The Soviet detonation of an Atomic Bomb fueled what event?
What is the SECOND RED SCARE
100
What organization was created under President Kennedy to take charge of U.S. programs for exploring outer space?
What is NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
100
What lawyer worked with the NAACP on the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Who is THURGOOD MARSHALL
100
Rising unemployment during President Carter’s term in office undermined public confidence causing him to lose the 1980 election to __________
Who is RONALD REAGAN
100
Americans were looking for someone to blame for recent Communist victories allowing what individual to wage a successful anti-Communist campaign?
Who is Joseph McCarthy
200
Houses being built that looked all the same & were an experiment in low-cost, mass produced housing intended for soldiers returning to civilian life were known as______
What are LEVITTOWNS
200
The domestic programs of the Johnson administration was known as__________
What is the Great Society
200
The success of sit-ins throughout the South led to the formation of what organization?
What is the SNCC
200
What President pardoned Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate?
Who is GERALD FORD
200
Who killed President Kennedy?
Who is LEE HARVEY OSWALD
300
What did HUAC investigate in the 1950s?
What is COMMUNISM
300
Who killed JFK's Assassin?
Who is Jack Ruby
300
What militant African American leader who most directly challenged Martin Luther King, Jr.'s goal of peaceful integration and spoke of the “ballot or the bullet” was:
Who was MALCOM X
300
What U.S. President asked American to undertake “the moral equivalent of war” to help the country develop renewable energy sources due to a lack of domestic production?
Who is JIMMY CARTER
300
The creation of what women's group helped to lobby politicians for changes in laws that hurt women?
What is NOW (National Organization for Women)
400
What Supreme Court case banned racial segregation in public schools?
What is BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA
400
What TWO events/programs were occurring that made inflation jump in the United States?
What is the VIETNAM WAR & THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
400
What FBI Director approved illegal wiretaps on U.S. citizens based on their political beliefs rather than suspected illegal activities.
Who is J. EDGAR HOOVER
400
What scandal brought down President Nixon?
What is the WATERGATE SCANDAL
400
President Nixon proposed a solution to domestic problems called _______ to states and cities.
What is NEW FEDERALISM
500
What government agency encouraged Americans to build bomb shelters in their yards?
What is the Federal Civil Defense Administration
500
Johnson’s “unconditional war on poverty” in America began with the passage of what Act?
What is the Economic Opportunity Act.
500
Television coverage of violence in Selma shocked the nation & helped pass what Act?
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
The TWO reporters who broke the Watergate scandal were
______ & _______
Who is Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
500
What racist governor said: “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."?