HIS 109 Fall '25 Final

Civil Rights-era

100

This organizer of the March on Washington was forced to take a behind-the-scenes role because of his sexual orientation and former affiliation with Communists

Bayard Rustin

200

This supreme court case in 1954 is often considered the starting point of the Civil Rights movement

Brown v. Board of Education

300

We discussed two critical events happened in 1955 that fueled the start of the Civil Rights Movement. What were they?

Montgomery Bus Boycott and Emmett Till murder

400

MLK called this city the most segregated in America, and in 1963 he organized youth protestors to help finally desegregate it and inspire LBJ to pass the Civil Rights Act the next year:

Birmingham, Alabama

500

Who was governor of Arkansas in 1957, when the integration of Little Rock's Central High School sparked a national crisis

Orval Faubus

Vietnam War-era

100

Four were shot dead when Richard Nixon called the National Guard to stop protests against the Vietnam War at this university:

Kent State University

200

In 1964, this resolution allowed LBJ to increase US involvement in the Vietnam War

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

300

LBJ's massive bombing campaign against North Vietnam starting in 1964 was known as:

Operation Rolling Thunder

400

Public opinion in the United States turned against the Vietnam War after this Viet Cong offensive in 1968:

Tet Offensive

500

This book, written by Betty Friedan, spoke of the resentment that middle class women had about being confined to domestic roles-- a key grievance of the Second Wave Feminist Movement

The Feminine Mystique

The Conservative Turn

100

Nixon resigned after this scandal, in which burglars broke into the Democratic Party HQ in a famous DC hotel

Watergate

200

Ronald Reagan's economic policy, more formally known as "supply-side economics" was known also known as

Trickle Down Economics

300

We often forget about Nixon's successor, a former football star who pardoned Nixon and was defeated in the 1976 election against Democrat Jimmy Carter

Gerald Ford

400

Reagan was involved in a scandal called "Iran-Contra," in which his administration secretly funneled money to fight anti-Communist forces in this country 

Nicaragua

500

Part of the reason Jimmy Carter lost so handily to Ronald Reagan in 1980 was because of an unusual economic crisis known as:

Stagflation

After the Cold War

100

While the Soviet Union fell in 1991, the beginning of the end of the Cold War is usually dated to 1989, when this happened:

Fall of Berlin Wall

200

Bush was in charge during the Los Angeles Riots, which were sparked after the acquittal of officers who beat this man

Rodney King

300

George H.W. Bush made this promise to his fellow conservatives, who revolted when he didn't live up to it:

"Read my lips, no new taxes"

400

This third party candidate, running against both Bush and Clinton in the 1992 election, surprised people with how well he did

Ross Perot

500

This Soviet leader tried to open up Soviet society with programs called glasnost and perestroika. He failed, and the Soviet Union fell apart

Mikhail Gorbachev

Alphabet Soup!

100

This Civil Rights group, made up of professionals and lawyers, was responsible for bringing Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court.

NAACP

200

These two political figures, often known by the acronyms of their names, were both assassinated in 1968

MLK Jr. and RFK Sr.

300

Ronald Reagan was criticized for his poor response to an epidemic of this disease which broke out during his presidency

AIDS

400

I will give points if you can name the abbreviation of any Civil Rights group other than the NAACP.

E.g. SNCC, CORE, SCLC

500

This 1960s leftist student organization was a key part of the anti-Vietnam War protests that swept college campuses across the country.

SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)