Civil Rights
The US and The Middle East
Colonial America
Wars
Images
100
Who gave the famous "I have a dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
What is the name of the contested holy city in Isreal?
Jerusalem
100
What was the most important cash crop to Jamestown?
tobacco
100
What was the name of the incident that gave the president full control over the military in 1964?
Tonkin Gulf
100
What island was this picture was taken on?
Iwo Jima
200
Rosa Parks's denial of being moved to the back of a bus in Alabama caused what boycott?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
200
Who was the Saudi Arabian freedom fighter that became angry with the US because of Desert Shield?
Osama bin Laden
200
What year was Jamestown established?
1607
200
In the American Civil War, what was the main cause of death outside of battle?
Disease
200
This plane dropped the ____ bomb on Hiroshima. What type of bomb was it, and what was its name?
Atomic, Little Boy
300
The artistic, intellectual, and social explosion that took place in Harlem was called what?
Harlem Renaissance
300
What is the name of the operation where the US attempted to push Iraqi forces out of Kuwait?
Desert Storm
300
Who was the founder of the Connecticut colony?
Thomas Hooker
300
In World War 2, what day in June was D-Day supposed to happen?
June 5th
300
This man's death sparked the first world war. Who was he, and from what country did his assassin come?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Serbia
400
What constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
400
____ Hostage Crisis. What fills in the blank, and how many days did the crisis last?
Iran, 444 days
400
What was the colony established for debtors?
Georgia
400
What was the last major battle in the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
400
This man was shot because he was accused of being what? And what effect did this image have on American opinion toward the war?
Viet Cong, decreased support
500
What African American civil rights leader was assassinated by three members of The Nation of Islam in 1965?
Malcolm X
500
Approximately how many seconds can a waterboarding victim last?
13-15 seconds
500
What was the 14th state?
Vermont
500
What type of warfare was Germany famous for using in World War 2, and what did it translate to?
Blitzkrieg, lightning warfare
500
What specific weapon were these people running from, what was the weapon primarily made up of, and was the dropping shown in the picture an accident?
Napalm, a jelly-like substance, yes
(Half points for getting one wrong, no points for getting two wrong, negative points for getting all three wrong.)