Mother Russia
Communism
The Nifty Fifties
Civil Rights
100

This is the term for a 19th century class of Russian citizens that were similar to slaves.

Who are the serfs?

100

This would be the kind of communism preached by Vladimir Lenin.

What is Leninism?

100

This style of family was considered the norm in the 1950s and includes a breadwinning father, a stay at home mother, and a child centric home.

What is the nuclear family?

100

This man sued the Topeka BOard of Education in an attempt to see his black daughter received the same quality education as white students in the same district.

Who is Brown?

200

This is the year that the Russian Civil War began.

What is 1917.

200
This man is often considered the father of modern communism, having written an entire Manifesto on the subject in 1847.

Who is Karl Marx?

200

This craze saw many white middle class citizens leaving the cities and moving out to the “ ‘burbs.”

What is Suburbia?

200

This man was the head lawyer for civil rights group the NAACP and would go on to become a Supreme Court Justice often called “Mr. Civil Rights.”

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

300

This man was the leader of the Soviet Revolution.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

300

This policy was adopted by the West as a means of stopping the “spread” and influence of communism, as opposed to actively fighting for its destruction.

What is containment?

300

These towns, one in NY and one in PA, were built to provide affordable and uniform housing and were named after the man who built them.

What is Levittown?

300

This Civil Rights leader believed in non-violent protests and helped give roots to many movements, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr?

400

This was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.

Who is Stalin.

400

Winston Churchill gave this famous speech in which he preached of the dangers of communism and warned that communism was dividing Europe. 

What is the Iron Curtain Speech?

400

Considered a psychological need, this term refers to one’s own desire to be a part of a group, tribe, or something bigger than themselves with likeminded people.

What is Belongingness?

400

This US Supreme Court cases was the origin for legal racial segregation in the United States.

What is Plessy v Ferguson?

500

This is often cited as the initial cause of Stalin’s distrust of the West.

What is the The west’s inaction in early WWII?

500

Mao adopted this form of Communism during his reign over China.

What is Trotskyism?

500

This new craze, which referred to 50s Americans desire to buy new things, helped create an economic boom like no other shortly after WWII.

What is consumerism?

500

MLK penned his famous “From Jail” letter in this Alabama city. 

What is Birmingham?