The Depression/New Deal
World War II
People
Cold War
Civil Rights
100
What was the date of Black Tuesday?
October 29, 1929.
100
In what year did the United States enter World War II?
1941
100
Who was responsible for the Saint Valentines Day Massacre?
Al Capone
100
How cold was the Cold War? NOT!!! Who was the space race between?
USA and USSR
100
Who led the March on Washington?
MLK
200
What was THE MAIN cause of The Depression?
Stock Market Crash
200
In 1936, Germans marched into the Rhineland breaking what treaty?
The Versailles Treaty.
200
Who was the President of the Confederacy during the American Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
200
What four countries occupied Germany during the Cold War? Which in east, and which in west?
US, Britain and France in West. USSR in east.
200
Who assassinated MLK?
James Earl Ray
300
What were the 3 R's of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform.
300
What was operation Torch?
1943, Americans move into North Africa.
300
Who was the 3rd president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What does the organization NATO (formed 1949) stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
300
The KKK was started in what state and by who?
Tennessee by Nathan Bedford Forrest
400
Who was the author of The Grapes of Wrath? A book about the people of the Dust Bowl.
John Steinbeck
400
What was the United States main strategy in the Pacific vs the Japanese?
Island hopping.
400
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop were members of what exclusive "clan"?
Rat Pack
400
What was the defense system called that Ronald Reagen tried to put together but never completed?
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars
400
Who was the governor of Arkansas who tried to prevent the integration of the Little Rock 9?
Orval Faubus
500
In 1930 there were an estimated 6,000 street vendors in New York selling what for 5 cents each?
Apples
500
What was the codename for the D-Day landings?
Operation Overlord
500
What woman said this quote? "Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work."
Susan B. Anthony
500
How do you spell the name of the Soviet Leader from 1953-1964?
Nikita (Sergeyevich) Khrushchev
500
Who was the attorney for the NAACP in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
Thurgood Marshall
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