Key Dates Flashcards
When was the Truman Doctrine announced?
March 1947
When was the Berlin Crisis?
1948 - 1949
When did Truman say that any gov. employee can be removed on ‘reasonable grounds’
March 1947
When was HUAC set up
1938
When did HUAC begin public hearings
1947
When were Hollywood workers called in to be questioned
October 1947
When did Alger Hiss go to trial
1949
When was Alger Hiss convicted
January 1950
When were the Rosenberg’s Executed
19 June 1953
When was the McCarran Internal Security Act passed
August 1950
When was the McCarran Act strengthened
1952
When did McCarthy get condemned
2 December 1954
When did McCarthy Die and of what?
1957 due to alcoholism
When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1955-1956
When was Brown vs. Board
1954
When was the first Civil Rights Act
1957
How long was the first Civil Rights act since the Fed. Government acted on civil rights
82
When and how long was Elanor Roosevelt the first lady
1933-1962
29 years
When was NOW set up
1966
When did Betty Friedan become the first president of NOW
1967
When did the Women’s Lib movement go to the Ms America Beauty contest
1968
When was abortion made legal
22nd January 1973
When was the limit for ERA to be ratified
1982
When was the first meeting for the SDS held
1960
When did the protests in Berkeley begin
1964
When did the students in Berkeley have sit-ins in the administration building
2 December 1964
When did the USA join the Vietnam war
1965
When were the first sit ins
1 February 1960
When were the freedom rides
1961
When was the Anniston Fire Bombing
14 May 961
When was the Meredith Case
May 1961 = rejected place
June 1962 = Supreme Court Order
When were the Birmingham Peace Marches
3 April 1963
When was the March on Washington?
28 August 1963
100 years after slavery
When were the Freedom Summers
1964
When were the Freedom Summer murders
21 June 1964
When was the first Selma March
7 March 1965
When was the actual Selma March
15 March 1965
When was the 2nd civil rights act
1964
When was the Voting Rights Act
1965
