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This group of actors refused to answer

questions regarding their political views and

were charged with contempt of Congress.

Names of individuals who were known communists were circulated among

businesses for those who should NOT be

hired.

Which President funded the Interstate Highway

System

What was the name given to President Truman’s domestic

programs?

This individual spoke out against Senator

McCarthy and was the 1st female in the Senate.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that

“Separate but equal” has no place in public

education?

Who assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Which President signed the Civil Rights bill of

1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965?

In what city did Eugene “Bull” Connor use attack

dogs and fire hoses against peaceful

demonstrators during the Civil Rights

movement?

Who was the NAACP civil rights activist that was gunned down in front of his home by

Edgar Ray Killen?

What event in Cuba was a huge disaster and embarrassment for President Kennedy?

Identify the Great Society programs that provided health care to

elderly and poor Americans.

Who was the Hispanic activist that led the

California Grape Boycott?

What is the name of President Kennedy’s foreign policy that combined different

approaches to stopping the spread of communism?

What book did Betty Friedan write that

sparked controversy over the role of woman?

What is the theory that states if one country falls to communism others will follow?

What was the event in January of 1968 that

proved Americans were not winning the war and

caused some to question the

governments account of the war?

What event led to President Johnson

gaining approval by Congress to use whatever force

necessary in Vietnam?

In 1954 the French surrendered at Dien

Bien Phu. Vietnam was divided at the 17th

parallel. What was the peace agreement that

made this arrangement?

Who was the American general in charge of US

troops in Vietnam during the Johnson Administration?

Where did a near disaster occur at a

nuclear power facility in Pennsylvania during the

1970’s?

What is the foreign policy approach used by Nixon that called for an “easing of tensions”?

What document was leaked that proved the US government misled

Americans during Vietnam?

Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?

What policy of Nixon’s called for returning

power and resources to the States?

The Hollywood 10

Black Listed

Eisenhower

Fair Deal

Margaret Chase Smith

Brown v. Board

James Earl Ray

Johnson

Birmingham

Medgar Evers

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Medicare & Medicaid

Cesar Chavez

Flexible Response

The Feminine Mystique

Domino Theory

Tet Offensive

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Geneva Accords

General William Westmoreland

Three Mile Island

Detente

Pentagon Papers

Washington Post reporters who broke the

Watergate story.

New Federalism

The 1980’s

This group of conservative Christians

registered to vote in waves and helped put

Ronald Reagan into the White House.

The Moral Majority