Presidents
Who was the first president to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
When was the court decision Roe v. Wade?
1973
What prominent black separatist leader criticized Martin Luther King Jr.'s tactics of campaigning for civil rights?
Malcolm X
Why did oil prices in the United States spike in the 1970s?
an embargo on oil by OPEC
What was the protest tactic promoted by Martin Luther King Jr?
nonviolent resistance
Which president helped open trade relations with Communist China by visiting there?
Richard Nixon
When did President Johnson first send U.S. Marines to Vietnam?
1965
What former Communist Party member gave testimony influential in convicting Alger Hiss?
Whittaker Chambers
What industry did the government heavily regulate after the Three Mile Island incident?
nuclear power
In addition to Cambodia, what other Southeast Asian country also fell to Communism after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam?
Laos
Who called his welfare plan the Fair Deal?
Harry S. Truman
When did the United States sign a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam?
1973
What American atheist successfully campaigned for the removal of teacher-led prayer in public schools?
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
To what situation was the Fair Housing Act of 1968 a direct response?
a riot in a Los Angeles ghetto
Which American space probe was sent toward Venus?
Mariner 2
Who was the only president to have never been elected to national office?
Gerald Ford
When was the Mackinac Straits Bridge completed?
1957
Who was the first president of the AFL-CIO?
George Meany
What was President Nixon accused of as part of the Watergate scandal?
orchestrating a cover-up and obstructing an investigation
What was the largest domestic building program in U.S. history?
Interstate Highway System
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Arizona senator who lost to Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 presidential election
Barry Goldwater
In what year did George McGovern lose by a landslide to Richard Nixon?
1972
leader of the Iranian Revolution
Ruholla Khomeini
What was the focus of the civil rights movement during the Eisenhower administration?
desegregation
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author of Silent Spring and a pioneer in the environmentalist movement
Rachel Carson