key dates and events

Question 1

when were the HUAC hearings ?

Answer 1

1947

Question 2

when was the Truman Doctrine ?

Answer 2

1947

Question 3

when did Communists take power in China ?

Answer 3

1949

Question 4

when was NATO set up ?

Answer 4

1949

Question 5

when was the Alger Hiss Trial ?

Answer 5

1949

Question 6

when did the McCarthy allegations begin ?

Answer 6

1950

Question 7

when were the Rosenbergs executed ?

Answer 7

1951

Question 8

when did Senate condemn McCarthy ?

Answer 8

1954

Question 9

when was Brown v Topeka ?

Answer 9

1954

Question 10

when was Emmett Till murdered ?

Answer 10

1955

Question 11

when were the Montgomery Bus Boycotts ?

Answer 11

5 Dec 1955 - 20 Dec 1956
Lasted 381 days

Question 12

when was Little Rock ?

Answer 12

Sep 4 1957
in Arkansas

Question 13

when did the sit-ins in Greensboro begin ?

Answer 13

1 Feb 1960

Question 14

when did Freedom Rides begin ?

Answer 14

4 May 1961

Question 15

when was the Feminine Mystique published ? by who ?

Answer 15

Betty Friedan
1963
Led to formation of NOW in 1966

Question 16

when was the Washington Peace March ?

Answer 16

28 Aug 1963

Question 17

when was the Berlin Wall built ?

Answer 17

1961

Question 18

when was the Freedom Summer in Mississippi ?

Answer 18

1964

Question 19

when was the First Civil Rights Act published ?

Answer 19

1957

Question 20

when was the Second Civil Rights Act published ?

Answer 20

1964

Question 21

when were the SELMA marches ?

Answer 21

three marches
between 7 - 21 Mar 1965

Question 22

when was Voting Rights Act passed ?

Answer 22

1965

Question 23

when was NOW set up ?

Answer 23

1966

Question 24

when was MLK assassinated ?

Answer 24

1968

Question 25

when were the Black Panthers set up ?

Answer 25

1966

Question 26

when did Nixon become President ?

Answer 26

1969

Question 27

when was the Anti-Vietnam March ?

Answer 27

1969

Question 28

when was the Kent State Uni shootings ?

Answer 28

1970

Question 29

when were the Watergate arrests made ?

Answer 29

1972

Question 30

when was Nixon re-elected ?

Answer 30

1972

Question 31

when were the Watergate trials ?

Answer 31

1973

Question 32

when was the Roe v Wade verdict ?

Answer 32

1973

Question 33

when were the Senate Hearings into Watergate ?

Answer 33

1973

Question 34

when did Ford replace Nixon ?

Answer 34

1974