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This 1957 satellite launch shocked the Western world.
What is Sputnik?
This sweetener was rationed during WWII.
What is sugar?
He directed Psycho, but did not appear as a star in the film.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
This global conflict was called “The War to End All Wars” before it gained its modern name.
What is World War I?
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” was said by this president.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This U.S. Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Nylon was restricted during WWII because it was needed for this military item.
What are parachutes?
This composer wrote the iconic score for Gone with the Wind.
Who is Max Steiner?
Before this term existed, tensions between the U.S. and USSR were described as “armed peace.”
What is the Cold War?
“Ask not what your country can do for you” came from this inaugural speech.
What is JFK’s Inaugural Address?
This trial helped define the Red Scare of the 1950s.
What is the Rosenberg trial?
This meat substitute became common due to shortages.
What is Spam?
She played Scarlett O’Hara’s mother in Gone with the Wind.
Who is Barbara O’Neil?
This economic collapse wasn’t called the Great Depression until years after it began.
What is the Great Depression?
“Iron Curtain” was first used publicly by this former British prime minister.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This assassination in 1963 stunned the world.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This metal was conserved, leading to wooden alternatives in homes and factories.
What is aluminum?
This cinematographer was nicknamed “the prince of darkness” in classic Hollywood.
Who is Gregg Toland?
This civil rights movement was underway before it was formally named in the 1950s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
“A date which will live in infamy” referred to this event.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This 1969 event was watched by millions worldwide.
What is the Apollo 11 moon landing?
Victory Gardens were meant to reduce dependence on what system?
What is commercial food supply / rationing?
He directed Citizen Kane while also starring in it.
Who is Orson Welles?
Before being labeled “appeasement,” this policy sought to avoid war by conceding to Hitler.
What is the Munich Agreement?
“We shall fight on the beaches” was spoken during which wartime address?
What is Churchill’s 1940 House of Commons speech?