Terms/Events
Terms/Events
People
Civil Rights
Misc.
100
Name the plane that dropped the atomic bomb
What is the Enola Gay
100
Malcom X inspired this movement
What is the Black Power Movement
100
President who was assassinated during his trip to Dallas, Texas. His death had a renown impact on American history.
Who is John F. Kennedy
100
Segregation by law
What is De Jure Segregation
100
The college campus where 4 students were killed by the national group during protests against the Vietnam War.
What is Kent State
200
The event that nearly brought the U.S.S.R and the U.S. to nuclear war
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
200
The killing of this 14 year old boy was to escalated to national attention because it highlighted the brutality of racism in the South
What is murder of Emit Till
200
Kennedy's Vice President who becomes president after Kennedy is assassinated. He is blamed for America's involvement in Vietnam
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
200
MLK took a _____________ approach to his protests throughout the Civil Rights Movement
What is Non-Violent
200
President Nixon's policy to try and get America out of Vietnam and slowly relinquish it's military role to the South Vietnamese
What is Vietnamization
300
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was implemented by which U.S. President?
What is President Johnson
300
Executive Order 9981 did what?
What is desegregate the military
300
Was the first African American student to enter Ole Miss
Who is James Meredith
300
He challenged MLK's views of a peaceful approach to gain civil liberties and wanted to take violent action
Who is Malcom X
300
An influential musician from the 1960's who is known for his lyrics that are politically motivated
Who is Bob Dylan
400
Post-War American economy was best described as....
What is Thriving, Booming!!!
400
President Johnson's domestic social program was called_____________. It declared "War on Poverty"
What is The Great Society
400
He pardons Nixon after the Watergate scandal. As a result, he is highly criticized by American society.
Who is Gerald Ford
400
The March on Selma, Alabama was for what cause?
What is Voting Rights
400
He founded the vaccine for polio in the 1950's
Who is Dr. Salk
500
What was the main reason MLK wanted to march on Birmingham?
What is because it was the most segregated city in the South.
500
Why was television so instrumental during the Vietnam War
Student Responses: Highlighted the shear brutality of war The violence of war was projected throughout American living rooms.
500
American President during the 80's who reestablishes conservative ideals throughout politics, society and economics.
Who is Ronald Reagan
500
President Johnson created this group to investigate race riots in the late 60's
What is The Kerner Commission
500
This term was widely used by skeptics to question the truthfulness of President Johnson's administration about America's involvement in Vietnam
What is Credibility Gap
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