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What President resigned rather than being impeached over the Watergate scandal? Check Your Answer

 President Richard Nixon Back to Game Board

 What court case allows women the right to an abortion? Check Your Answer

Roe v. Wade Back to Game Board

 What court case expanded Americans’ civil rights by giving constitutional protection to affirmative action? Check Your Answer

Regents of University of California v. Bakke (also known as the Bakke decision) Back to Game Board

 Reaganomics is also known as ___________________. Check Your Answer

 Supply- side economics Back to Game Board

What was the peace treaty negotiated by President Carter between Israel & Egypt known as? Check Your Answer

 Camp David Accords Back to Game Board

 What did the SNCC organize to test the new federal laws that outlawed discrimination on interstate bus lines? Check Your Answer

 Freedom Rides Back to Game Board

 What organization fought for an Equal Rights Amendment and the full participation of women in society? Check Your Answer

 NOW Back to Game Board

 What book did Rachel Carson write describing the effects of pesticide? Check Your Answer

 Silent Spring Back to Game Board

Who led the SCLC? Check Your Answer

 Martin Luther King Jr. Back to Game Board

 What movement used marches on recruiting depots, the burning of draft cards, and protests at the Pentagon to express their views? Check Your Answer

 Anti- Vietnam Movement Back to Game Board

 What court case protects a citizen’s right to remain silent and have an attorney present during questioning? Check Your Answer

 Miranda v. Arizona Back to Game Board

 Wh0 was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963? Check Your Answer

 President John F Kennedy Back to Game Board

 Why is Earl Warren’s tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court significant? Check Your Answer

 The country saw an expansion of civil rights and civil liberties Back to Game Board

 What was the result of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy in 1968? Check Your Answer

 Increased social turmoil Back to Game Board

 What was President Lyndon Johnson’s attack on poverty known as? Check Your Answer

 Great Society Back to Game Board

 What action was taken by President Harry Truman in 1948 to further the cause of civil rights? Check Your Answer

 He ended segregation in the armed forces. Back to Game Board

 What is MLK Jr. best known for? Check Your Answer

 Advocating non-violent demonstrations Back to Game Board

 What court case ruled that the segregation of schools based on race deprived the children of the minority race? Check Your Answer

Brown v. Board of Education Back to Game Board

 What legislation outlawed various measures such as literacy test that had disenfranchised African American voters? Check Your Answer

 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Back to Game Board

 What speech called for all races to live in harmony with one another? Check Your Answer

 Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Back to Game Board

 The increase in birth rates between 1946 and 1964 is known as the ______________. Check Your Answer

 Baby Boom Back to Game Board

 Increased automobile use in the 1950’s motivated President Dwight Eisenhower to create ______________________. Check Your Answer

 the interstate highway system Back to Game Board

 Levittown was an important aspect of what post-WWII issue? Check Your Answer

 the growth of suburbs Back to Game Board

The successful launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 led to __________________________. Check Your Answer

 a major effort by the US to improve math and science education Back to Game Board

 Why was the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate significant? Check Your Answer

 It was the first nationally televised debate and changed the role of media in the campaign process. Back to Game Board

 What muckraker wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company”? Check Your Answer

 Ida Tarbell