History test
38th parallel
After WWII the American and the soviets divided Korea. June 25th 1950 N. Korea invaded S. Korea
Demilitarized zone
Between north and soth Korea an area which bars military forces
General Douglas McArthur
Commander during WWII & N Korea
Castro
Communist leader of Cuba
Censure
Formally criticize
Marshall Plan
It gave $13 billion worth of supplies to western Europe
New Frontier
JFK wanted more money for education and the poor. Social reformers
Flexible response
Kennedy plan to help countries fight communist using special military units. i.e. Green Berets
1960
Kennedy vs Nixon
Blacklists
List of people whose loyalty was questioned
Perjury
Lying under oath
Peace with Honor
Nixon's plan to withdraw from Vietnam with dignity
Dwight D Eisenhower
Repiblican President in 1952
Sabersion
Sabotage
Rosa Parks
She refused to give up her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery
Warsaw Pact
The 1955 treaty binding the Soviet Union and countries of eastern Europe in an alliance against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Cold war
Two countries do not fight but build up supplies to threaten each other
Airlift
USA and Brits flew good and supplies to West Berlin
Kent State
University in Ohio where national guard shot and killed 4 anti-war protestors
Dr Martin Luther king
Was one of the leader of the bus boycott
Baby boom
began during World War Two. the population rose by almost twenty percent. It helped the economy to grow.
Stalemate
deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
Freedom Riders
people who traveled on buses to protect segregation.
