Protests using peace signs especially on college campuses because of the dislike of this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
100
Soviet Leader who introduced the concepts of perestroika and glasnonst that in turn helped lead to the fall of communism in the Soviet Union?
Who is Mikhail Gorbechev?
100
Type of government that was established by the Soviet Union in East Germany following World War II?
What is Communist?
100
What year did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
What is 1969?
100
The first Supreme Court Justice...
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
200
Events which took place under this (?) President.
Began military build up in Vietnam.
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missle Crisis
Who is JFK?
200
Supreme Court Justice that served on the NAACP legal defense team in Brown v. Board of Education?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
The war where American women first served in a combat role.
What is Persian Gulf War?
200
Event in 1989 that helped to end the Cold War?
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
200
Feelings of nationalism in the Soviet Republics (Satelite countries) and increased economic pressure on the Soviet Union by Ronald Reagan helped to bring this....
What is the Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union?
300
The first war fought by the US in an effort to contain communism?
What is the Korean War?
300
President that did the most to help move civil rights legislation forward in an effort to bring equality to all in America.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
Two Presidents that have military involvment in Iraq in common...
Who is George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush?
300
President that went to Berlin and made the statement, " Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
300
Said, "Ask not what your country can do for you---ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John Kennedy?
400
The US defense budget (Military budget) greatly increased between 1950 and 1960 because of this...
What is the Cold War and the arms (weapons) race with the Soviet Union?
400
Said the quote "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
400
Served on the NAACP in Virginia and helped bring about the end of the separate but equal doctrine in the state.
Who is Oliver Hill?
400
In the 1950's, Americans built fallout shelters because they feared....
What is Nuclear Attack?
400
Form of government John F. Kennedy wants Americans to defend no matter what the price.
What is Democracy?
500
The Domino theory motivated the US to do this..
What is provide military aid to South Korea and South Vietnam?
500
Former General and US President that instituted a policy of "massive retaliation" to deter a Soviet nuclear attack?
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
500
The President when NAFTA was passed...
Who is William J. Clinton?
500
President that reopened diplomatic relations with China after it fell to communism in 1949...
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
500
Treatment of Vietnam Veterans when they returned home from the war...