Who Am I?
Who am I? I refused to give up my seat on a bus in the “colored” section to a white man. I was arrested and fought my arrest. My actions helped spark the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Answer: Rosa Parks
During his inaugural address, this president called on Americans to serve the common good by saying, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Answer: John F. Kennedy
During World War II, 11 million civilian victims – mostly Jews (6 million) – were killed by the Nazis. What is this genocide called?
Answer: The Holocaust
During his farewell speech, Eisenhower warned against the influence of this term as he saw a “danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”
Answer: The military-industrial complex
To prevent people from escaping East Germany, the Soviet Union built a wall in this city.
Answer: Berlin
Who am I? In 1927, at the age of 25, I became the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. I traveled the distance of nearly 3,600 miles in a single-seat, single-engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. I became an instant celebrated hero and was awarded a Medal of Honor.
Answer: Charles Lindbergh
Which president made the pledge “Read my lips: No new taxes” at the Republican Convention in 1988?
Answer: George H. W. Bush
An attack by Japan on this place triggered the U.S. to enter World War II.
Answer: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
President Reagan justified a massive tax cut that was meant to increase the production of goods and services and boost demand using this theory.
Answer: Supply-side economics
What was the name of the proposed constitutional amendment that never became law which outlawed differential treatment of men and women under all state and federal laws?
Answer: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Who am I? I was Governor and then Senator of Louisiana. I championed the poor and proposed a program called “Share Our Wealth." I was assassinated in 1935.
Answer: Huey Long
“A public office is a public trust” was the campaign slogan in 1884 of this president.
Answer: Grover Cleveland
Both the Korean War and the Vietnam War were examples of this policy.
Answer: Policy of containment
During the 1920s, business owners encouraged loyalty to the company and discouraged memberships in labor unions by improving working conditions and increasing employee benefits. What was this practice called?
Answer: Welfare capitalism
This New Deal program which improved the lives of millions with power, flood protection, soil reclamation, and jobs still exists today.
Answer: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Who am I? I am a nuclear engineer and peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia. I am also the former governor of Georgia. The crowning achievement of my foreign policy was the Camp David Accords. However, my failure with the Iranian Hostage Crisis led to my defeat when I ran for reelection.
Answer: James Earl “Jimmy” Carter
On October 26, 1972, regarding this war, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said “We believe that peace is at hand.”
Answer: The Vietnam War
What is the name of the event when Allied troops landed by water on the coast of Normandy in France, establishing a foothold in Europe which led to the liberation of France from German occupation?
Answer: Operation Overlord or D-Day
Which term refers to the easing of conflict/strained relations with the Soviet Union?
Answer: Détente
This bribery incident involving private oil companies in the early 1920s was considered the worse political scandal until Watergate.
Answer: The Teapot Dome Scandal
Who am I? I was a Republican Senator from Wisconsin who was elected to the Senate in 1946. In 1950, I asserted in a speech that I had a list of "members of the Communist Party” that worked in the State Department in my pocket. I held Senate Hearings of suspected Communists and propagated the Red Scare of the 1950s.
Answer: Senator Joseph McCarthy
"My hat's in the ring" was a phrase used by this president when announcing his 1912 presidential candidacy.
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
SDI, also called Star Wars, was meant to deploy lasers in space to destroy enemy missiles before they could reach their targets but never produced a working system. What do the three letters stand for?
Answer: Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict failed miserably.
Answer: Appeasement
What was the name of the report authored by Vannevar Bush which called for an expansion of government support for science and research and led to the creation of the National Science Foundation in 1950?
Answer: The Endless Frontier