Invention & Innovation
Soviet Strife
Disclosing the Disguised
Revolutionary Rulings
Major Media
100
Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22 of this year
What is 1970?
100
This test project between America and the Soviet Union exemplified the détente of the Cold War period.
What is the Apollo-Soyuz?
100
The Pentagon Papers revealed that multiple U.S. administrations had misled the public about involvement in this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
100
Roe vs ____ ended up going to the Supreme Court and made abortion legal throughout the U.S.
What is Wade?
100
The release of Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was recognized as the start of this music genre into mainstream media.
What is hip hop?
200
The Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed "Star Wars", was created by the Reagan Administration to protect America from these kind of attacks
What are nuclear missile attacks?
200
The Soviet Union invaded this Asian country in 1979, leading to heightened Cold War tensions with America.
What is Afghanistan?
200
Nixon was pardoned after resigning by this U.S. President.
Who is Gerald Ford?
200
This amendment changed the voting age in America from 21 to 18
What is the 26th amendment?
200
The Beatles disbanded in 1970 after this band member announced his "break with the Beatles".
Who is Paul McCartney?
300
This model of microcomputers was developed in 1977 by Apple, eventually bringing computer technology to the masses
What is the Apple II?
300
In 1984, most of the countries in the ________ Bloc boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
What is Eastern?
300
The Pentagon Papers were released by this man, who was ironically one of its authors as well.
Who is Daniel Ellsberg?
300
The Panama Canal was controlled by these two countries under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties until 1999.
What are America and Panama?
300
The 1974 Southern anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" was written in response to criticism of the South, but it can also be interpreted as celebrating the racist culture, including the legacy of this governor
Who is George Wallace?
400
While the first phone call was made on a prototype, the first commercially available cell phone, the _____________DynaTAC 8000x, was launched in 1983.
What is Motorola?
400
This treaty was signed by America and the Soviet Union in 1972 to control arms and nuclear weapons.
What is the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?
400
The Watergate burglars were connected to this organization, the fundraising arm of Nixon’s re-election campaign.
What is the Committee for the Re-Election of the President?
400
Signed into law in 1980, this act reformed U.S. immigration law by aligning the American definition of "refugee" with international standards and raised the annual refugee admission cap.
What is the Refugee Act of 1980
400
1975 was the year of the premiere of the two hit TV shows _______________ and ______________.
What is Wheel of Fortune and Saturday Night Live?
500
On April 11, 1970, the powerful Saturn V rocket launched these astronauts on the Apollo 13 mission
Who are Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert?
500
The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in this city in 1980.
What is Moscow, Russia?
500
The group associated with Nixon's re-election campaign broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in D.C. for this reason
What is to plant listening devices?
500
This 1981 legislation, co-sponsored by a New York congressman and a Kansas senator, included a phased-in 23% individual income tax cut and a drop in the top tax rate from 70% to 50%
What is the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut?
500
T.V. programs like 60 minutes and 20/20 raised awareness of this issue through high-profile media coverage.
What is child sexual abuse?