Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech and leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott with Rosa Parks?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
100
What is the name of the two amendments that gave women the right to vote and African Americans the right to vote?
What is the 19th (women) and 15th (African Americans)?
100
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
Belief that if one country fell to communism, many other would follow
What is the domino theory?
100
What was a direct response of the United States to growing communist threats in Greece and Turkey following WWII?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
200
What Civil rights leader wanted African Americans to establish separate communities, he did not believe that being peaceful had achieved anything and should blacks should act in their own self defense when violence was inflicted upon them. He was a member of he Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X?
200
What did the U.S.Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, allow state governments to do? (Hint: what was the decision in the case)
What is allowed for "separate but equal" (segregation by race)
200
In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?
What is stated that separate but equal was constitutional
200
What was the purpose of the 26th Amendment?
What is reduced the voting age from 21 to age 18 years old?
200
What term describes the influence of the pattern of population growth and birth rates in the US at the end of WWII (1946-1964)?
What is the baby boom?
300
Hispanic labor leader who worked for reforms and rights of migrant workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300
What is the name of the organization that invited black college students to participate in sit-ins
What is Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
300
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
What is overturned “separate-but-equal” ruled that segregation in public schools was prohibited?
300
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
What is propose economic aid for European nations rebuilding after WWII?
300
What bill provided funding for veterans of the Second World War in order a better educated and more productive workforce?
What is the G.I. Bill?
400
Wrote The Feminine Mystic, detailing the concerns of American housewives and led the women’s movement ?
Who is Betty Friedan?
400
Group that believed in militant style and violence to fight racial inequality
What is the black panthers?
400
Which amendment eliminated poll taxes on voters in the United States?
What is the 24th Amendment?
400
Which set of event is sequenced in the correct chronological order?
1. Sputnik
2. Bay of Pigs
3. Cuban Missile Crisis
4. Korean War
What is
4. Korean War
1. Sputnik
2. Bay of Pigs
3. Cuban Missile Crisis
400
What was the main purpose the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)was created?
What is to provide a collective security where each member nation pledged to defend every other member if attacked?
500
Mexican American physician and advocate for the American G.I. Forum to improve benefits for vets.
Who is Hector P. Garcia?
500
Non-violent organization created by Martin Luther King, Jr that eliminated segregation and encouraged blacks to register to vote
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
500
Prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against girls and young women from admission to athletic programs
What is Title IX?
500
What United States president signed the Civil Rights act of 1964? BONUS QUESTION) X 2 (1000 POINTS)
What is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
What is the name of the event where a U.S. spy discovered the Soviet Union placing missiles in Cuba?