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Early Cold War
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This gave money to any country battling communism although it starts with $400 million in aid to Turkey and Greece.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
100
Name of the massacre in which American soldiers killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1968 - it changes the minds of many Americans. 
What is the My Lai Massacre?
100
The leader of non-violent protest and civil disobedience during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
100
This non-violent protest started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
The color movement we assigned to the American Indian Movement.
What is the red movement?
200
This is the closest the US and Soviet Union came to nuclear war, and included a US blockade of Soviet ships. 
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200

This resolution authorized Johnson (essentially a "blank check") to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate from an incident in Vietnam in which two US destroyers were fired upon.

What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
200
Main spokesperson for the Nation of Islam who is also seen as the father of the Black Power Movement.
Who is Malcolm X?
200

This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and desegregated public schools nationwide.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200
Leader of the "Brown Movement" who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300
This gave aid to Western European countries after WWII as a way to recover economically but mostly to sustain capitalism and democracy.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
This event included a Vietnam War student protest on a college campus in which the police mistakenly shot into the crowd, killing 4 college students.
What is Kent State?
300
Group of countries that controls and sets oil production and prices
Who is OPEC?
300
These were done by black and white students who sat in the "white section" of segregated restaurants as a form of non-violent protest.
What are lunch-counter sit-ins?
300
LBJ's plan to battle the "War on Poverty"
What is the Great Society?
400
The program that screened government employees, current and future, to assure they were not commies.
What is the Federal Employee Loyalty Program?
400
Name of the large student organization which protested America's involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?
400
The Alabama governor who famously stated "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Who is George Wallace?
400
This act desegregated all public facilities and banned employment discrimination based on sex, color, religion or national origin.
What is the 24th Amendment?
400
The name of the book written by Betty Friedan that launched the 1970s Feminist Movement.

What is the Feminine Mystique?

500
This top secret paper stressed the urgency of the growing Cold War to President Truman in 1950 and was essential in America's decision to enter the Cold War.
What is NSC-68?
500
This reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and limits the president's ability to deploy military forces without the approval of Congress.
What is the War Powers Act?
500
The woman who headed the "Stop ERA" movement, not wanting an equal rights amendment for women, believing it would put women in combat and break traditional roles of the family. 
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
500
This event, coordinated by SNCC, was an effort to help African Americans register to vote in Mississippi. It also included the murder of 3 SNCC members by KKK members. 
What is Freedom Summer?
500
Name of the book published by Rachel Carson about the dangers of DDT and other pesticides. It launches the "Green Movement."
Who is Rachel Carson?