pigs Failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban nationalist exiles trying to oust Fidel Castro. The exiles had US help and were completely defeated. Great embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration.

43. Goal 11 Korean War War fought to stop the invasion of communists across the 38th parallel. Fought from 1950-1953. War begun under Truman and ended under Eisenhower.

44. Goal 11 Suburbia or Levittown The word describes the growth of the areas surrounding urban areas as many American sought a quieter lifestyle.

45. Goal 11 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Resolution that asked US Congress to retaliate against North Vietnam for attacks against US vessels near Vietnam that led to war in Vietnam.

46. Goal 11 Martin Luther King Jr. Leader of the non-violent disobedience Civil Rights Movement that began in Montgomery Alabama and spread across the nation.

47. Goal 11 Berlin Airlift Cold War confrontation where the US had to fly supplies into Germany city in order to prevent its takeover by communist forces under the USSR.

48. Goal 11 Lyndon B. Johnson Became President upon the death of JFK and created domestic program called the Great Society to fight poverty. Began US involvement in Vietnam.

49. Goal 11 Truman Doctrine Presidential Policy of trying to aid any nation that needs aid to prevent the spread of communist governments.

50. Goal 11 Richard Nixon Elected president in 1968. Policy of détente helped to ease the Cold War tensions. Policy of vietnamization led to US withdrawal from Vietnam. Resigned as President after the Watergate scandal. Vietnamization: getting South Vietnam to take more control of war effort