Before becoming President, Eisenhower served as the Supreme Allied Commander during this global conflict
What is the Second World War
100
This was the name given to the generation of children born immediately after World War Two
What is the Baby Boom?
100
This failed invasion of Cuba was an embarrassment for JFK and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
What is the Bay of Pigs
100
This was the name of President Johnson's program to end poverty and discrimination in America
What is The Great Society
100
Nixon pulled off an impressive foreign policy success when he secretly flew to and re-established relations with this communist giant in Asia
What is Communist China
200
This 1954 Supreme Court decision stated that schools had to desegregate "with all deliberate speed"
What is Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
200
This Arkansas city tried to keep nine Africa American high school students from attending all-white Central High
What is Little Rock
200
JFK created this volunteer organization to promote goodwill toward America around the world
What is the Peace Corps
200
These two Great Society programs provided government health care for the elderly and the poor
What are Medicare and Medicaid
200
This treaty with the Soviets placed a limit on nuclear arms helping to thaw the Cold War
What is the SALT Treaty (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
300
This 1896 Supreme Court decision stated that "separate but equal" (segregated) facilities were perfectly legal
What is Plessey v. Ferguson
300
This was the name of the national struggle for equality that gained new emphasis in the 1950s with the return of African American GIs from combat overseas
What is the Civil Rights Movement
300
This very dangerous confrontation between the US and the USSR was caused by the discovery of Soviet missiles just 90 miles off our shores
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
300
Johnson modeled his Great Society on this man's New Deal
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
300
This was the building in Washington DC that lent its name to the scandal that would ruin Nixon's presidency
What is Watergate
400
Returning veterans were given low-cost mortgages and money for college tuition under the provisions of this important law
What is the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill)
400
Fallout shelters became an odd fixture in some backyards to protect Americans against this kind of attack
What is a nuclear (or atomic) attack
400
This is the Texas city where President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963
What is Dallas
400
This conflict in southeast Asia divided the country and led to campus protests all across America
What is the Vietnam War
400
Rather than face certain impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate, Nixon did this instead
What is resign the presidency
500
The development of this transportation network helped give rise to increased suburbanization
What is the Interstate Highway System
500
The modern-day witch hunt for communists in America was known by this colorful name
What is the Red Scare
500
He was the Communist dictator of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
500
This Great Society volunteer program was similar to Kennedy's Peace Corps, but was focused on tackling problems here in America
What is VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America)
500
This man, Nixon's vice -president, granted a presidential pardon to Nixon upon taking over as the new president