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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 This case established that segregation was a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. "Separate but unequal". | Brown vs. Board of Education |
| Nine African American students tried to enter this high school. Governor Fabus of Arkansas used the National Guard to prevent the Students from entering which was in violation of Brown case ruling establishing integration. | "Little Rock 9" |
| Artificial satellite launched by Russia into space(1957). Deflated the US reputation in Science and technology. | Sputnik 1 |
| Launched by US in 1958. | Explorer 1 |
| An alliance to help stop the advance of communism in the far east. | SEATO. |
| Leader of Cuba. Overthew General Batista. Befriended by Khrushchev. | Castro |
| Research scientist who developed an injectable vaccine that prevented polio. | Jonas Salk |
| Wisconsin Senator. Gave a political speech to a Republican women's group in West Virginia. Accused people of being communists, with no proof. | McCarthy |
| Leader of the Soviet Union in 1956. Befriended Castro. | Khrushchev |
| Made to coordinate research in rocket science and space exploration. | NASA |
| Its goal was to aid "free people's who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. In the long run it pledged the US to fight communism worldwide. | Truman Doctrine |
| Gave European nations aid to rebuild their economies. | Marshall Plan |
| Temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel | Geneva Accords |
| Divided along the 17th parrallel. | Vietnam |
| For 11 months , cargo planes supplied Berliners with food, medicine, and coal. It continued through the spring of 1949, bringing in over 2 million tons of supplies. | Berlin Airlift |
| ____ and Mosaddedegh struggled for power in Iran. | Pahlavi |
| Became states in 1959. | Hawaii and Alaska |
| Divided at the 38th parallel | Korea |
| Communist leader of Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh |
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