World War II
Cold War
1950s
1960s
Civil Rights
100
This is how the US paid for WWII
What are taxes and war bonds?
100
This man coined the nickname "Iron Curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill?
100
This agency conducts space research
What is NASA?
100
Cuba has this type of government
What is communist?
100
The goal of this organization was to end segregation
What is the NAACP?
200
This was the Allied strategy to defeat Japan
What is island hopping?
200
He was the leader of communist China
Who is Mao Zedong?
200
This region of the US became a popular destination because of low taxes and a nice climate
What is the Sunbelt?
200
This agency was created to provide housing for people with low incomes
What is HUD?
200
The Greensboro sit-ins protested this
What are segregated lunch counters?
300
This was Erwin Rommel's nickname
What is Desert Fox?
300
This plan gave money to countries rebuilding after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
The New Look Policy was the idea of this US president
Who is Eisenhower?
300
He was the first human space traveler
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
300
This phrase refers to legally segregated schools
What is "separate but equal"?
400
This was a fortified defense along the French-German border
What is the Maginot Line?
400
This bill gave veterans loans for education, homes, or businesses
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
400
This act made travel easier and contributed to the growth of the suburbs
What is the Highway Act of 1956?
400
She discovered the dangers of DDT
Who is Rachel Carson?
400
He was the leader of the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X?
500
This battle was the turning point that put Japan on the defensive
What is the Battle of Midway?
500
This act gave the government the right to arrest anyone suspicious of subversive activity
What is the Internal Security Act?
500
He shocked the world when he announced that communism and capitalism could peacefully coexist
Who is Nikita Kruschev?
500
This was LBJ's program to help Americans living in poverty
What is the Great Society?
500
This court case ruled that the University of Texas Law School must admit black students
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
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