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390116131Korean WarThe conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. A ceasefire stopped the fighting, but the country is still split.0
390116132Eisenhower's PresidencyAdmired for his military record. Ended deficit spending, cut back the scope of new deal, introduced tax reform that benefited big business, supported civil rights but was resistant to interfere with states rights.1
39214136538th parallelDividing line between North and South Korea2
390116133Joseph McCarthyUnited States politician who accused many innocent people of being communists without proof, he even accused people in the State Department of being communists3
390116134U-2 IncidentAmerica flew a plane over Soviet Union to spy, the plane was shot down. Pilot survived after US traded their captive for him.4
390116135SputnikThe successful launch of this satellite by the Soviet Union that put fear in the hearts of Americans and started the Space Race.5
390116136The Space RaceA heated competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop the first real-world exploration of outer space.6
390116137Middle Easta large region that covers parts of northern Africa, southwestern Asia, and southeastern Europe7
390116138Suez Canala ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea8
390116139Rock-n-Rollbecame a popular music genre in the fifties with the introduction of Elvis Presley, often equated with rebellion9
390116140Brown v. Board of Education1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are "inherently unequal" and ordered all public schools desegregated.10
390116141Interstate Highway Systemlargest public works project created by Eisenhower; a network of high-speed roads built to make interstate travel faster and easier11
390116142Erie CanalA canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The canal allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West.12
390116143Geneva ConferenceConference deciding fate of Vietnam; created cease fire and divided Vietnam into communist north and democratic south; two sides had to hold a national election 2 years later13
390116144Martin Luther King, Jr.America's greatest civil rights leader; his nonviolent protests, such as sit-ins, marches, and boycotts, gained national attention and resulted in government protection of African American rights, he was assassinated in 196814
390116145Rosa ParksRefused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed, the Montgomery bus boycott was organized.15
390116146Bus BoycottIn Alabama black citizens protested having to give up their seats to white people by boycotting the buses for over a year.16
390116147Vietnamcountry in which thousands of American troops died in the longest conflict in American History for the fight against communism17
390116148Dien Bien PhuThe place that the final battle took place that forced the French out of Vietnam18
390116149Termination Policy1953 government eliminated economic support for native Americans, stopped reservation system, redistributed tribal support19
390116150Jim Crow Lawsrigid, anti-black laws that separated people of different races in public places in the south20
390116151KKKTerrorist group of White Supremacists in south, against blacks, Jews, Catholics21
390116152Containmenta policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully22
392141366Emmett Tillan African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman; his murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the African-American Civil Rights Movement23
392141367White Citizens Councilthe group, comprised of about 15,000 members mostly in the south, was well known for its opposition to racial integration in the South.24

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