African American minister and civil rights leader who fought against discrimination towards blacks.
What is Martin Luther King Jr ?
100
Student movement at the University of California formed to protest limitations on political activities on campus.
What is the Free Speech Movement?
100
French for "Easing of tension", used to describe the new U.S. relations with China and the Soviet Union
What is Detente?
200
Act allowing America to sell, lend, or lease arms and other war supplies to any nation who were seen to be vital to the defense of the U.S.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
200
Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine ?
200
Cultural phenomenon made popluar with the help of Elvis Presley.
What is Rock 'N' Roll?
200
Major political scandal occuring in the U.S as a result of a break in at the Democratic national Commitee headquarters.
What is the Watergate Scandal ?
200
The states of the American South and Southwest
What is Sunbelt?
300
Prime Minister of Britain who advocated most of WWII
What is Winston Churchill?
300
Alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by another country. ( U.S., England, France, Canada)
What is the North Atlantic Treay Organization (NATO) ?
300
A United States youth subculture who rejected traditional dress and regular work. Favored modern forms of jazz and communal living.
What is Beats?
300
Political and Social Movement among African Americans that emphasized the black economic and political power.
What is the Black Panther ?
300
Complex of deadly pathologies resulting from infection with the human immune virus, HIV.
What is Aids ?
400
Code name for the U.S. Effort during WWII to produce the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattten Project ?
400
Meeting in 1945 planning the final stages of WWII and the agreement on the territorial division of Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
400
Political Theory that if one nation comes under the Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
What is the Domino Theory ?
400
Killing of twenty-two Vietnamese civilians by United States forces during a search and destroy mission.
What is the Mai Lai Massacre ?
400
Strategy to revitalize the American economy, lower personal income tax rates, and increase defense spending.
What is Reaganomics?
500
Unsuccesful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during WWII
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
500
Organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security.
What is the United Nations?
500
Doctrine stating that the United States would use armed forces upon request in response to agression.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
500
Request to Congress from Lyndon B. Johnson in response to North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks ; in which he sought authorization to protect American forces and stop further agression.
What is the Tonkink Gulf Reolution?
500
U.S. Supreme Court decision that disallowed state laws prohibiting abortion during the first three months of pregnancy.