Chicken or Egg
Leaders
Civil Rights
Civil Rights
Bert
100

NATO is formed

Berlin Wall is Constructed

NATO is formed (1949)

100

President whose goal was to build the Great Society.

Lyndon B. Johnson

100
Landmark court case overturning "separate but equal."

Brown v. Board of Education

100

Event which occurred in LA after attempted arrest of DUI near his home.

Watt's Riots

100
Attempted invasion of Cuba that sparked Cuba's relationship with the USSR.

Bay of Pigs

200

Robert Kennedy is assassinated

The Iranian Hostage Crisis

Robert Kennedy is assassinated (1968)

200
Ended Vietnam War/ first US President to resign.

Richard M. Nixon

200

Event which immediately followed arrest of Rosa Parks.

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)

200

Two key US leaders assassinated in 1968.

MLK and RFK

200

Bert became concerned when the U2 spotted these in Cuba.

Nuclear capable missiles.

300

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated

The Great Society begins

The Great Society begins (1965)

300

US President during Iran Hostage Crisis

James E. Carter

300

Students which were escorted to school in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Little Rock Nine

300

Student Committee which Promoted non-violent actions.

SNCC

300

It definitely wasn't a blockade.

Quarantine

400

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Bay of Pigs invasion

The Bay of Pigs invasion (1961)

400

Leader during the beginning of the Cold War.

Harry S. Truman

400

Integrated Bus rides through the south.

Freedom Rides

400

Black power movement which was closely aligned with communism/ socialism.

Black Panther Party

400

Leaders who personally communicated to end the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Kennedy and Khrushchev

500

Brown v Board of Education

Plessy v. Fergusson

Plessy v. Fergusson (1896)

500

Leader who pushed for admission of Little Rock Nine.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

500

Keynote speaker in March on Washington

MLK, Jr.

500

Former slave who inspired MLK's approach to Civil Rights.

W E B Dubois

500

Negotiated settlement of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

1. US promises to never invade Cuba

2. USSR removes all missiles from Cuba

3. US secretly promises to remove missiles from Turkey