Quotes in History
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
MLK
Who was the leader of South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
The US entered the war in what year?
1917
Jim Crow Laws were put into place for what purpose
Keeping African Americans from getting their full equality
which country was trying to contain communism?
US
"A war to end all wars"
Woodrow Wilson
Who was leading North Vietnam when the war started?
Ho Chi Minh
This boat destroyed the Lusitania
U-boat/Submarine
Which Civil Rights leader who urged African Americans to defend themselves against white aggression, "by any means necessary"
Malcolm X
What is the name of the place where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
Bay of Pigs
"December 7, 1941-- a date that will live in infamy."
FDR
Richard Nixon
1919
What group hoped to deny African-American equal rights as citizens?
Ku Klux Klan
NASA rebutted the USSR during the Space Race, and launched the
Apollo 11
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Abe Lincoln
Where did most fighting take place in Vietnam?
The jungle
Organization formed after the war to help prevent future World Wars
League of Nations
What was the name of the boy who was murdered for talking to a white women? his face was unnoticeable
Emmett Till
The name of the US spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union
U-2 plane
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
FDR
approximately how many US soldiers were killed?
Nickname for American soldiers in war
Doughboy
in 1896 the court case Plessy v. Ferguson stated..?
separate but equal was constitutional
What was The US and USSR in competition of building (to become powerful)
Nuclear weapons