The US added this to the Constitution in 1920 to prohibit the sale, distribution and manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
100
The southern Plains States.
Where was the Dust Bowl?
100
Everyone is limited to a certain number of items because of a shortage in supply.
What is rationing?
100
The Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA)
Who were the rivals during the Cold War?
100
He was the led non-violent demonstrations in South Africa which were the role model for the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
200
The secret place where liquor could be purchased and enjoyed during Prohibition.
What is a speakeasy?
200
It lasted several years and was the main cause of the Dust Bowl.
What is a drought?
200
They left their homes to work building ships and airplanes, doing jobs once considered only suitable for men.
Who are American women during WWII?
200
The reason the Cold War was so scary.
What is nuclear holocaust?
200
The "Children's Crusade" took place here during April 1963.
What is Birmingham?
300
He was Chicago's most famous gangster.
Who is Al Capone?
300
The slang term for the refugees from the Dust Bowl that went to California looking for farm work.
What is Okies?
300
The government used this to convince the general public of the necessity of rationing and working extra hard for the sake of the war effort.
What is propaganda?
300
JFK and the United States were on the brink of nuclear war in 1962 because of the placement of Soviet missiles in this small island country off the coast of Florida.
What is Cuba?
300
The schoolchildren who were the first to integrate a public high school in the South.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
400
His Catholicism, strong Brooklyn accent, and anti-Prohibition platform caused him to lose the 1928 presidential election to Herbert Hoover.
Who is Al Smith?
400
He sang songs he wrote about the Dust Bowl and other problems in the Great Depression, some of which are still popular today.
Who is Woodie Guthrie?
400
She was the strong, yet feminine icon that inspired thousands of women to join the American workforce during WWII.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
400
Winston Churchill coined this phrase to demonstrate the total isolation of Eastern Europe from the rest of the world in the late 1940s.
What is the Iron Curtain
400
The speech given by MLK in August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement all over the country.
What is the I Have a Dream speech?
500
The act that made it illegal to drink even weak beer and wine during the era of Prohibition.
What is the Volstead Act?
500
They are the fictitious Okie family in the John Steinbeck novel, GRAPES OF WRATH. (we watched some of the movie version)
Who are the Joads?
500
Hiroshima, a middle-sized city in Japan.
Where was the first atomic bomb dropped?
500
He was the fiery little bald guy who was the chairman of the Soviets during the 50s and 60s.
Who is Nikita Kruschev?
500
They carried shotguns and legal books and originated in Oakland California in 1966.