This was a very poor part of town where people were living in boxcars or in shacks due to the poor economy.
What is a Hooverville.
100
This event was an attack on Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses by the Nazis. 100 people were reported dead this night.
What is Kristallnacht.
100
This war began in 1950 involving two new countries. One was communist that was supported by the Chinese, the other was not and supported by the United States.
What is the Korean War
100
Lee Harvey Oswald was found responsible for shooting this person by the Warren Commission.
Who was John F. Kennedy
100
The terrorist attacks on 9/11 were led by this man, an Al Qaeda leader.
Who is Osama bin Laden
200
This is what it was called when FDR spoke over the radio giving people information about the current state of America.
What is a fireside chat.
200
This happened no December 7th, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor
200
This was the name given to the group of students who were permitted to go to their local high school in Arkansas making it non-segregated.
Who were the Little Rock Nine
200
This is the name of the policies Lyndon Johnson put forth in order to help the country. (Similar policies as the New Deal)
What is the Great Society
200
This man was the only president to have given us a governmental surplus since the 1950's. (Despite being impeached by the House)
Who was Bill Clinton.
300
This group believed that the solution to the economic problem growing out of the 1920's was to have the government regulate/control all aspects of business. (Including forcing farms into cooperatives)
Who are the radicals.
300
This is why Japan did not like the United States in the 1930's and 1940's.
What is the US restriction of oil. (Also accepted: US did not approve of their imperialism)
300
This is the general term used for the Red Scare of the 1950's as group in the government was seeking out the communists in America.
What is McCarthyism
300
The invasion of Cambodia by President Nixon led to this school shooting in 1970.
What are the Kent St. Riots
300
This president had two major downfalls. His inability to fix the economy and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Who was Jimmy Carter
400
These are the Republican presidents in the 1920's before FDR and after Woodrow Wilson. (Name 2)
Who are Coolidge, Harding, and Hoover
400
DAILY DOUBLE! Please choose an amount to wager.
This is the name given to the research and development to create the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan.
400
This case featured a boy who was brutally murdered for talking to an older white woman in a store.
What was the Emmett Till Case
400
This was Nixon's policy of slowly withdrawing troops from Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization
400
This was Ronald Reagan's plan for enhancing defense and launching satellites into space to shoot down missiles with lasers.
What is Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
500
These are two reasons how Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles.
What is occupation of the Saar/Rhineland, built up a military, and occupied other countries.
500
This is the government plan that gave money to countries in Europe so long as they were turning away from communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine.
500
DAILY DOUBLE! How many points are you going to wager??
Answer: This was the name of the surprise attack from the Vietcong on 100's of South Vietnamese cities and US bases over the Vietnamese New Year.
500
This is the name given to the firing of the Att. General, the Asst. Att. General, and the leading prosecutor against Nixon all in the same night during Watergate.