PROGRESSIVES
WORLD WAR II
COLD WAR
CIVIL RIGHTS
VIETNAM WAR
100
This allowed the people to vote directly for their U. S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
100
This is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
100
You didn't want to become this during the Cold War.
What is MAD?
100
He gave his "I Have a Dream" speech during this.
What was the March on Washington?
100
Four college students were killed during an anti-war demonstration here.
What is Kent State University?
200
Prohibition started with the passage of this.
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
He commanded all the Allied forces in Europe.
Who was Gen. Eisenhower?
200
It overthrew several governments unfriendly to the U.S.
What is the CIA?
200
The type of segregation that existed in the North.
What is de facto segregation?
200
This was Nixon's plan to bring more American troops home.
What is Vietnamization?
300
It was created to regulate railroads.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission?
300
This was the area of France where Allied troops landed on D-Day.
What is Normandy?
300
It helped build and expand the middle class in the 1950s.
What is the G. I. Bill?
300
Proposed by John F. Kennedy, it was passed by Lyndon Johnson.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
Because of this, Americans could watch the war while they ate dinner.
What is television?
400
Progressives thought that its participation was necessary for change.
What is government?
400
"Rosie the Riveter" was their symbol.
Who were women working in the factories to replace the men who went to war?
400
2/3 of the United States was liable to be destroyed by these.
What are Soviet missiles in Cuba?
400
The deaths and violence during the Freedom Summer and the March on Selma moved Congress to pass this.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
400
This event severely challenged Americans' view of our mission in Vietnam.
What is the My Lai massacre?
500
He used his camera to expose the terrible living conditions of immigrants.
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
He commanded all U. S. ground forces in the Pacific.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
500
Our statistics rivaled India's during this.
What is the Baby Boom?
500
The Interstate Commerce Commission's action ended these.
What are the Freedom Rides?
500
His 40% of the vote in the New Hampshire Primary convinced Johnson not to run in 1968.
Who is Eugene McCarthy?
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