Key People
Key Events and Places
100
Who was known for the March On Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
100

What state did the bus boycott happen?

Alabama
200

Who wanted working conditions to change for migrant workers during this time? 

Cesar Chavez
200
What was the space race?
The 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability. The "race" peaked with the July 20, 1969 US landing of the first humans on the Moon with Apollo.
300

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

A lawyer who defended the Browns in the famous court case Brown vs BOE.
300

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaw?

Denying the right to vote based on race or color
400

Who was in office and signed the Civil Rights Act ?

LBJ
400

The policy of "separate but equal" was used to.........

Justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
500

Who was running for president and was assassinated while give a speech. His brother was assassinated just 5 years before?

Robert Kennedy
500

The Soviet launch of Sputnik I led to the creation of the..........

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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