Civil Rights
Native Americans took over this Fort in 1970.
What is Fort Lawton?
This bill helped soldiers returning from WW2 purchase homes.
What is the GI Bill.
This event happened in 1969. It was the biggest space related achievement to that point in history.
What is landing on the moon.
This is an intense economic, political, cultural competition between nations after WW2.
What was the Cold War
This plant contaminated milk and fish in the surrounding area due to radiation contamination.
What is Hanford.
This is a form of protest where people stop buying or using a specific service or product.
What is a boycott.
This was a fear that many Americans shared the end of WW2.
What was fear of another economic depression?
To more easily transport troops to bases and to more easily evacuate cities during an attack this was created.
What is the highway system.
During this time people were scared that Communists would take over the US Government.
What was the Red Scare.
Fish populations have declined in Washington State because of at least one of these reasons.
What is pollution, logging, or dams.
This type of protest was used in Seattle in 1963 to protest housing discrimination by occupying the mayor's office for 24 hours not leaving.
The GI Bill helped veterans buy houses that used wood which helped what this industry.
What is the timber industry?
To help soldiers readjust to civilian life this bill was passed.
What is the GI bill?
1950, when the Communist led North Korea invaded South Korea it started this war.
What is the Korean War.
This animal starts its life in fresh water. Then goes into saltwater. Finally, returning to the freshwater where it was born to spawn.
What is a salmon?
This group of people had to prove they could read and write in English, before they could start voting up to the 1970's.
Who are Mexican Americans?
In 1962 the Space Needle and Monorail were created to show the future of science during this event.
What is the Seattle World's Fair?
There is a wide diversity of people in the state of Washington which has been caused by this.
What is immigration?
This well-known Wisconsin Senator led a crusade
against suspected communists.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
Plutonium was produced at this Washington State facility.
What is Hanford?
In Spokane Washington he became the first African American attorney.
Who is Carl Maxey?
Americans were made aware they were not winning the space race when the Soviets first launched this satellite.
What is Sputnik?
Between 50,000 to 60,000 refugees left this country in Southeast Asia after what war?
What is the Vietnam War
The Cold War was fought between the United States and this nation.
What was the USSR?
The largest environmental problem in Seattle that still needs to be addressed.
What is traffic congestion and car exhaust