Presidents
Cold War
Korean War
Civil Rights
Misc.
100
This President gave the command to drop Atomic Bombs on two Japanese cities
Who is Harry S. Truman
100
The percentage of the U.S. Budget spent on Defense during the Cold War
What is 50%
100
The name given to the border between north and south Korea
What is the "38th Parallel"
100
This person was the first President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization that had a large role in the establishment of the American Civil Rights Movement
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
Countries in NATO during the Cold War.
Who are the U.S.A., Canada, and Ten European Countries
200
This candidate won the office of Presidency in the 1960 election
Who is John F. Kennedy
200
Lasting half a century, the Cold War mainly involved two predominant countries
Who are the USA and the USSR
200
An American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II
Who was Douglas MacArthur.
200
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, this African American women refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled.
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Richard Nixon held this political position prior to becoming President
Who was the nation's Vice-President for 8 years under Dwight Eisenhower
300
Although losing to Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential Election, he went on to be President from 1969 - 1974
Who is Richard Nixon
300
The end of the Cold War brought about the fall of this country
What is the Soviet Union
300
It was on this year that North Korean Communist troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. Two days later President Truman said that the United States would oppose Communists aggression
When is 1950
300
The landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
300
This famous Soviet Rocket forced the United States to enter the Space Race in 1957
What is Sputnik
400
Initiated in 1947, this American Foreign Policy Doctrine started the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion. It was a major step in beginning the Cold War.
What is The Truman Doctrine
400
As early as 1946, Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe the power of the Soviet Union and the grasp it had over the region
What is the "Iron Curtain"
400
With South Korea being supported by several other countries in the United Nations, North Korea eventually gained support by this country.
What is the People's Republic of China
400
Nine African-American students at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas who attended school in 1957 with federal protection. The school was supposed to be integrated but the National Guard had to be called in to keep the peace.
Who were "The Little Rock Nine."
400
Called the Reconstructionist Amendments
What are the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments
500
This five-star General served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and later became President of the United States
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
Beginning in 1950, this Republican U.S. Senator became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion
Who was Joseph McCarthy
500
Prior to it being recognized as a war, Harry S. Truman used this term to describe the conflict in Korea
What is a "Police Action"
500
Civil rights activists used nonviolent protest and civil disobedience to bring about change. Their actions resulted in the passage of these two pieces of Federal Legislation
What are the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968
500
U.S. bombers shocked the world in August 1945 by dropping atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities to end World War II.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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