Transcript 100 Cold War 1960s Vietnam Civil Rights Potpourri

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Vietnam Civil Rights Potpourri
When Stalin blockaded shipments
into West Berlin, England and the
U.S. responded with . . .
The Berlin Air Lift
This was a technique developed for
use in American schools to keep
calm during a nuclear attack . . .
Duck and Cover
Hiroshima and Nagasaki have higher
cancer levels to this day due to the
effect of
Radioactive fallout
People who were identified as
communist sympathizers were often
fired from their jobs or kept from
future employment. This practice
was called . . . .
Blacklisting
This American town is famous for
establishing the “cookie cutter”
image of the suburbs
Levittown New York
The Feminine Mystique was written
by . . .
Betty Friedan
JFK’s presidency got the nickname
_____ due to its promise and
charisma.
Camelot
One of the potential parties
responsible for the JFK assassination
was the _______ due to their desire
to establish lucrative casinos in
Havana.
Mafia
The type of rock music that was
created largely due to the influence
of the drug culture was called . . .
Acid Rock or Psychedelic Rock
The name of the disastrous CIA led
invasion of Cuba was
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The North Vietnamese attack that
weakened US morale during 1968
was
The Tet Offensive
Because of the South Vietnamese
government’s persecution of
Buddhism, a few Buddhist monks
protested by
Self-Immolation
The name of the US-backed dictator
of South Vietnam during the early
years of the Vietnam War was
Ngo Dinh Diem
The Vietnamese Civil War started in
1955 because
Ngo Dinh Diem refused to hold free
elections in South Vietnam as the
Geneva Accords suggested
College students at Kent State
University were shot by members of
the ________.
Ohio National Guard
What was the ERA?
Equal Rights Amendment – gender
equality in the U.S. Constitution
The Little Rock Nine fought for this
civil rights action
The integration of public schools
This group fought to integrate
facilities at bus terminals throughout
the nation . . .
Freedom Riders
When did Malcolm X change his
perspective on black/white relations?
During his pilgrimage to Mecca
The effects of De Facto Segregation
led to this riot in LA in 1967
Watts Riot
Why did the Watergate Break-in
occur?
Plumbers were looking to dig up dirt
on the Democratic Campaign in
1974
Was President Nixon impeached?
No – he resigned from office before
he could be.
Who pardoned Nixon from any
criminal charges due to the
Watergate conspiracy?
President Ford
What was the term for “Young
Urban Professionals” who sought
money and fortune in the 1980s
Yuppies
Who proposed a policy of “peace
through strength” towards the Soviet
Union and dramatically built up the
US military?
Ronald Reagan