Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.Organizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King Funded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Investigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. governmentProhibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionWhile in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change 1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiLyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefitsInvasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader Major confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.First group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool U.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalAfrican Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismPoliticaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationArgued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeEndedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaSoviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesCompetitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Gave morepower toPresidentJohnson to useall measures tofight in VietnamLegally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warSegregationin practice:red liningShocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Barrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989Political protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticFear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.Organizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King Funded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Investigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. governmentProhibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionWhile in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change 1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiLyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefitsInvasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader Major confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.First group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool U.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalAfrican Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismPoliticaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationArgued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeEndedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaSoviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesCompetitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Gave morepower toPresidentJohnson to useall measures tofight in VietnamLegally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warSegregationin practice:red liningShocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Barrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989Political protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticFear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica 

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