WWII
WWII
Civil Rights Era
The Vietnam War
New Challenges
100
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Where did the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941?
100
Holocaust
What is the death of 6 million Jews?
100
segregation of African Americans in schools became illegal because of this..
What is the case of Brown vs. Board of Education?
100
Bay of Pigs invasion
What is the United States' failed attempt to overthrow Cuba's Communist dicator, Fidel Castro?
100
Iran-Contra Scandal
What was illegal weapons deals to secure the release of American hostages during Ronald Reagan's administration?
200
Battle of the Bulge
What marked the end of serious German resistance in 1944?
200
The Battle of Mid-Way
What was the first major Japanese defeat because the U.S. navy destroyed the four Japanese aircraft carriers and hundreds of airplanes?
200
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
200
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the military confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union involving nuclear weapons in Cuba?
200
Berlin Wall
What wall came down on November 9, 1989?
300
Victory in Europe - VE Day
What is May 7, 1945 that signalled the end of war in Europe?
300
Internment Camps
What were detention centers for Japanese Americans during WWII?
300
Civil Rights Act
What prohibited discrimination against blacks?
300
Vietnam War
What was the very unpopular war in the early 1970's the U.S. got involved in?
300
Bill Clinton
What president was impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives?
400
U.S., Great Britain, China, France, and Soviet Union
Who were the Allied Powers?
400
Tuskegee Airmen
What is the name of America's first African American fighter pilots?
400
Voting Rights Act
What gave the federal government the authority to force states to allow blacks the right to vote in 1965?
400
Richard Nixon
Who was the first president to visit China in 25 years?
400
Osama Bin Laden
Who was behind the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001?
500
Italy, Germany, and Japan
Who were the Axis Powers?
500
Bataan Death March
What is the name for 22,000 Allied prisoners of war forced to march 60 miles to a Japanese prison camp?
500
Governor George Wallace
Who attempted to block the entrance to the University of Alabama to prohibit blacks from enrolling?
500
"Ping Pong Diplomacy"
What was the name of the relations developed between the U.S. and China called?
500
Persian Gulf War
What is the war that ended after 6 weeks of bombing and 100 hours of ground war?
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