President from 1961-1963, he saw the U.S. through the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis and was a champion of civil rights
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
President Richard Nixon was forced to resign after the details of this scandal came out.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
100
On this date, the World Trade Center in New York City was attacked by Islamic extremists.
What is September 11, 2001?
100
Ruled that a slave was not a citizen, therefore they could not sue in court
What is the Dred Scott decision?
100
The three amendments that we call the "Reconstruction Amendments", as they were added to the Constitution at the end of the Civil War
What is the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
200
He was president from 1953-1961. During his presidency, the Interstate Highway Act was enacted and the space race began after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
High unemployment, high inflation and an oil shortage plagued the this man's presidency
Who is Gerald Ford?
200
President Bill Clinton finalized this trade agreement, which brought economic benefits to each of the North American counties involved.
What is NAFTA?
200
This Supreme Court Case created the "separate but equal" law.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
200
This term means "the right to vote".
What is suffrage?
300
This was the outcome of the Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka.
What is integration of public schools?
300
This economic policy cut taxes for the rich and for businesses with the expectation that the economic benefits would "trickle down" to everyone else.
What is Reaganomics?
300
President Bill Clinton was brought up on impeachment charges for lying under oath. This is known as
What is perjury?
300
This case established the right of accused persons to know their rights when they are arrested.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
300
The two reasons for the U.S. getting involved in WWI
What is the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram?
400
President Lyndon B. Johnson's plan to promote equality and reduce poverty in the U.S. Programs included in the plan were Medicare, Medicaid and Project Headstart.
What is the Great Society?
400
President Jimmy Carter helped form a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords between these two Middle Eastern nations.
What is Israel and Egypt?
400
Winner of the 2000 presidential election who lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College.
Who is George W. Bush?
400
This court case legalized abortion in the U.S.
What is Roe vs. Wade?
400
Laws to promote segregation in the South
What is Jim Crow Laws?
500
Martin Luther King's message to pastors to join in the nonviolent efforts for Civil Rights.
What is Letter From A Birmingham Jail?
500
This scandal during the Reagan administration involved the illegal selling of weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages and then profits from this sell went to aid guerrilla fighters in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran-Contra scandal?
500
Terrorist organization responsible for the attack on September 11, 2001
What is al-Qaeda?
500
Bakke vs. the University of California made this illegal in colleges and universities
What is racial quotas?
500
This was the first document creating a federal government after the American Revolution. It was ultimately thrown out for being weak and replaced with the Constitution.