Laws, etc...
Vocabulary
Countries
Years
Who did it?
100
A promise by the British that Jews could settle in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
100
to officially forgive a crime
What is a pardon?
100
The Berlin Wall was erected in this country.
What is Germany?
100
1948
What is the year Israel declared its independence?
100
ordered a blockade of Cuba; was assassinated in 1963
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
200
Black American's struggle for equality
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
200
this movement to secure a homeland for the Jews; led to the creation of the nation of Israel
What is Zionism?
200
President Nixon visited here and laid the groundwork for resuming trade.
What is China?
200
1959
What is the year that Alaska and Hawaii became states?
200
organized a civil rights march in Washington D.C.; delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
300
A policy to aid countries fighting communisn
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
unfair treatment of a group or individual
What is discrimination?
300
A nuclear standoff between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. occurred here.
What is Cuba?
300
1963
What is the year President Kennedy was assassinated?
300
refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man; was arrested and fined
Who is Rosa Parks?
400
An international organization created to help countries preserve peace and avoid war
What is the United Nations?
400
to accuse a government official of a crime
What is impeach?
400
This country was saved from communism by the U.S.
What is South Korea?
400
1964
What is the year that the Civil Rights Acts became law?
400
signed the Panama Canal Treaty; offered amnesty to draft dodgers
Who is President Jimmy Carter?
500
laws that segregated black people from white people in public places
What are Jim Crow laws?
500
a pardon for offenses against the government
What is amnesty?
500
The longest war - and the only war that the U.S. lost - occurred in this country.
What is Vietnam?
500
1969
What is the year that American astronauts landed on the moon?
500
opened the St. Lawrence Seaway; supported the interstate highway system
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
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