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Cold War, Civil Rights, and Present Day
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15
History
5th Grade
05/06/2011

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Korean War
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when this war ended the countries remained divided- communist and democratic
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Cold War
Definition
The goal of this war was to stop the spread of communism
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Rosa Parks
Definition
refused to give up her seat on the bus
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Civil Rights
Definition
rights guaranteed to all citizens
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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tension between the US and Soviet Union in 1962 over nuclear missiles in Cuba
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Berlin Wall
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built by the Soviet Union; torn down representing the end of the Cold War
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Sputnik
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first unmanned Soviet satellite
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition
"I Have a Dream"- civil rights leader
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Neil Armstrong
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first man to walk on the moon
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Brown v. Board of Education
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declared that school segregation was unconstitutional
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; group of countries joined together to stop the spread of communism
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Vietnam War
Definition
when this war ended the countries joined under a communist government
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McCarthyism
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announced that hundreds of communists were working in the United States government
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President John F. Kennedy
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35th president, assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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Persian Gulf War
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War that took place in the Middle East when Iraq invaded Kuwait
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