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Civil Rights
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Post World War II Era
Communism
100
This person headed the Civil Rights movement , and is famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This Supreme Court decision deemed that the police had to read your rights upon arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
100
A failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles who were sponsored by the CIA.
What is the Bay of Pigs
100
President Dwight Eisenhower strengthened the nation's transportation system by __________.
What is the Interstate Highway Act.
100
Which of the following is Communist: France, Vietnam, or the United States?
What is Vietnam
200
Leader of the black Muslims, but later changed his views and was assassinated.
Who is Malcolm X
200
This Supreme Court decision ended segregation in schools.
What is Brown v. Board
200
This was the extreme fear of communism in the U.S. led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
What is McCarthyism
200
This group of African American students who were the first people to integrate a Tennessee high school.
Who is Clinton Twelve.
200
Which of the following is a NON-Communist country: North Korea, China, or Great Britain.
What is Great Britain.
300
This person was one of only three southern senators who refused to sign the southern manifesto opposing the desegregation of schools.
Who is Albert Gore Sr.
300
This Supreme Court decision upheld that African Americans were "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
This United States policy was to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Containment policy.
300
This was Lydon Johnson's domestic program designed to end poverty.
What is the "Great Society"
300
Which of the following is Communist: Cuba, South Korea, or Australia?
What is Cuba
400
This person was the Birmingham, Alabama police commissioner who conspired with the KKK to attack the Freedom Riders.
Who is Eugene "Bull" Conner
400
This Supreme Court decision said that people had a right to an attorney during questioning.
What is Escobedo v. Illinois
400
This statement by John F. Kennedy, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." is his decision to keep the policy of ________.
What is containment.
400
This was the birthrate spike after World War II. It helped create the counterculture, and the increase in college applicants during the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Baby Boom.
400
Which of the following was controlled by the USSR after World War II: West Germany, East Germany, or France?
What is East Germany
500
This person led a movement to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
Who is Diane Nash
500
This Supreme Court decision said that the state had to provide an attorney if the individual could not afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
500
President Truman issued this executive order ending segregation in ________.
What is the armed forces
500
This was the United States reaction to the Soviet Union blockading West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift.
500
The United States were involved in this conflict to stop the spread of Communism. It separated this country into a North and South area.
What is the Korean Conflict.