This suburban development provided an example for all future suburbs.
What is Levittown?
100
In this place, Martin Luther King Jr. got his start leading a bus boycott.
What is Montgomery, AL?
100
This man was the leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
100
During this event, gay men fought back against the police during a bar raid.
What is the Stonewall Riot?
100
In this building, five men broke into the Democratic headquarters.
What is Watergate?
200
This act provided a college education and advantageous home loans to veterans returning from World War II
What is the GI Bill?
200
This boy was murdered in Mississippi. His case brought attention to the brutality taking place in the South.
Who is Emmett Till?
200
At this place, American soldiers massacred Vietnamese civilians. It came to represent the horrors of the war and the intense pressure that American soldiers were under.
What is My Lai?
200
This man helped organize the United Farm Workers
Who is Cesar Chavez?
200
This vice president resigned in disgrace after a series of scandals over bribes and kickbacks.
Who is Spiro Agnew?
300
Who were critics of the conformity of the 1950s?
What are the Beats, many teenagers, and Hollywood?
300
This man was the main attorney during the Brown vs. Board of Education case. He argued that separate but equal could never be equal.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This man was the leader of South Vietnam until his assassination in 1963.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
300
Name two court cases that took place during the Warren Court.
What is Brown vs. Board, Roe v. Wade, Loving v. Virginia?
300
This organization acted as the main organization controlling prices and distribution of oil from the Middle East
What is OPEC?
400
This is the reason why church membership spiked dramatically during the 1950s.
What is the Cold War/fear of communism?
400
In this neighborhood, African-Americans rioted after an incident of police brutality. It was one of many riots that took place outside of the South during the Civil Rights Movement
What is Watts?
400
This man created the idea of Vietnamization
Who is Henry Kissinger?
400
This person founded NOW, which grew dramatically during the 1970s.
Who is Betty Friedan?
400
Name two things that helped to tank Jimmy Carter's presidency.
What is stagflation, the energy crisis, the Malaise speech, the rise of the Right, and the Iran Hostage Crisis?
500
This man was the president during most of the 1950s (1952-1960)
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
500
This organization started as an interethnic group that fought for Civil Rights and welcomed both white and black members. It became radicalized under the leadership of Stokely Carmichael
What is SNCC?
500
During this event, the Americans almost lost to an offensive. It caused a loss of credibility for Johnson's handling of the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
Name three federal programs of the Great Society that we still have today?
What is Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, housing subsidies, Pell Grants, federal student loans, Head Start, etc. etc.