While in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change Argued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeU.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.LyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaLegally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginBarrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989Investigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. government1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiOrganizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King African Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sFunded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Political protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Endedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaCompetitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warMajor confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.Fear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica First group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool Politicaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationSoviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefitsProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteShocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Segregationin practice:red liningProhibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionInvasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticGave morepower toPresidentJohnson to useall measures tofight in VietnamWhile in jail Dr.King wrote a letterto support the useof using jail as atactic for change Argued Brown v.Board andbecame the firstAfrican AmericanSupreme CourtJusticeU.S.Congressmanconductedinvestigations intoalleged communistactivities.LyndonJohnson's planto end povertyand injustice inAmericaLegally endeddiscriminationbased on race,color, religion,or nationaloriginBarrier thatsurrounded WestBerlin and preventedaccess to it from EastBerlin and during theperiod from 1961 to1989Investigations andhearings during the1950s in an effort toexpose supposedcommunist infiltrationof various areas ofthe U.S. government1964 voterregistration driveaimed at increasingthe number ofregistered Blackvoters in MississippiOrganizationwith thephilosophy ofnonviolent socialchange led byDr. King African Americanleader and prominentfigure in the Nation ofIslam who articulatedconcepts of racepride and Blacknationalism in theearly 1960sFunded theconstruction ofmore than 40,000miles of roads inAmerica in 1956Supported sit-ins, freedomrides and themarch onWashington Political protestsagainst segregationby blacks and whiteswho rode busestogether through theAmerican South in1961.Endedsegregationin publicschools inAmericaCompetitionbetween the SovietUnion and UnitedStates to see whocould dominate inspace Created to work for theabolition of segregationand discrimination inhousing, education,employment, voting, andtransportation; to opposeracism; and to ensureAfrican Americans theirconstitutional rights.Led to a 1956 U.S.Supreme Courtdecision declaringthat Montgomery’ssegregation laws onbuses wereunconstitutionalTaughtchildren toprepare fornuclear warMajor confrontationthat brought theUnited States and theSoviet Union close towar over thepresence of Sovietnuclear-armedmissiles in Cuba.Fear ofcommunisminfiltratingAmerica First group ofblack studentswho integratedLittle Rock HighSchool Politicaldemonstration held inWashington, D.C., in1963 by civil rightsleaders to protestracial discriminationSoviet Unionblockaded WestBerlin. Americanplanes droppedfood and suppliesRehabilitate theeconomies of 17western and southernEuropean countriesin order to containcommunismEnabled WWIIveterans to obtaingrants for school andcollege tuition, low-interest mortgage andsmall-business loans,job training, hiringprivileges, andunemployment benefitsProhibitedSouthern statesfrom usingliteracy tests todetermineeligibility to voteShocked manyAmericans, who hadassumed that theircountry wastechnologically aheadof the Soviet Union,and led to the “spacerace” between the twocountries.Segregationin practice:red liningProhibited the federaland stategovernments fromimposing poll taxesbefore a citizen couldparticipate in afederal electionInvasion ofCuba toattempt tooverthrow FidelCastro asleader Post WWIImilitaryalliance inthe NorthAtlanticGave 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. While in jail Dr. King wrote a letter to support the use of using jail as a tactic for change
  2. Argued Brown v. Board and became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
  3. U.S. Congressman conducted investigations into alleged communist activities.
  4. Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty and injustice in America
  5. Legally ended discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin
  6. Barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and during the period from 1961 to 1989
  7. Investigations and hearings during the 1950s in an effort to expose supposed communist infiltration of various areas of the U.S. government
  8. 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi
  9. Organization with the philosophy of nonviolent social change led by Dr. King
  10. African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and Black nationalism in the early 1960s
  11. Funded the construction of more than 40,000 miles of roads in America in 1956
  12. Supported sit-ins, freedom rides and the march on Washington
  13. Political protests against segregation by blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961.
  14. Ended segregation in public schools in America
  15. Competition between the Soviet Union and United States to see who could dominate in space
  16. 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.
  17. Led to a 1956 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring that Montgomery’s segregation laws on buses were unconstitutional
  18. Taught children to prepare for nuclear war
  19. Major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba.
  20. Fear of communism infiltrating America
  21. First group of black students who integrated Little Rock High School
  22. Political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination
  23. Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin. American planes dropped food and supplies
  24. Rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to contain communism
  25. 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
  26. Prohibited Southern states from using literacy tests to determine eligibility to vote
  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. Segregation in practice: red lining
  29. Prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election
  30. Invasion of Cuba to attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro as leader
  31. Post WWII military alliance in the North Atlantic
  32. Gave more power to President Johnson to use all measures to fight in Vietnam