The 50s Society
The Space
Race
The Vietnam
War
The Civil Rights
Movement
The Last 40
years
100
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The US aided South while China aided the North.
What is the Korean War?
100
The first American to orbit Earth.
Who is John Glenn?
100
Vietnamese leader worked to free Vietnam from colonial rule.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
100
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement. American Baptist minister, humanitarian, activist.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
100
This law caused the White House to illuminate a Rainbow. Many people disagreed with this law.
What is the Gay Rights Law?
200
The year this now essential tool a credit card was made.
When was 1950?
200
Soviet space program launched this in 1959.
What is the Luna 2?
200
This was the reason the United States got involved in the war in Vietnam.
What is the stop to spread Communism?
200
This man assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. His killing caused civil discord, and a controversial war.
Who is James Earl Ray?
200
This tool came into service in 1991. Now used daily by millions of people.
What is the World Wide Web?
300
This social class increased in numbers greatly after World War Two.
What is the Middle Class?
300
The first dog in space.
Who is Laika?
300
Dug a complex series of tunnels, from which they mounted surprise attacks.
Who are The Vietcong and North Vietnamese?
300
One of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movements that would achieve his goal through any ways.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
Caused more airport security. Now known as Ground Zero.
What is 9/11?
400
Gave military veterans affordable access to a college education, which gave a high amount of educated employees
What is the G.I. Bill?
400
This was the first artificial satellite sent into space by the United States
What is Explorer 1?
400
These are the two United States presidents during the war.
Who is John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
The policy of separating races at school, bus, businesses, public places, etc.
What is Segregation?
400
Attacked Paris and many other places. Now the most well known terrorist group in the world at this moment in the world.
Who is ISIS?
500
Limiting presidents to no more than 2 terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
500
The first person to orbit the Earth.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
500
Attacked an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Who is North Vietnam?
500
He passed the Civil Rights Act into law in 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
Many people feared that the transition to this year because they believed computers would not shift over.
What is Y2K?
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