1. 5 th Grade Chapter 9 Vocabulary Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

2. Your Name Name two countries that were superpowers? United States and Soviet Union/Russia

3. Your Name Who was the first big rock and roll star of the 1950s? Elvis Presley

4. Your Name What was the most famous symbol of the Cold War? Berlin Wall

5. Your Name What is a system of bringing in supplies by airplane? Airlift

6. Your Name Who were two African American leaders who were assassinated (killed) in the 1960s? Malcolm X Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. Your Name What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? Ordered that schools stop segregation (separating blacks and whites).

8. Your Name Why did the East Berlin government build a concrete wall around East Berlin? To keep East Berliners from escaping to freedom.

9. Your Name When Germany was divided up after WWII, the Soviet Union took what would become East Berlin. What 3 countries shared West Berlin? Britain France United States

10. Your Name What is the capital of Germany? Berlin

11. Your Name The capital is located in _____ Berlin? East

12. Your Name Who took control of Cuba in 1959? Fidel Castro

13. Your Name Who was the first man to walk on the moon? Neil Armstrong

14. Your Name Who believed in changing things by using peaceful ways? Martin Luther King Jr.

15. Your Name What spacecraft was the first to land on the moon? Eagle

16. Your Name Who refused to give up her seat on the bus? Rosa Parks

17. Your Name What was one of the most powerful bombs? Hydrogen bomb

18. Your Name When one country builds weapons to protect itself against another country, it is called … Arms race

19. Your Name Teenagers in the 1950’s created their own culture. A major part of it was … Rock and roll

20. Your Name The “I Have a Dream” speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. was made in … Washington DC

21. Your Name The 1965 grape pickers strike was to gain better … Wages

22. Your Name In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr won the … Nobel Peace Prize