Key Dates

Question 1

When was the Truman Doctrine announced?

Answer 1

March 1947

Question 2

When was the Berlin Crisis?

Answer 2

1948 - 1949

Question 3

When did Truman say that any gov. employee can be removed on ‘reasonable grounds’

Answer 3

March 1947

Question 4

When was HUAC set up

Answer 4

1938

Question 5

When did HUAC begin public hearings

Answer 5

1947

Question 6

When were Hollywood workers called in to be questioned

Answer 6

October 1947

Question 7

When did Alger Hiss go to trial

Answer 7

1949

Question 8

When was Alger Hiss convicted

Answer 8

January 1950

Question 9

When were the Rosenberg’s Executed

Answer 9

19 June 1953

Question 10

When was the McCarran Internal Security Act passed

Answer 10

August 1950

Question 11

When was the McCarran Act strengthened

Answer 11

1952

Question 12

When did McCarthy get condemned

Answer 12

2 December 1954

Question 13

When did McCarthy Die and of what?

Answer 13

1957 due to alcoholism

Question 14

When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer 14

1955-1956

Question 15

When was Brown vs. Board

Answer 15

1954

Question 16

When was the first Civil Rights Act

Answer 16

1957

Question 17

How long was the first Civil Rights act since the Fed. Government acted on civil rights

Answer 17

82

Question 18

When and how long was Elanor Roosevelt the first lady

Answer 18

1933-1962
29 years

Question 19

When was NOW set up

Answer 19

1966

Question 20

When did Betty Friedan become the first president of NOW

Answer 20

1967

Question 21

When did the Women’s Lib movement go to the Ms America Beauty contest

Answer 21

1968

Question 22

When was abortion made legal

Answer 22

22nd January 1973

Question 23

When was the limit for ERA to be ratified

Answer 23

1982

Question 24

When was the first meeting for the SDS held

Answer 24

1960

Question 25

When did the protests in Berkeley begin

Answer 25

1964

Question 26

When did the students in Berkeley have sit-ins in the administration building

Answer 26

2 December 1964

Question 27

When did the USA join the Vietnam war

Answer 27

1965

Question 28

When were the first sit ins

Answer 28

1 February 1960

Question 29

When were the freedom rides

Answer 29

1961

Question 30

When was the Anniston Fire Bombing

Answer 30

14 May 961

Question 31

When was the Meredith Case

Answer 31

May 1961 = rejected place
June 1962 = Supreme Court Order

Question 32

When were the Birmingham Peace Marches

Answer 32

3 April 1963

Question 33

When was the March on Washington?

Answer 33

28 August 1963
100 years after slavery

Question 34

When were the Freedom Summers

Answer 34

1964

Question 35

When were the Freedom Summer murders

Answer 35

21 June 1964

Question 36

When was the first Selma March

Answer 36

7 March 1965

Question 37

When was the actual Selma March

Answer 37

15 March 1965

Question 38

When was the 2nd civil rights act

Answer 38

1964

Question 39

When was the Voting Rights Act

Answer 39

1965