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Civil Rights
100

First Black American four-star general.

Chappie James

100

What was the first nuclear power plant built by the United States?

Shippingport Atomic Power Station

100

Capital of New Jersey

Trenton

100

A televised American evangelist known around the world.

Billy Graham

100

What event was started to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks?

The Montgomery bus boycott

200

Who developed the polio vaccine?

Dr. Jonas Salk

200

What was America's first nuclear-powered submarine?

USS Nautilus

200

Capital of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

200

The first man on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

200

After leading the March on Washington, who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

300

First American in space?

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

300

What is the belief that God does not exist?

Atheism

300

Capital of Vermont

Montpelier

300

First Black American Supreme Court justice.

Thurgood Marshall

300

What were some of the ways people peacefully protested against segregation?

Freedom ride, sit-ins, March on Washington

400

Who developed the ARPAnet?

Leonard Kleinrock

400

Provided medical care for senior citizens.

Medicare

400

Capital of Louisiana

Baton Rouge

400

First American to orbit the earth.

John Glenn

400

What act guaranteed the civil rights of Native Americans would not be taken away by tribal governments?

Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968

500

The first Black American to be an adviser to the president.

Robert Weaver

500

What was formed to be a world organization in which nations work together to solve their problems?

United Nations

500

Capital of Alabama

Montgomery
500

Who invented the modern computer operated by a mouse?

Douglas Englebart

500

What Supreme Court Case ended segregation in public schools?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka