1954 Court Case that reversed the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
The broad term for Johnson's reforms in the 1960s as President
What is the Great Society
100
This 1973 law limited the President's power to declare war on a foreign entity and transferred most of the power to Congress
What is the War Powers Act
200
This 1965 legislation withheld federal funding from districts that discriminated against voters by race
What is The Voting Rights Act
200
This early education program was part of Johnson's social plan to help urban and poor children
What is the Head Start program
200
These two politicians showed down in the 1968 election after Johnson elected not to run again
Who are Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey
300
In 1961, these were initiated to test whites' acceptance of the Court's desegregation of the U.S. busing system
What are the Freedom Rides
300
This program was passed during Johnson's presidency that allowed poor Americans of all ages to receive low-cost or free health care
What is Medicaid
300
Congressional approval to go to war with the North Vietnamese in the summer of 1964 is commonly known as this
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
400
This law dismissed the use of poll taxes as a method of voting discrimination, especially in the South
What is the twenty-fourth amendment
400
This 1962 event tested Kennedy's will to stand up to the Soviets and proved he was a worthy and capable leader
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
400
This attack by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in 1968 proved the U.S. military's incompetence in handling affairs in Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive
500
This protest involved drawing attention to African-American voting rights particularly in Alabama in the early 1960's
What is the Selma march
500
The president of Vietnam from 1955 to 1961 that the U.S. first supported but then organized a coup to overthrow him from power once it became clear he could not control Communist infiltration in his country