Dates

Question 1

When was the US constitution produced

Answer 1

1791

Question 2

When were the first amendments made

Answer 2

1791, 1791, 1791, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1920, 1964

Question 3

When did the US successfully test their first atomic bomb

Answer 3

16th July 1945

Question 4

When did the US drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan

Answer 4

6th and 9th August 1945

Question 5

When was the Truman Doctrine announced

Answer 5

March 1947

Question 6

When were people allowed to be removed from government posts if there were reasonable grounds

Answer 6

March 1947

Question 7

When was HUAC set up

Answer 7

1938

Question 8

When did HUAC begin public hearings

Answer 8

1947

Question 9

When was the Hollywood ten problem

Answer 9

October 1947

Question 10

When was the Hiss case

Answer 10

1948-50 (trial in February 1950)

Question 11

When was Klaus Fuchs arrested

Answer 11

February 1950

Question 12

When was Ethel ad Julius Rosenberg’s trial

Answer 12

March 1951

Question 13

When were the Rosenbergs executed

Answer 13

19th June 1953

Question 14

When was the McCarran Internal Security Act passed

Answer 14

August 1950

Question 15

When did McCarthy become Wisconsin senator

Answer 15

1946

Question 16

By when was McCarthy leading a new senate sub committee

Answer 16

Autumn of 1953

Question 17

When did the McCarthy army hearing begin

Answer 17

Spring 1954

Question 18

When did Ed Murrow broadcast an episode of see it now show on McCarthy

Answer 18

9th March 1954

Question 19

When did the senate formally condemn McCarthy for improper conduct

Answer 19

2nd December 1954

Question 20

When did McCarthy die

Answer 20

1957

Question 21

When did the supreme court rule the Plessy versus Fergurson case

Answer 21

1896

Question 22

When was Brown versus Topeka case

Answer 22

1951-54

Question 23

From when did the KKK begin to use bombs

Answer 23

January 1956

Question 24

When was Emmet Till’s body found

Answer 24

31st August 1955

Question 25

When did Rosa Parks refuse to move on the bus

Answer 25

1st December 1955

Question 26

When was Rosa Park's trial

Answer 26

5th December 1955

Question 27

When was the Montgomery improvement association set up

Answer 27

5th December 1955

Question 28

When was MLK's house bombed

Answer 28

30th January 1956

Question 29

When did Browder versus Gayle begin

Answer 29

1st February 1956

Question 30

When did the Montgomery bus boycott end

Answer 30

20th December 1956

Question 31

When was the Tallahassee bus boycott

Answer 31

1956-58

Question 32

When was the civil rights act passed

Answer 32

9th September 1957

Question 33

When was Little Rock

Answer 33

1957

Question 34

When did senator Faubus close all high schools in Arkansas

Answer 34

September 1958

Question 35

When did 4 students from North Carolina college sit at whites-only lunch counter

Answer 35

1st February 1960

Question 36

When did the supreme court confirm that interstate transport should be desegregated

Answer 36

December 1960

Question 37

When did freedom rides start

Answer 37

1961

Question 38

When did the freedom rides end

Answer 38

End of 1961

Question 39

When did James Meredith apply for Mississippi University

Answer 39

May 1961

Question 40

When did Meredith register for Mississippi university

Answer 40

1st October 1962

Question 41

When was Martin Luther King born

Answer 41

1929

Question 42

When was MLK assassinated

Answer 42

4th April 1968

Question 43

When was the children's march

Answer 43

2nd May 1963

Question 44

When was JFK assassinated

Answer 44

November 1963

Question 45

When was the Washington March

Answer 45

28th August 1963

Question 46

When were Michael Schermer, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney arrested

Answer 46

21st June 1964

Question 47

When did the Selma March start

Answer 47

Sunday 7th March 1965

Question 48

When did Johnson take control of Alabama National Guard

Answer 48

17th March 1965

Question 49

When was the civil rights act passed

Answer 49

2nd July 1964

Question 50

When did the voting rights act become law

Answer 50

6th August 1965

Question 51

When did the voting rights act become law

Answer 51

6th August 1965

Question 52

When was the Nation of Islam set up

Answer 52

July 1930

Question 53

When was Malcolm X assassinated

Answer 53

21st February 1965

Question 54

When did James Meredith lead the 'march against fear'

Answer 54

June 1966

Question 55

When was the black panthers set up

Answer 55

October 1966

Question 56

When did Nixon become president

Answer 56

January 1969

Question 57

When was the poor people's campaign announced

Answer 57

December 1967

Question 58

When did Swann versus Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of education decide that bussing was allowed

Answer 58

1971

Question 59

When did Milliken versus Bradely said bussing was allowed only where segregation was deliberate and wasn't allowed across school districts

Answer 59

1974

Question 60

When was the equal opportunity act passed

Answer 60

1972

Question 61

When were the sit-ins

Answer 61

1960-61

Question 62

When did students for a democratic society hold its first meeting at Michigan University

Answer 62

1960

Question 63

When were the protests at Berkeley

Answer 63

1964-65

Question 64

When did FSM organise a rally and sit-in of the administration building

Answer 64

2nd December

Question 65

When did the SDS declare opposition to the Vietnam War

Answer 65

October 1965

Question 66

When was the Kent State University protest

Answer 66

4th May 1970

Question 67

When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

Answer 67

1933-62

Question 68

When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

Answer 68

1933-62

Question 69

When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

Answer 69

1933-62

Question 70

When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

Answer 70

1933-62

Question 71

When was the Presidnet's commission on the status of women in December 1961 created

Answer 71

December 1961

Question 72

When did the supreme court rule Griswold versus Conneticut that all married women should be able to ise birth control

Answer 72

1965

Question 73

When was the feminine mystique published

Answer 73

1963

Question 74

When was the national organisation for women set up

Answer 74

June 1966

Question 75

When did NOW organise the women's strike for equality

Answer 75

26th August

Question 76

When was abortion made illegal

Answer 76

1960

Question 77

When was the equal rights amendment to contitution passed

Answer 77

1972

Question 78

When did the educational amendment make all sexual discrimination in education illegal

Answer 78

1972

Question 79

When did the equal credit opportunity act make it illegal to refuse credit on basis of gender

Answer 79

1974

Question 80

When did Nixon become president

Answer 80

20th January 1969

Question 81

When were 5 men arrested for breaking into offices of national democratic committee in Watergate

Answer 81

17th june 1972

Question 82

When did the watergate trial begin

Answer 82

8th January 1973

Question 83

When was the select committee on presidential campaign activities set up

Answer 83

7th April 1973

Question 84

When did the supreme court order nixon to release the recordings of his meetings/phone calls

Answer 84

24th July 1973

Question 85

When was the smoking gun revealed

Answer 85

5th august 1974

Question 86

When was the smoking gun recording from

Answer 86

23rd June 1972

Question 87

When did Nixon Resign

Answer 87

9th August 1974

Question 88

When was the House and Senate Open Meeting Rules passed

Answer 88

1973

Question 89

When was the War Powers act passed

Answer 89

1973

Question 90

When was the Election Campaign Act passed

Answer 90

1974

Question 91

When was the Freedom of Information Act passed

Answer 91

1974

Question 92

When was the Privacy Act passed

Answer 92

1974

Question 93

When was the Congressional Budget Control Act passed

Answer 93

1974