This American led invasion of France in June 1944 eventually led to the liberation of Paris
What is D-Day?
100
This period of American History took place in the early 1950s and was named for a US Senator who made wild and reckless charges that communists had infiltrated the government
What is McCarthyism?
100
These civil rights activists risked their lives to desegregate interstate buses and bus stations
What were the Freedom Riders of the early 1960s?
100
This civil rights leader was one of the first prominent Americans to oppose the Vietnam War
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This riot in September 1971 resulted in the deaths of over 50 persons, including hostages, by state troopers at this prison
What is Attica State Prison in New York?
200
American military forces lost how many men and women in WW2
What is approximately 400,000 soldiers, marines and sailors?
200
The Cold War took place from what year to what year?
What is ~1947 to ~1991?
200
This event in 1960 introduced a dramatic new tactic used by the civil rights movement
What were the Lunch Counter Sit-Ins in Greensboro, North Carolina?
200
This president waged a war against poverty ("the Great Society") and war in Vietnam
Who was Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)?
200
Tom Wolfe, a famous writer, described the 1970s as a time in which many people lost interest in politics and social change and focused on self improvement and personal pleasure
What was the "Me Decade"?
300
This American ally in WW2 lost 20 million of its citizens, many were civilians killed by the German military
What is the USSR?
300
This 1962 event almost led to World War Three and convinced the Americans and Soviets to to establish a "Hot Line" for better communications
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?
300
These were three major civil rights organizations of the 1960s
What is NAACP, SCLC, SNCC and CORE?
300
What happened on April 30, 1975?
What was the collapse of the government of South Vietnam and the final evacuation of Americans from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh)?
300
In August 1968 anti-war protesters and police clashed in Chicago at this event
What was the Democratic Party National Convention to nominate a presidential candidate?
400
This is where the German and American military first fought in WW2, in the Autumn 1942
What is north Africa?
400
President Truman was accused by his Republican critics of losing this nation in 1949 to the communists
What is China?
400
This event was organized to support passage of a civil rights bill and was inspired by A. Philip Randolph
What is the August 1963 March on Washington in which Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?
400
This government secret report described the war in Vietnam as being based on lies and deception and would be published by the New York Times
What were The Pentagon Papers, released by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971?
400
This former Harvard professor experimented with LSD and was known for his slogan: Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out
Who was Timothy Leary?
500
This future American president made WW2 propaganda films
Who was Ronald Reagan?
500
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a speech in Missouri after WW2 claiming this is what was happening to the people of eastern Europe
What is an "Iron Curtain" was trapping them under Soviet communism?
500
These series of actions were inspired by young civil rights veterans of Freedom Summer and used civil disobedience (intentional arrests) to win rights for students
What is the Free Speech Movement at UC-Berkeley in 1964?
500
This 1968 event in South Vietnam resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of mostly women and children by an army unit led by Lt. William Calley
What was the My Lai massacre?
500
These early counterculture persons challenged the conformist and consumer driven society of the 1950s