World War 2
Although World War 2 began in 1939, the US didn't start fighting until this event in Hawaii.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The Korean War began five years after this war.
What is WW2?
It was this president that visited Kentucky and started a war on poverty.
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)?
Lyman T. Johnson was a Louisville native who wanted to take classes at this college, but was denied because he was black.
What is the University of Kentucky? (UK)
The 2000 VP debate was held in this KY city
What is Danville?
Approximately this number of Kentucky soldiers fought in WW2.
What is 300,000?
This is the number of Kentuckians who fought in the Korean War.
What is almost 90,000?
True or false: The War on Poverty greatly helped Kentucky.
False: Still, 10 out of 25 counties were among the the poorest in the nation.
On this date, the first sit in took place
The only Kentuckian to be killed in the 9/11 attacks was from this city.
What is Morehead?
Instead of making baseball bats, the Louisville Slugger Factory made these during the second World War.
What are parts for rifles?
During a protest for the Vietnam War, students at this college burned a building.
What is UK?
The first successful prolonged transplant of this body part happened on January 14, 1999.
What is a hand?
This was the store where the first sit-in took place in North Carolina.
What is Woolsworth?
Under this governor, Kentucky was the first state to incorporate common core into education.
Who is Steven Beshear?
The icon "Rosie the Riveter" model was from this county/town in Kentucky.
What is Pulaski Co./Somerset?
Out of the 125,000 Kentuckians that fought in Vietnam, this number never came back.
What is 1,000?
During the September 11, 2001 attacks, this was the number of Americans that perished.
What is approximately 3,000?
These are the basic rights that every citizen should have
What are civil rights?
This governor barely lost his reelection bid in 2019
Who is Matt Bevin?
This was the number of Kentuckians that died as a result of World War 2.
What is 8,000?
This number of 1,400 Kentucky National Guardsmen fought in the Gulf War/First Iraqi War/Dessert Storm from 1990-1991.
What is 1,400?
What is Fort Campbell?
During a desegreation riot over busing in Louisville, this number of people were injured.
What is 50?
The major health crisis that Gov. Andy Beshear had to face.
What is COVID 19?