Sixties and Seventies Social Activism
This civil rights leader advocated the use of violence and was assassinated in New York in 1965.
Who was Malcolm X?
This city was the site of a famous bus boycott in 1955.
What was Montgomery?
This international terrorist organization perpetrated the attacks on 9/11.
What was Al-Qaeda?
This 100 hour war was fought to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqis.
What was the Gulf War?
This president was almost impeached for his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
This Mexican-American civil rights leader helped found the United Farm Workers.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This landmark law was passed in 1964, banning segregation and discrimination in many aspects of American life.
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This leader of the attacks on 9/11 began his career fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan and was killed by the Navy Seals in 2011.
Who was Osama Bin Laden?
This international organization authorized the use of military force to liberate Kuwait in 1991.
What was the UN?
This president was famously impeached for lying about an extra-marital affair held in the Oval Office.
Who was Bill Clinton?
This bar in Greenwich Village was the site of a famous uprising by LGBT Americans, leading to the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
What was the Stonewall Inn?
These civil rights protesters used non-violent civil disobedience to challenge segregation on interstate busses in 1961.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This country was invaded by the United States in 2001 for providing a safe haven for terrorists, leading to a 20-year long military committment.
What was Afghanistan?
This president ordered the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of the Iraqi government in 2003, without the support of the international community.
Who was George W. Bush?
This president is known for his economic plan that involved large tax cuts and deregulating the economy, leading to a huge economic boom.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
This book by Betty Friedan helped launch the Women's Liberation movement.
What was "The Feminine Mystique?"
This Supreme Court case was overturned in the context of education by the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education?
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
This president ordered the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, leading to the overthrow of the Afghan government and the return to power of the Taliban.
Who was Joe Biden?
This country seized American hostages in 1979, leading to a 444-day international crisis.
What was Iran?
This president was known for his youth and energy, and his tragic death led to his administration being known as "Camelot."
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This book by Rachel Carson exposed the dangers of the use of pesticides like DDT and led to the beginning of the modern environmental movement.
What was "Silent Spring?"
This civil rights protester participated in the sit-in movement, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery March, was arrested and violently attacked numerous times, and served 33 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who was John Lewis?
This law was passed in 2001 to protect the nation from additional terrorist attacks, but has been criticized for threatening Americans' civil liberties.
What was the Patriot Act?
This peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was brokered by Jimmy Carter in 1978.
What were the Camp David Accords?
This president was elected in 2000, becoming only the fourth candidate to win the electoral college having lost the popular vote.
Who was George W. Bush?