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100

This country had colonized Vietnam since the late 1800s.

France

100

This attack by the Japanese prompted the United States to declare war in WWII.

Pearl Harbor

100

This term means to separate based on race or gender

Segregation

100

This term describes the worst economic downturn in American history.

Great Depression

100

What bird can swim but cannot fly?

Penguin

200

______ Vietnam was supported by communists regimes, __________ Vietnam was supported by the US.

North, South

200

As a result of this important battle, Allied forces retook Paris.

D-Day

200

This amendment eliminated the poll tax, expanding voting participation.

24th

200

This was the name for the revival and golden age of black culture, art, and academics.

Harlem Renaissance

200

Which country has the largest population?

India

300

This event prompted the US to officially enter conflict in Vietnam.

Gulf of Tonkin

300

These were the names of the two major alliances during WWII.

Allies and Axis

300

What was one goal of the Civil Rights Movement?

  1. Overturn segregation laws in southern states

  2. Restore voting rights for African-Americans

  3. End legal discrimination in housing, education and employment

300

What was the Great Migration?

Many African Americans moved from the rural south to other parts of the US

300

Where is the Liberty Bell located?

Philadelphia

400

This secret document illustrated that the US government was misleading the public about Vietnam.

Pentagon Papers

400

Describe a cause of WWII

Appeasement, Treaty of Versailles, expansionism, totalitarianism

400

This court case ended racial segregation in public schools.

Brown v. Board of Education

400

What is one thing FDR did to try to correct the Great Depression?

New Deal policies- public works, alphabet soup agencies, unemployment help, etc

400

What does the color of a star indicate?

Temperature

500

Other than deaths, name one consequence of the Vietnam War.

US lost, divided the population, soldiers with PTSD, distrust of government, etc.

500
How did WWII end?

Atomic bomb on Nagasaki/Hiroshima

500

Explain one way MLK defined an unjust law in Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Majority forcing minority to do something they wouldn't, law degrades or hurts someone, law takes away rights

500

Name one New Deal alphabet soup agency and what it did

Various answers. 

500

Which river flows from south to north?

Nile

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