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2. 1960’s Civil RightsVietnam/KoreaPeopleCold WarMisc. 200 400 600 800 1000 Bonus Question: 2000 pts

3. Topic 1: 200 Question: Who gave the “I have a dream” speech? Answer Martin Luther King Jr.

4. Topic 1: 400 Question: What Supreme Court case resulted in desegregation of schools? Answer Brown v Board of Education

5. Topic 1: 600 Question: What were the people called that rode buses into the South to protest segregation? Answer Freedom Riders

6. Topic 1: 800 Question: What were the goals of the March on Washington? Answer Civil and economic equality

7. Topic 1: 1000 Question: What was the effect of the Voting Rights Act? Answer Ended discriminatory practices that kept African Americans from voting

8. Topic 2: 200 Question: Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam? Answer To stop communist aggression

9. Topic 2: 400 Question: Why did the US support South Korea? Answer To stop communist aggression

10. Topic 2: 600 Question: What event was a turning point in the Vietnam war, showing that it would not be quick and easy? Answer Tet Offensive

11. Topic 2: 800 Question: Who won the Korean War Answer No one, there was no treaty signed

12. Topic 2: 1000 Question: What was Nixon’s plan of Vietnamization? Answer Gradual withdrawal, training the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves

13. Topic 3: 200 Question: What was the goal of Cesar Chavez? Answer Improve working conditions for farmers by organizing them into unions

14. Topic 3: 400 Question: The arrest of Rosa Parks led to the boycott of what? Answer Buses

15. Topic 3: 600 Question: What was the goal of the Little Rock 9? Answer Attend a desegregated school.

16. Topic 3: 800 Question: The time period when there was a witch hunt for communists was named after who? Answer Senator McCarthy

17. Topic 3: 1000 Question: Who were the Vietcong? Answer Guerilla communist fighters in South Vietnam

18. Topic 4: 200 Question: Where did the Bay of Pig invasion take place ? Answer Cuba

19. Topic 4: 400 Question: What countries were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis? Answer Cuba, Russia, US

20. Topic 4: 600 Question: The idea that if one country falls to communism then other surrounding countries will follow is called what Answer The domino effect

21. Topic 4: 800 Question: What 2 countries aided North Korea? Answer China, Russia

22. Topic 4: 1000 Question: The policy that the US will help stop the spread of communism is called what (named after a president)?? Answer The Truman Doctrine

23. Topic 5: 200 Question: What invention created a demand for products? Answer television

24. Topic 5: 400 Question: What event during the Cold War demonstrated that Russia was ahead of the US in Space Technology? Answer The flight of Sputnik

25. Topic 5: 600 Question: What became the symbol of the American Dream? Answer The suburbs and the idea that everyone can own a home

26. Topic 5: 800 Question: What historic concert took place in NY in 1969? Answer Woodstock

27. Topic 5: 1000 Question: Who were the Beat Generation? Answer Anti-establishment group, used poetry and music

28. Bonus Question: 2000 pts. Question: Who were the Vietcong? Answer … South Vietnamese soldiers fighting for communism

29. The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

30. The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!