Black Power Movement
Riots in this city in August of 1965 reflected growing frustration with non-violent activism
What is Watts (or Los Angeles)?
This 1973 Supreme Court ruling upset many members of the religious right
What is Roe v. Wade?
The year in which the Freedom Rides began
What is 1961?
Political group focusing on employment discrimination, political equality for women, abortion, free childcare, and equality in marriage
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)?
Eight to the fourth power
What is 4,096
They wanted to "police the police" and promoted local self-governance
Who are the Black Panthers?
He was elected president in 1988
Who was George Bush Sr.?
The man who said, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!"
Who is George Wallace?
He led a 300-mile march in 1966 to campaign for workers' rights
Who is Cesar Chavez?
The Denver Nuggets recently lost to this team in the playoffs, making Mr. Gilden very unhappy
Who are the Minnesota Timberwolves?
He was assassinated by the Nation of Islam in February 1965
Who is Malcolm X?
Synonymous with "Reaganomics"
What is "trickle-down economics"?
He helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964; replaced Kennedy
Who was Lyndon Johnson?
What is the Catholic Church?
Second largest country in the world by area
What is Canada?
He rejected non-violence and ousted whites from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
He implemented reforms in the Soviet Union which helped bring about the end of the Cold War
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This law abolished voting discrimination in federal, state, and local elections
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
She wrote Silent Spring
Who is Rachel Carson?
The Supreme Court recently ruled that, in this state, a congressional map creating a second majority-Black district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander
What is Louisiana?
Fired by then-California governor Ronald Reagan for using “inflammatory language" and for repeatedly referring to police officers as “pigs.”
Who is Angela Davis?
In the 1980s, as defense spending increased and tax cuts increased, this also increased
What is the national debt?
Johnson's series of sweeping reforms to "end poverty and racial injustice”
What is the Great Society?
The year in which Native American activists began their occupation of Alcatraz Island
What is 1969?
Year in which Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
What is 1933?