Cold War
Cold War continued
Civil Rights
Civil Rights People
Vietnam
100
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
100
What two major nations competed in the Space Race?
What is the U.S. and the USSR.
100

How were Linda Brown and Rosa Parks similar?

They both contested the "Jim Crow" segregation laws in the south?

100

I was involved in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and gave a speech at the March on Washington, who am I?

Who is MLK?

100
What was the Domino Theory?
What is the US belief that if we let one nation fall to communism more countries would fall?
200
October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
200

The House Committee of Un-American Activities (HUAC) was formed as an investigative agency who looked for communist in the U.S. What famous US Senator would have supported this?

Who is Joseph McCarthy

200

This court case was finalized in 1964 banning segregation in schools.

What is the Brown vs. Board of Education?

200

I was assassinated and my vice president supported the Civil Rights Movement.

Who is JFK?

200
The resolution that was passed by the U.S. congress gave President Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Vietnam from communism.
What is the Tonkin Gulf resolution?
300
What is the name of the event where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
300

What was the Marshall plan?

What is a policy by the US to support democratic countries financially or militarily so they don't turn to communism.

300

This non violent protest was the turning point of the Civil Rights Movement and allowed new laws to be passed.

What is the Selma march on Montgomery?

300

My father fought so I could go to a good school.

Who is Linda Brown?

300
What are 3 reasons people would oppose the Vietnam War?
What is the draft, not our war to fight (Vietnamization), media coverage, deaths of innocent civilians, credibility gap, or economic costs?
400
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
400

The other foreign policy to beat the USSR

What is Deterrence?

400
What event was the first major challenge to southern schools unwilling to segregate following the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
What was the Little Rock Nine?
400

My ideals and methods during the civil rights movement directly conflicted with Martin Luther King's.

Who is Malcolm X?

400
What was the Tet Offensive?
What is the surprise attack by the Vietcong on the Vietnamese new year?
500
What was President Truman's policy to stop the spread of Communism?
What is containment.
500

The treaty to ban nuclear proliferation.

What is SALT I or SALT II?

500

Created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

What is Title VII?

500

I was an NAACP lawyer that became famous during the Brown v. Board of Education trial that ended racial segregation in schools.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

500

The commanding general in charge of US troops in Vietnam.

Who is General William Westmoreland?

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