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100
The US dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Name the exact dates.
What is August 6th and August 9th?
100
In 1961, the East Germans did this
What is raise the Berlin Wall?
100
The surrender of this city and evacuation of remaining Americans ended the Vietnam War.
What is Saigon?
100
This event in 1991 began long-term American involvement in the Middle East.
What is the First Gulf War?
100
In 2005, this group pledged to double aid to Africa to $50 billion a year by 2010, cancel the debt of many poor countries, and open trade.
What is the Group of Eight (G8)?
200
In 1946, Winston Churchill gave this famous speech in Missouri when tensions were high between the US and USSR.
What is the "Iron Curtain" Speech?
200
In 1962, this event caused the US and USSR to come dangerously close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
Reagan and this USSR leader met at a summit in 1985 and agreed to step up arms control and cultural contact.
Who is Gorbachev?
200
In 1990, the US, England, and France gave Germany the OK to do this.
What is reunify East and West Germany?
200
In 2006, in defiance of the UN Security Council, Iran president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad announced that Iran had successfully done this.
What is enrich uranium?
300
The Truman Doctrine was enacted in 1947 to do this.
What is that the US would do everything in its power to stop the spread of communism?
300
In 1964, the occurrence of this event significantly increased American involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Tonkin Gulf Incident?
300
In the 1980s, President Reagan launched this, resulting in the imprisonment of 20% of young black men.
What is the "War on Drugs?"
300
In response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, President Bush declared this along with the invasion of Afghanistan.
What is the "War on Terror?"
300
In 2009, President Barack Obama announced that the US, Brazil, South Africa, China, and India reached an agreement to combat this.
What is global warming?
400
In 1947, this was enacted, allowing American aid to rebuild eastern and southern Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
In 1968, this event put lie to President Johnson's proclamations that the Vietnam War was almost won.
What is the Tet Offensive?
400
In 1986, this scandal came to light, embarrassing the Reagan administration.
What is the Iran-Contra Scandal?
400
In 2003, President Bush ordered the invasion of this country.
What is Iraq?
400
In 2010, the US, Russia, China, and other nations agree to set a fourth set of sanctions on this country for this purpose.
What is Iran's nuclear program, in an attempt to stop uranium enrichment?
500
In 1953, these two people were executed for treason.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
500
President Nixon invaded this country, causing an outbreak of mass protests.
What is Cambodia?
500
This event heralded the end of the Cold War in 1989, followed by the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
500
This group formally admitted 7 new countries into its "society" in 2004.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
500
In 2011, US troops conduct a coup in Pakistan and kill this Al Qaeda leader.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
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