Vocabulary
Who is a person who has served in the military?
Veteran
Who developed a vaccine to precent polio?
YAYY!!
Gain 100 Points
How many people showed their support at the "March on Washington?"
Over 200,000
The ________________ made the world seem smaller.
Television
What is medicine to protect people against disease?
Harry Truman implemented __________________ to help people find homes and jobs.
1968
What law banned segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places?
Civil Rights Act
What generation were you born in?
Gen Alpha
What is the means of economic success?
Prosperity
What is Thurgood Marshall known for?
Served as the first african american Supreme Court Justice.
What is the act that provided over $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of modern highways?
A ___________ forced restaurants and stores to make a choice to close down or treat african americans.
Sit-in
What is the increase in the number of babies born after WWII?
Baby Boom
Whose court case changed segregation in public schools?
Linda Brown
What is Rosa Parks known for?
Denied seat to white man at front of bus and refused to move to back of bus. This led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
Christians, Jews, Northerners, and Southerns did or did not help fight for Civil Rights?
What are the protesters who traveled by bus to test segregation laws called?
The Freedom Riders
Who was the President that passed the Civil Rights Act?
What did Governor Wallace do?
Tried to prevent 2 african american students from attending the University of Alabama
What is the name of the event when King organized a protest in Birmingham during the Civil Rights movement?
Birmingham Childrens Crusade
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a _____ _______ and was well liked for his warm _______________.
War Hero
Personality