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100

This was one of the most important African American guitarists of the 1950s Rock N Roll era?

Who was Chuck Berry?

100

This was the decade where Jerry Lee Lewis became popular

What are the 1950s?

100

This war was predominantly focused on the 1960s and caused a "rift" between the generations of the 1960s

What is the Vietnam War?

100

This style of music became more important in the early to mid 1960s for its application of reflecting upon social and current politics of the 1960s

What is folk music?

100

This was known as paying to influence what songs/artists would be played on the radio

What is payola?
200

He was probably the most popular mainstream Rock N Roll artist in the 1950s

Who is Elvis Presley?

200

This was the decade where the space race started between the United State and Russia

What is the 1950s?

200

This was the campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early and mid 1950s

What is McCarthyism?

200

This style of music was important to the creation of Rock N Roll as it was rooted in it

What is Blues?

200

This city was a main center for the Blues starting in the 1940s

What is Chicago?

300

This band from Liverpool, England became one of the most famous Rock N Roll bands of all time

Who are The Beatles?

300

This decade was known for the emergence of the Hippie culture

What are the 1960s?

300

This movement started in the 1950s and became stronger moving into the 1960s

What is the Civil Rights movement?

300

This city became a major center for rock and pop music starting in the 1960s

What is Los Angeles?

300

This event that happened on July 20, 1969 led to the fulfillment of one of John F Kennedy's goals for the United States

What is landing on the moon?

400

This blind pianist combined Jazz, Gospel, and Blues to play Rhythm and Blues

Who is Ray Charles?

400

This decade saw the beginning of teen idols

What are the 1950s?

400

This dance led to the masses of people to adopt Rock N Roll as a new form of pop music`

What is the Twist?

400

This type of music came out of Detroit starting in the early 1960s

What is Motown?

400

On January 3, 1959, this state became the 49th state in the USA.

What is Alaska?

500

This famous folk/rock musician was known for his poetic lyrics

Who is Bob Dylan?

500
The Cuban missile crisis happened during this decade

What are the 1960s?

500

This "event" peaked in 1957, when just under 4.3 million babies were born in America.

What is the "baby boom"?

500
What radio broadcaster out of Cleveland was known as one of the first to embrace Rock N Roll and introduce it to the American public?
Who is Alan Freed?
500

This was the first African American Supreme Court justice who was appointed in 1967

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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