1960's Test Flashcards

Front

Who used nonviolent and peaceful protests to gain civil rights for African Americans?

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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The goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to overthrow Fidel Castro. He was the dictator of what country?

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Cuba

Front

Who placed nuclear missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Soviet Union

Front

The Freedom Rides, the Greensboro Sit In, and the Children's March were all examples of _____ protests that faced _____ opposition.

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peaceful, violent

Front

What COUNTRY was the Berlin Wall trying to stop from getting into the democratic and capitalist side of Berlin?

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East Germany

Front

This country controlled Vietnam and its neighbors before World War II. After World War II the Vietnamese fought for independence against this country, and won.

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France

Front

American leaders were involved in Vietnam because of the firm belief that "if one country falls to communism, other countries surrounding it will become communist." This is known as the _____

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Domino Theory

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America fought with the ______ to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam.

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South Vietnamese

Front

All of these examples below are things that soldiers in Vietnam faced, except for: guerilla warfare, agent orange and napalm, trench warfare

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trench warfare

Front

During Freedom Summer, civil rights workers spread throughout the south to help African Americans do what?

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register to vote