Name of the music and arts festival held in upstate New York in the summer of 1969 that epitomized the counterculture's philosophy of peace, love, and individual freedom
What is Woodstock?
100
A major cause of inflation and high energy costs throughout the 1970s
What is an oil shortage caused by OPEC?
100
Country where 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days, from November 1979 until Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1981.
What is Iran?
100
President who oversaw America's involvement in the Persian Gulf War in 1991
Who is George H.W. Bush?
100
Candidates in the election of 2000, the closest presidential election in US history
Who are George W. Bush and Al Gore?
200
Leader and organizer of the migrant farmers union, called the United Farm Workers (UFW), that led a nationwide boycott against California-grown grapes in 1965
Who is Cesar Chavez?
200
Scandal most associated with Richard Nixon
What is Watergate?
200
Name critics gave to President Reagan's economic plan introduced in 1981
What is "Reaganomics"?
200
Texas billionaire who ran as an independent third candidate in the presidential elections of 1992 and 1996
Who is Ross Perot?
200
State whose votes in the election of 2000 were most highly contested, leading to a recount and a Supreme Court ruling
What is Florida?
300
President known as LBJ
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson?
300
Countries that were long-time enemies brought together by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 for a peace agreement, called the Camp David Accords
What are Egypt and Israel?
300
Soviet leader with whom President Reagan negotiated to help end the decades-long arms race between the US and USSR that helped lead to an eventual end of the Cold War
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
White House intern with whom President Bill Clinton had an affair, creating a scandal that led to his impeachment in 1998
Who is Monica Lewinsky?
300
Islamic terrorist group responsible for attacks on US embassies in Africa and the USS Cole before the attacks of 9/11
What is Al-Qaeda?
400
Constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 to ban the use of poll taxes as a qualification for voting
What is the 24th Amendment?
400
Political party solidly supported by Southern states since Richard Nixon's implementation of a "Southern strategy" in the 1972 election
What is the Republican Party?
400
German landmark that was torn down in 1989, symbolizing an end to the Cold War
What is the Berlin Wall?
400
Republican congressman that became Speaker of the House in 1994 and instituted what he called the "Contract with America" to cut taxes, scale back the role of the federal government, and balance the federal budget
(He later ran for president in 2012.)
Who is Newt Gingrich?
400
New cabinet-level department created by President George Bush in the aftermath of 9/11 to better prepare and protect the US from future terrorist attacks
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
500
More militant chairman of SNCC who led the former non-violent group in adopting the slogan of "Black Power"
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
500
Only US president to rise to the presidency without ever having been popularly elected to either the vice presidency or the presidency
Who is Gerald Ford?
500
Scandal during Ronald Reagan's presidency that involved the sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for US hostages being held in the Middle East
What is the Iran-Contra affair/scandal?
500
Controversial agreement passed in 1994 eliminating trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
500
Controversial law signed into effect by President George W. Bush in 2001 allowing law enforcement greater latitude (freedom) in obtaining information about suspected terrorists