1960s
Who defeated Nixon in the 1960 Presidential campaign?
JFK
1969
Before becoming President, Ronald Reagan was governor of what state?
California
Before he was President, Bill Clinton was governor of what state?
Arkansas
What was the most populous state in America in 2000?
California
What Civil Rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
MLK
What happened after the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam?
The South Vietnamese government and military collapsed
The Allied military operation that pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait was called what?
Operation Desert Storm
What project were the Clinton's investigated for?
Whitewater
How many planes were involved in the 9/11 attacks?
Four
What was the Bay of Pigs?
A failed attempt to invade Cuba
Who was Neil Armstrong?
The first man to walk on the moon
What was the name given to America's reusable space craft?
space shuttle
Who was Vice President under Bill Clinton?
Al Gore
Controversy over the election in 2000 centered around what state?
Florida
What was President Kennedy's legislative program called?
New Frontier
Who became President when Nixon resigned?
Gerald Ford
Who was Vice President under George H.W. Bush?
Dan Quayle
Who was convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing?
Timothy McVeigh
Who was the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks?
Osama bin Laden
What tactic was used by blacks to integrate lunch counters?
sit-ins
President Nixon made bold foreign policy moves by visiting where?
China AND Soviet Union
What industry collapsed during George H.W. Bush's presidency?
the savings and loan industry
Who was the cult leader for the Branch Davidians in Texas?
David Koresh
What was the largest religious group in America in 2000?
Roman Catholics
What was Lyndon Johnson's legislative program called?
The Camp David agreement which Jimmy Carter assisted with was between who?
Egypt and Israel
Why did the Persian Gulf War occur?
Iraq invaded and took over Kuwait
Who founded Amazon in 1994?
Jeff Bezos
Who was President when Osama bin Laden was eventually found and killed by Navy SEAL forces?
Barack Obama
Who were the communist guerrillas in South Vietnam?
Viet Cong
What was Nixon's failure in the Watergate Scandal?
He helped obstruct the legal investigation of the break-in after learning about it
Who was the first incumbent Vice President to be elected President since 1836?
George H.W. Bush
With what intern was President Clinton linked?
Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004?
John Kerry