What was the 1st major civil rights organization in the nation?

The NAACP aided activists by providing legal council & helped take unconstitutional court cases to what?

What Case outlawed state established white primaries & allowed black voters to choose political candidates?

What Case ended public school segregation & led to other forms of segregation being targeted?

What Case desegregated interstate busses, meaning travel across the nation was equal for people of color & whites?

What Case was the 1st victory in equality in the 30s?

During WWII, what was the movement to end racism nationally and Nazism globally?

June 25, 1941, Roosevelt signed what, which banned “discrimination in employment.”

What was the name of the largest black union, led by A. Philip Randolph, who threated to march on DC?

The States' Rights Democratic Party who were conservative. It arose due to a Southern regional split in opposition

What integrated law schools in Texas & created a precedent for school desegregation?

What case overturned the Plessey Decision?

Who got arrested during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became the face of the Civil Rights Movement?

Who accused Till of behaving inappropriately towards her while in a store, leading to his lynching?

Who sent the National Guard to prevent 9 black students from attending high school?

Montgomery Bus Boycott led to the creation of the Civil Rights Movements strongest organization–The __________________

The Student Non-violent Coordination Committee (SNCC) was founded by college students & leader _____________

The largest single protest since Montgomery; fails because of white resistance, disorganization & little media coverage?

The most successful/iconic protest because of improved organization between SNCC & the SCLC & increased media coverage?

What caused major outrage in the Black community & temporarily led to small acts of violence in retaliation?

What was the movement where Dr. King addressed Americans with his “I Have A Dream Speech?”

What was it called when the Governor sent the National Guard to prevent some black students from attending? (Check the TWO names its known as)

Who was 15 & arrested for sitting in a white section on a bus, leading the NAACP to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Kennedy’s public resolve for change led who to revive the 1941 march on Washington?

What was passed by President Lyndon Johnson, after Kennedy’s assassination, (allegedly) ending Jim Crow nationally?

Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta organized laborers to strike for better wages & working conditions in 1965 with the what?

The religious organization that promoted self-reliance, self-defense, Black nationalism, & refuted Christianity:

Work training programs, childcare facilities, & free breakfast programs for schools, is an example of what?

Built off UFW: attempting political equality, end discrimination, improve education, & reduce immigration restrictions

What was passed by Johnson to protect the franchise for people of color by ending restrictions like literacy tests?

The political organization established by the Brown Berets to push for socio-economic equality & Chicano heritage?

What ended poll taxes & further strengthened voting rights for all?

Political org that used militant activism to protect their neighborhoods from brutality in addition to the community

What established new political, social, & economic goals & demands by over 60 tribes nationwide?

Congress passed WHAT, giving natives protection under the Bill of Rights?

Occupied buildings located on Wounded Knee in protest for 2 months resulting in shootouts between the group & the FBI

Who wrote President Wilson asking the United States to recognize Vietnam as being independent from France?

By 1954, the US had financially aided Vietnam (75%) through what?

What was the name of Minh's army that fought, and helped defeat the Japanese, in WWII?

What was signed after France's surrender in 1954?

Who led the puppet government established when the French took back over Vietnam?

What was the fear that the collapse of Vietnam to Communism would cause surrounding nations to also fall?

What was created out of the US-CIA, Pro-American puppet government in South Vietnam?

Who was "elected" as leader in the South, but was so unpopular that Minh's forces tried to over throw him?

What was the name of the Southern Vietminh soldiers who fought to reunite Vietnam under Minh & Communism?

What stated that we could not help a communist nation (established during the Cold War).

What established a democratic puppet government in South Vietnam?

What were covert-operations (secret missions) took place in North Vietnam?

What was the name of the intense bombing missions over North Vietnam (1965-1968) & again in 1968?

What was it called when U.S. troops killed approx. 500 Vietnamese civilians (including women & children)?

What was the massive assault in the south by the Vietcong (seen on tv at home)?

Johnson did not seek a 2nd term in 1968 allowing who to run on a platform to end the war & “win the peace.”

Pulling U.S. troops out & replacing them with ARVN troops, is known as what?

Who was assassinated by his generals creating social & military chaos?

Who took over when Kennedy was assassinated?

Who fired on a U.S. ship during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

Who gave The Great Society Speech where he outlined domestic problems & offered solutions?

What created programs to help reduce poverty nationwide & reformed education?

All of these are a part of Johnson's Great Society EXCEPT which one?

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 led to the Creation of what?

Who discussed (in the 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique) that Women largely felt trapped in traditional gender roles?

What filed sexual discrimination lawsuits against states, companies, & individuals?

Which one is NOT a Consequences of the women's rights movement:

What group protested American involvement in the war through nonviolence, as well as peace & equality for all?

Who committed domestic terrorism by blowing up statues with bombs?

The New Left's revolt against conformity & tradition was collectively known as _____ AND _____ (Pick 2!)

Hippies protested the Vietnam War handing out something to authority figures as a sign of peace - dubbing the term:

What had been rooted in the breaking away of social norms, drug use, & sexual freedom?

What legalized birth control in 1965?

What group was the cause of the 3-day riot at the Stonewall Inn (bar) in response to police brutality?

Who ran for president at the height of the Vietnam War?

What reduced the number of nuclear weapons produced by the U.S. & U.S.S.R. ?

What enlisted the six men who placed listening devices, at the Democratic National Convention headquarters located at the Watergate Hotel?

Who went to trial for the break-in at the DNC Headquarters, Nixon tried to bribe them to stay silent on his involvement?

What was it called when extremists take over 50 U.S. Diplomats in 1979?

What ended hostilities between Egyptians & Israelis – Carter’s biggest accomplishment?

This was the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military; advisors from President Johnson were sent to train them.

This group filed sexual discrimination lawsuits against states, companies, & individuals?

This group protested American involvement in the war through nonviolence – This was the start of the New Left

This was a Protest organization made of mostly younger individuals; founded by a college student.

During the 1970s, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) began to spread from where?

Who refused to help (or even acknowledge) AIDS was challenged by the LGBTQ community consistently?

What began under Nixon in 1971 but increased dramatically under Reagan?

What established mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession & sales?

What was the communist political group during the Iran-Contra Scandal?

What was the pro-U.S. military group during the Iran-Contra Scandal?

Who was selling missiles to Iran to aid the Contras?

What was regarded as the U.S.S.R.’s “Vietnam.”?

Towards the end of the Cold War, what reduced the amount of existing nuclear weapons?

What was the movement to remove the pro-Soviet leadership in Poland & become free?

What was the collective name of the protests to remove satellite nations to be released from the Soviet Union?

Who was in charge of the USSR at the end of the Cold War?

WHO had sold cocaine to fund their army & committed war crimes?

Due to U.S. Cold War policies, support was given to the WHO, the main group fighting the Soviets?

What was it called when A nuclear reactor in had a melt down spreading radiation out from the power plant?

What was a more Conservative-based political ideology; focused on government spending/economic intervention?

Policies that reduced taxes on the wealthy, government spending, regulation, & inflation through “trickle down.”

Hussein attempted to expand Iraq’s territory by invading where in 1990?

What was the name of the conflict between U.N., American, & Iraqi troops that lasted from 1990 – 1991?

What was the movement to remove the pro-Soviet leadership in Poland & become free?

What was the collective name of the protests to remove satellite nations to be released from the Soviet Union?

Slow, but firm, economic growth allowed who to win the 1996 election?

In 1994, what led to conservative control of Congress & the repealing of social welfare programs?

What was the real estate scam involving the Clintons?

Who becomes the 3rd impeached president, but he was not removed?

What laid the groundwork for the technological advances from the 70's and over the next decades?

What was the first personal computer software?

The 2000 election was between Bush Jr. and who?

The electoral college was very narrow causing what state to pick the winner?

Who stepped in when Al Gore demanded a recount?

What was the international supply system created through Mujahadeen during the Soviet-Afghan War?

Mujahadeen and extremist leaders like who were supported by the U.S. during the Cold War?

In 1993, who bombed the World Trade Center because it was a symbol of the West? (He was arrested and is still in prison).

Name the legal opinion, after Yousef, that stating that Jews and U.S. Crusaders are targets for terrorist attacks:

Four planes were hijacked on 9/11: Two struck the WTC, one struck the Pentagon, and because the passengers fought to retake the plane, Flight 93 crashed where?