Competitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Fear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Prohibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionInvestigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. governmentSegregationin practice:red liningRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warWhile in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change Shocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Soviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesFirst group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticPoliticaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationEndedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaPolitical protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Invasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader LyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaFunded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Barrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989African Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefits1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiMajor confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.Legally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteArgued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeOrganizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.U.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalGave morepower toPresidentJohnson to useall measures tofight in VietnamCompetitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Fear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Prohibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionInvestigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. governmentSegregationin practice:red liningRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warWhile in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change Shocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Soviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesFirst group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticPoliticaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationEndedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaPolitical protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Invasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader LyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaFunded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Barrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989African Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefits1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiMajor confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.Legally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteArgued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeOrganizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.U.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalGave morepower toPresidentJohnson to useall measures tofight in Vietnam

1950s and 1960s - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Competition between the Soviet Union and United States to see who could dominate in space
  2. Fear of communism infiltrating America
  3. Supported sit-ins, freedom rides and the march on Washington
  4. Prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election
  5. Investigations and hearings during the 1950s in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U.S. government
  6. Segregation in practice: red lining
  7. Rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to contain communism
  8. Taught children to prepare for nuclear war
  9. While in jail Dr. King wrote a letter to support the use of using jail as a tactic for change
  10. Shocked many Americans, who had assumed that their country was technologically ahead of the Soviet Union, and led to the “space race” between the two countries.
  11. Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin. American planes dropped food and supplies
  12. First group of black students who integrated Little Rock High School
  13. Post WWII military alliance in the North Atlantic
  14. Political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination
  15. Ended segregation in public schools in America
  16. Political protests against segregation by blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961.
  17. Invasion of Cuba to attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro as leader
  18. Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty and injustice in America
  19. Funded the construction of more than 40,000 miles of roads in America in 1956
  20. Barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and during the period from 1961 to 1989
  21. African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and Black nationalism in the early 1960s
  22. Enabled WWII veterans to obtain grants for school and college tuition, low-interest mortgage and small-business loans, job training, hiring privileges, and unemployment benefits
  23. 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi
  24. Major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
  25. Legally ended discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin
  26. Prohibited Southern states from using literacy tests to determine eligibility to vote
  27. Argued Brown v. Board and became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
  28. Organization with the philosophy of nonviolent social change led by Dr. King
  29. Created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.
  30. U.S. Congressman conducted investigations into alleged communist activities.
  31. Led to a 1956 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that Montgomery’s segregation laws on buses were unconstitutional
  32. Gave more power to President Johnson to use all measures to fight in Vietnam