Which President made Martin Luther King Jr. Day a Federal Holiday?
President Ronald Reagan
What Middle East crisis was President Carter unable to resolve?
Iran Hostage Crisis
What Act did President George H.W. Bush sign into law which set new requirements for the way ships were built?
The Oil Pollution Act
What nickname did President Reagan's political opponents give to his financial plan?
Reaganomics
How long was the Oregon Trail?
2,000 miles
What was the first internet browser called?
World Wide Web
Who was the first female astronaut from the United States?
Sally Ride
Who was President Nixon's Secretary of State who insisted on a policy known as detente?
Henry Kissinger
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was a trade agreement between what 3 countries?
US, Canada and Mexico.
About how many miles were travelled per day on the trail?
10
What was made to transport oil across Alaska?
Tans-Alaska Pipeline
Dr. Robert Jarvik was known for inventing what piece of medical technology?
The artificial heart
president during the Persian Gulf War
George H.W. Bush
Who was the first woman to serve as a Justice on the US Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor
What terrorist group attacked the USS Cole?
Al-Qaeda
Who made the first personal computer?
IBM
What was designed to be a defensive system to destroy missiles before they reached the U.S.?
Strategic Defense Initiative
resigned after the Watergate affair?
Richard Nixon
Sent to the surface of Mars to gather data and send photos back to Earth
Mars Sojourner
The terrorist group al-Qaeda was led by?
Osama Bin Laden
This hit a reef and caused a massive oil spill
Exxon Valdez
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff during Persian Gulf War?
Colin Powell
First space shuttle
Columbia
founder of the Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell
Many former Soviet states joined together to form what?
The Commonwealth of Independent States
known as the "Great Communicator"
Ronald Reagan
led troops during Persian Gulf War?
Norman Shwarzkopf
withdrew the US from the 1980 Olympics
Jimmy Carter
Who became the President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Boris Yeltsin
What act of domestic terrorism killed 168 people in 1995?
Oklahoma City Bombing