Soviet satellite;
ushered in space race
with US
Protest where
people refused to
get off buses
Sputnik
Jonas Salk
Developed vaccine
for polio
Nonviolent
protests
Freedom Rides
Agreement
between Soviet
Union and Eastern
European satellites
to combat NATO
Warsaw Pact
Civil disobedience
Douglas MacArthur
Commander of UN
forces in Korea
Letter from
Birmingham Jail
Nations pledged to
defend each other
if attacked
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
Joseph McCarthy
Claimed to have
names of 100s of
Communists
infiltrating the US
government
Baby boom
Explained that
African Americans
couldn’t wait any
longer for equality
Julius Rosenberg
Spied for Soviet
Union in US; sold
secrets about
atomic bomb
Presidential
advisor; opposed
segregation; bailed
MLK out of jail
Time of high birth
rates after WW II
Billy Graham