This was the name of the first satellite sent into space (by the Soviet Union).
What was Sputnik?
100
This woman is considered the 'mother' of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who was Rosa Parks?
100
November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
What was the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
100
This SCOTUS case overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Kennedy's opponent in the first televised Presidential debate in 1960.
Who was Richard Nixon?
200
The name of the first human being in space.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
200
Black Nationalist and leader of the Nation of Islam.
Who was Elijah Muhammad?
200
Name given to the first March from Selma after the intervention of the Alabama National Guard and 'deputized' troops.
What is 'Bloody Sunday?'
200
The Soviet Union put the first animal in space, what was it?
(Bonus 100 points for the name of that animal)
What is a dog? (Laika)
300
This program, started by LBJ, assists American citizens over the age of 65 with health care costs.
What is Medicare?
300
U.S. trained Cubans (La Brigada) invaded Cuba in this battle trying (and failing) to overthrow Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
300
This Alabama governor protested the end of school segregation and was a leader of the Southern movement of Massive Resistance. He also brought back the Confederate flag.
Who was George Wallace?
300
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." This was a famous line from this speech.
What was Kennedy's Inaugural Address (Jan. 20, 1961)?
300
Chief Justice of the SCOTUS from 1953-1969 famous for his progressive rulings.
Who was Earl Warren?
400
This "extreme" Republican lost the 1964 election to LBJ.
Who was Barry Goldwater?
400
Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
400
Civil Rights leader, NAACP legal counsel, and first African-American Justice of the SCOTUS.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
400
August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech in this city.
What is Washington, DC?
400
This SCOTUS case created the "Right to Privacy" out of the penumbra emanating from the Bill of the Rights and the 14th Amendment.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
500
This was the title of one of the most controversial Presidential ads even shown on television - it depicted a girl and a mushroom cloud.
What is the "Daisy" ad?
500
The U.S. secretly removed nuclear missiles from this country in the deal that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is Turkey?
500
These were the co-founders of the Black Panthers movement. (Must give both names)
Who are Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?
500
Erected in 1961 this stood as a physical symbol of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
500
This SCOTUS case ended the practice of teacher led prayer and Bible reading in public schools.