Modern America
WWII
Cold War
Civil Rights
Vietnam
100
This hotel is widely known for a famous break in staged by President Nixon
What is the Watergate
100
The policy of giving in to the other side in order to avoid conflict.
What is appeasement
100
This term describes a war where no weapons are fired at the combating nations
What is a Cold War
100
The 2 African Americans with the most Influence of the Civil Rights movement
Who are MLK & Malcolm X
100
True or False, at the time the Vietnam war was the longest war in American history.
What is True
200
This term refers to the easing of tensions between the US & USSR during the Cold War
What is detente
200
Meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization.
What is the Yalta Conference
200
Tensions between the US and USSR first arose during this conference
What is Yalta
200
This woman refused to leave her seat in Montgomery
Who is Rosa Parks
200
These are the presidents who served in office during Vietnam
Who are Kennedy, LBJ, & Nixon
300
This man became president after Nixon's resignation
Who is Gerald Ford
300
This was the first country that Germany invaded.
What is Poland
300
This doctrine was the main deterrent against Soviet expansion throughout the world
What is the Truman Doctrine
300
The famous Group that would travel city to city on Greyhound buses to fight segregation.
Who are the Freedom Riders
300
This European country left Vietnam after being defeated in 1954 by Vietnamese nationalists
What is France
400
This term, also known as supply-side economics, was championed by Ronald Reagan.
What is Reaganomics
400
During this event, the USS Arizona was sunk by Japanese torpedoes
What is Pearl Harbor
400
This was the term used to describe the divide between Eastern & Western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain
400
This magazine had an interview where the murderers of Emmett Till confessed to their crime.
What is Look magazine
400
This man led the Vietnamese nationalists in their fight against the United States
Who is Ho Chi Minh
500
This term is a portmanteau used to describe the American economy during the 70s and 80s. The US economy had a double issue of inflation combined with no increase in workers' income.
What is stagflation
500
This was the difference in government styles between the allies and the axis.
What is democracy v. fascism
500
These are the Russian terms for Gorbachev's policies of economic & social reform in Russia
What is glasnost & perestroika
500
This group, headed by Stokley Carmichael, encouraged black militancy in order to achieve equality
What is the Black Panthers
500
President Nixon ordered the bombing of this country because it was being used as a supply route for the Vietnamese.
What is Cambodia
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