1. The Civil Rights Movement
Cold War Era
Jeopardy
The Cold War Begins
Life in the
1950’s
The Civil Rights Movement
A Decade of Change
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2. How President Truman got supplies to the free people of East Germany after the Soviet blockade was established

3. Fearing nuclear attack from the Soviets, many Americans built these in
their backyards
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4. The cause of the
Korean War

5. The main purpose of
NATO
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6. The cause of the Cold War (include the term Iron Curtain)

7. Replaced the radio as the main source of news and entertainment for most people in the 1950’s

8. Small communities close to larger cities

9. He symbolized the fear of communism in the early 1950’s

10. This agency was created during the 1950’s to coordinate the gathering of information about the nations enemies around the world

11. The reason Congress thought it was falling behind in the “space race”

12. African Americans walked to work, church, and other places instead of using city transportation during this Civil Rights event

13. The lead lawyer for the NAACP during the Brown v. Board case
The lead lawyer for the NAACP during the Brown v. Board case. He also became the 1st African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.

14. The big Civil Rights event where Martin Luther King Jr
The big Civil Rights event where Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous “I have a Dream” speech

15. States that Southern, state and local, governments must get Federal approval before they make changes to voting practices

16. Made segregation in public places illegal starting in 1964

17. This 35th President was assassinated as his motorcade made its way through Dallas, TX

18. This Civil Rights leader was assassinated just outside his motel room in Memphis, TN

19. The Soviet leader who ordered the building of the Berlin Wall

20. Two of the reasons many Americans protested the Vietnam War

21. The reason President Kennedy demanded that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba

22. Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott

23. He was the first man to set foot on the moon

24. The name of the Soviet satellite that was the first to orbit Earth

25. The landmark Supreme Court case that led to desegregation in public schools

26. The reason the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War