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Brought increased attention, and broke stereotypes, related to HIV

Magic Johnson

100

Believed in achieving equal rights for African Americans by "any means necessary"

Black power movement

100

This system of apartheid was implemented in this country

S. Africa

100

Nickname given to the hockey match in which the United States scored a major upset victory over the Soviet Union

Miracle on Ice

100

This major technological development played a large role in the increase of sports' popularity in the 1950s-60s

TV

200

Boxer frequently used in WWII propaganda

Joe Louis

200

Requires equal opportunities for boys and girls in public institutions

Title IX

200

The first Asian city to host an Olympic games

Tokyo, Japan

200

Nickname given to the soccer match in which a group of Ukrainian citizens defeated the Nazis

"Death Match"

200

Symbolic figure who represented women's involvement in the factories during WWII

Rosie the Riveter

300

First black president of S. Africa

Nelson Mandela

300

The name of the Palestinian terrorist group which took Israel's Olympic team as hostages

Black September Organization

300

2 countries that had a state sponsored doping program

Russia and East Germany

300

This major change occurred to Olympic sports during the late 1900s

Pro athletes allowed to compete

300

This major sports magazine was first published in the 1950s

Sports Illustrated

400

First woman to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympics

Wilma Rudolph

400

An international conflict that was centered around control of one of the most important canals for trade in the world

Suez Crisis

400

The city in which Israel's Olympic team was taken hostage by a Palestinian terrorist group

Munich

400

The two countries AND the sport involved in the "Blood in the Water" match

Russia-Hungary / Water polo

400

The decade/s during which the 2nd wave of feminism occurred

1960s-70s

500

Competed against Billie Jean King in the "Battle of the Sexes"

Bobby Riggs

500

Extremist group which combined the views of the black power movement with Muslims beliefs

Nation of Islam

500

The city in which John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists as a symbol of black power, while at the Olympics

Mexico City

500

The year in which Little League baseball was founded (Hint: it was really bad timing...)

1939

500

The plane crash, now known as the Miracle in the Andes, involved a rugby team from this country

Uruguay