Civil Rights
Who was the Civil Rights leader who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
MLK
JFK was the first president to have participated in what?
Televised debate
Who led the Communist Revolution in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Which "half" of Vietnam did the US support in the war?
Southern
Our 8th President, Martin van Buren was from Kinderhook, New York. He became our first, and only, president to speak English as his second language. What was his first?
Dutch
What Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" was NOT Constitutional?
Brown v Board
What did LBJ decide before the 1968 election?
Not to run
Who trained the Cuban exiles who would take part in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
CIA
What counter-culture movement started out of protesting the Vietnam War?
Hippie Movement
There are two "main" bands of the Choctaw recognized in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is based in Oklahoma, and then there's the _____ Band of Choctaw Indians (Mr. Clayton's family are descended from this band)
Mississippi
What city was known as "the most segregated city in America" in the 1950's and 1960's?
Birmingham, AL
LBJ's programs to fight poverty and promote Civil Rights were collectively known as what?
The Great Society
The USSR agreed to remove missiles from Cuba, if America did what two things in return?
Remove missiles from Turkey (and Italy), and promise not to invade Cuba.
The southern Vietnamese communists who battled the American soldiers were known as what?
Viet Cong
Georgia was founded as a buffer zone between the British Carolinas, and Spanish Florida. The Battle of Bloody Marsh saw the British defeat the Spanish on what Georgia island? (there's a picture of the fort behind my desk btw)
Saint Simons
This was a trip through the South, organized by SNCC, to see if desegregation was being enforced in the South. Spoiler: it was not.
Freedom Rides
What happened in the immediate aftermath of MLK's assassination?
Protests and riots across the Nation
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
13 days
What type of warfare did the Viet Cong display an uncanny ability in?
Guerilla Warfare
L'Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland, Canada, is most likely the first European settlement in North America. Who founded it?
Norse/Vikings/Greenlanders. Or Leif Erickson if you want bonus points.
What group made popular the term "Black Power", and advocated fighting back if attacked to protect the Black community?
Black Panthers
Who (allegedly acting alone) assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who was the Argentinian Communist who became Castro's #2 during the Cuban Revolution?
We didn't make it this far technically, but who won the Vietnam War?
Communists
Why did George Washington sign a document claiming he assassinated Captain Jumonville in cold blood?
It was written in French, and he was too embarrassed to admit he didn't speak French.