U.S. History Unit 8

A conflict between countries, with no actual fighting

A barrier of secrecy that kept Soviet controlled nations apart from the rest of Europe

A nation controlled by another country

A policy of preventing a country from expanding its power

A person who flees to a foreign country

One of the most powerful nations in the world; Soviet Union and the U.S.

Area that military forces can't enter; one was created at the 38th parallel once the Korean War was over

Telling a lie under oath

Named after Senator Joseph McCarthy, practice of publicly accusing people of political disloyalty without regard for evidence; spread rapidly throughout the U.S. during 1950's

Strom Thurmond, Henry A. Wallace, Thomas E. Dewey, and Harry Truman; Truman unexpectedly won

Won re-election in the presidential election of 1948

Was the reported winner of the 1948 presidential election, but actually lost in a close race

Conservative Democrat nominee for president in 1948

Line of latitude that effectively separated North from South Korea

General and leader of American forces in Korea; fired by President Truman

One of the husband and wife spy team convicted of selling atomic secrets to the Soviets

State Department worker charged with passing top-secret material to Soviet agents

Republican Senator who accused citizens and prominent Americans of being communist

Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to develop space technology

Meetings between important leaders of nations; U.S. and Soviet Union had one scheduled, but it was cancelled

A community at the edge of a city; many families moved to them during the 1950s

The large increase in population in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964

Difference in tastes and values between young people and their parents

Won the 1952 presidency by a landslide against Adlai Stevenson

Governor of Illinois who lost the 1952 presidential election against Eisenhower

Elementary student who sparked the Brown v. Board of Education court case

Represented the Brown family before the Supreme Court

Arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man

Leader of the Soviet Union during the U-2 spy plane incident

U.S. pilot shot down over Soviet Union while photographing military bases

Name of the first planned community located in NY

The first African American actor to win the Best Actor award

A person who is forced to live away from his or her country

Small bands of fighters making surprise attacks

To isolate; the U.S. did this to Cuba until the Soviet Union removed their missiles from the island

Secretary of State during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Capital of East Germany; site of the building of the Berlin Wall

Site of a failed U.S. invasion which attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro

Democrat who won the 1960 presidential election

President Kennedy's goals and programs for the future of the U.S.

A federal agency that sends trained volunteers to help developing countries

A protest in which people sit and refuse to leave a place

A protest against segregated buses and bus stations

To open to people of all races

His administration ushered in the New Frontier; was assassinated in November, 1963

A Soviet Cosmonaut; first man in space

First American sent to space

Attorney General during the Kennedy administration; sent federal marshalls to protect the Freedom Riders

An African American who successfully enrolled at the University of Mississippi

Southern minister who helped to lead the protests and desegregation movement

Ground zero for many protests and marches on favor of desegregation

Assumed the presidency after the assassination of Kennedy

Determined to be the lone assasin of Kennedy

Dallas business man who killed Oswald

The chief justice appointed to a commission to determine if Oswald acted alone or with others to assassinate the president