Again not quite done

Civil Rights History

100

the militant expansion of civil rights of the sixties in response to the continued perceived inequity facing African American Communities

Black Panther/Black Power

200

The Little Rock Nine Episode forced the hand of this president to enforce integration policy and overrule the governor of Arkansas by employing the national Guard

Eisenhower

300

The origins of the civil rights movement can be traced back to this organization co founded by WEB Dubois

NAACP

400

Not so much a civil rights movement as much as an expansion and celebration of distinctly African American culture highlighting artistic and literary achievements during the 1920's

Harlem Renaissance

500

Martin Luther King came to prominence with this successful boycott

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Acronyms

100

SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

200

NSA

National Security Agency

300

SNCC

Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee

400

SALT

Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

500

PWA

Public Works Administration

Peeps

100

Spearheaded Steel industry, one of the first true Captains of Industry, known for his philanthropy

Carnegie

200

Nickname given to FDR's highly effective cabinet who were instrumental in the creation and execution of New Deal Programs

Brain Trust

300

Arguably the most significant Secretary of State of the 20th century who pushed forward a period of detente with the Soviet Union and improved relations w China

Kissinger

400

Advocated for African Americans to earn the respect of the white man by learning vocations and proving themselves equals.  Founded the Tuskegee Institute

Booker T Washington

500

Muckraker who exposed the plight of the poor and the immigrants in inner cities

Riis

Legacies

100

Landmark achievements that expanded health care for the elderly within the Great Society

Medicare/Medicaid

200

This brought electricity to the several southern states through an ambitious dam building campaign.  This organization is still in existence today even though it originated during the New Deal

TVA

300

Artemis II by definition could be considered a continued fulfillment of this program created in response to Sputnik some 69 years ago

NASA

400

Technically speaking, this transcontinental system was created as a mechanism to provide escape routes from cities in the event of a nuclear attack

Interstate/Highway system

500

Fulfilled through the UN, the League of Nations proposed this revolutionary postwar concept that forever changed the nature of American Foreign policy

Collective Security

chrono first

100

Morning Song, Journey Lights, Sierra showing up to class, Somersault for Brewer

Morning Song

200

Building of Berlin Wall, Civil Rights Act, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy Assassination

Berlin Wall

300

New Deal, Square Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier

Square

400

Dawes Act, Massacre at Wounded Knee, Completion of Transcontinental RR, Frontier Thesis Published

Transc. RR

500

Watergate, Strategic Defense Initiative, Landing on the Moon, Kent State Massacre

Moon Landing