The exponential increase in birth rath that occured in American after the onset of the Cold War (1950).
What is the baby boom?
100
A preacher and leader of the Civil Rights Movement won rights for blacks in the south by use of non-violent protest.
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
In the 1950's, most American families owned at least one of these, the best source for news, information, and entertainment.
What is a television set?
100
The Supreme Court case in which it was determined that "separate, but equal" was unconsitutional and ordered the desegregation of schools with "all deliberate speed."
What is Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas (1954)?
100
King and his followers used what form of peaceful protest to end discrimination on public forms of transportation in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
200
The U.S. and U.S.S.R. came closest to actual war when Russia threathened to place weapons in Cuba in an event known as this...
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
200
The famous woman who refused to give up her seat in the black section of the bus to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
Jonas Salk's invention to erradicate the Polio virus.
What is the vaccine?
200
The term for Truman's legislation geared to aid Veterans and other Americans.
What is the Fair Deal?
200
A famous Indian leader who also used non-violent protest to win civil rights for his people.
Who was Ghandi?
300
Rather than actually battling with weapons, the Cold War was fought in a different manner, including the race to the moon, dubbed this...
What is the space race?
300
The 35th President of the U.S. who "battled" Communism and Segregation, which he believed to be a moral ciris.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
An instrument that allowed businesses to stay cool throughtout the year and encourged various industries to move south.
What is the air conditioner?
300
Brown v. Board overturned this prior Supreme Court decision that permitted segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
A term that describes the separation of people by race.
What is segregation?
400
The U.S. got involved in Cold War era military conflicts, such as Korea and Vietnam, in an effort to stop the spread of communism; this idea was executed via the Truman Doctrine.
What is containment policy?
400
The predecessor of JFK who, along with Congress, passed significant pieces of Civil Rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1864.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
400
The invention that allowed men like Alan Shepherd to enter outerspace.
What is the space capsule?
400
The legislation passed in 1949 banning racial segregation in federally financed housing.
What is the Federal Housing Act of 1949?
400
Before delivering his famous, "I Have a Dream," Speech, King led a famous protest at the state capital known as this...
What is the March on Washington?
500
Though many industries came to Georgia during the Cold War period, this particular industry was declining.
What is agriculture?
500
The African American lawyer, later turned Supreme Court Justice, who represented the Brown family in the famous case, Brown v. Board.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
This 1967 invention was the first handheld tool for accuratly figuring mathematical operations.
What is the calculator?
500
The Civil Rights legistion passed in 1965 which outlawed discriminatory voting practices.
What is the Voting Rights Act
500
He was the Mayor of Atlanta during the turbulent Civil Rights era.