1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
100
This was the first rock and roll song to be a top hit in 1955.
What is Rock Around the Clock?
100

The official explanation for the assassination of a US president relies on the Magic Bullet theory.

Who is John Kennedy?
100
This worldwide corporation was founded by Bill Gates in 1975.
What is Microsoft?
100
This "war" started in 1988, has resulted in the incarceration of large numbers of African Americans.
What is the War on Drugs?
100
This is the action taken by the House of Representatives against President Clinton in 1998.
What is impeachment?
200
Starting in 1956, the FBI used this program to influence political organizations around the country.
What is COINTELPRO?
200

This 1963 book by Betty Friedan helped launch the modern environmental movement?

What is Feminine Mystique?
200
This spacecraft first landed on Mars in 1976.
What is Viking?
200
This 1989 event marked the reunification of Europe and the end of the Cold War.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
200

This artificial satellite was launched in 1998 and is continually in use by scientists from many countries.

What is the International Space Station?
300
A mob erupted in hysteria over this 1957 event at a Little Rock public school.
What is forced desegregation?
300

This manufactured event was used to justify US involvement in the Vietnam War.

What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
300
This 1977 science fiction film redefined film-making and special effects.
What is Star Wars?
300
This ship ran aground in 1989, causing one of the worst oil spills in US history.
What is the Exxon Valdez?
300

This Colorado high school was the site of the first modern school mass shooting event in 1999.

What is Columbine?


What is Columbine?

400
This 1958 Soviet spacecraft was the first man-made satellite.
What is Sputnik?
400

This 1966 court case established that a person must be informed of his or her rights before being questioned by the police.

What is Miranda v. Arizona?
400

This musical style, typified by fast-paced songs with stripped-down instrumentation, simple production, and political lyrics, started in around 1978.

What is Punk Rock?
400
DJ Kool Herc is sometimes named as the father of this musical style.
What is Rap?
400

The FBI besieged the Branch Davidians at their compound outside this Texas town in 1993.

What is Waco?
500
The "space race" led to the creation of this government agency in 1958.
What is NASA?
500

This 1968 slaughter of civilians helped turned public sentiment further against the Vietnam War.

What is the My Lai massacre?
500
Fifty-Two Americans were held hostage for 444 days during this event.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
500
In 1987, a "hole" was discovered in this atmospheric material.
What is ozone?
500

Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols blew up the federal building in this state capital in 1996.

What is Oklahoma City?
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