Cold War
Launched by the USSR in 1957, it was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
What is Sputnik
This U.S. Battleship mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, serving as the immediate catalyst for the war.
What is the USS Maine
He is considered the hero of the New Right, winning the 1980 election by promising to get the government "off the backs of the people."
Who is Ronald Reagan
This massive increase in the U.S. birth rate between 1946 and 1964 fueled the demand for new housing and consumer goods.
What is the baby boom?
This Virginia lawyer is credited as the primary author of the Declaration, though he worked with a "Committee of Five."
Who is Thomas Jefferson ?
The Iron Curtain was a metaphorical boundary dividing this continent into two separate areas during the Cold War.
What is Europe?
This style of sensationalized, exaggerated journalism practiced by Hearst and Pulitzer helped drum up public support for the war.
What is yellow journalism?
This Islamist terrorist group, led by Osama bin Laden, was responsible for the coordinated attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
What is al-Qaeda?
This 19th-century author wrote the essay "Civil Disobedience" after being jailed for refusing to pay taxes to support the Mexican-American War.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
On July 4th, 1776, the Continental Congress met in this city to formally adopt the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia ?
These "Hollywood" professionals were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted after refusing to answer questions about their political leanings.
Who are the Hollywood 10?
This President formally introduced the Good Neighbor Policy in his 1933 inaugural address to improve relations with Latin America.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, this company began as an online bookstore before becoming the world’s largest e-commerce retailer.
What is Amazon?
This seamstress and NAACP secretary was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
Who is Rosa Parks ?
This group of religious Separatists drafted the Mayflower Compact to maintain order after landing outside their intended territory.
Who are the pilgrims
Fearing a US presence on its border, this communist nation entered the war in late 1950, sending hundreds of thousands of troops across the Yalu River.
What is china?
This U.S. President proposed the creation of the League of Nations as the fourteenth point of his "Fourteen Points" peace plan.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
In 1991, this largest Soviet republic declared its independence and saw Boris Yeltsin become its first president.
What is Russia?
This President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, fulfilling a goal of his assassinated predecessor.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This English philosopher’s "Social Contract" theory argued that if a government fails to protect life, liberty, and property, the people can revolt.
Who is John Locke
This General was fired by President Truman for publicly criticizing the administration's "limited war" strategy.
Who is Douglas MacArthur ?
This was the exact date—month, day, and year—of the surprise Japanese attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
What is December 7, 1941?
First celebrated on April 22, 1970, this annual event was created to raise public awareness about air and water pollution.
What is Earth Day?
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, which met with brutal police violence, is credited with fast-tracking the passage of the Act.
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson famously listed these three specific natural rights.
What are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?