It Ended Here In...
Famous Leaders
World War II
1950s
1960s
100
August 1968, Chicago
What is the Counterculture?
100
He began the New Deal, a policy to fight the Depression through a massive expansion of programs by the federal government to put people to work.
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
100
He was in charge of the Soviet Union.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
100
He is now known as the King of Rock.
Who is Elvis Presley?
100
In August 1961, the Soviets did this to West Berlin.
What is built a wall?
200
August 1945, Japan
What is World War II?
200
The Civil Rights Movement leader for peace and marches.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
The war in Europe began with Germany invading its eastern neighbor.
What is Poland?
200
This policy to keep Communism from spreading started in the 50s.
What is containment?
200
They had long hair, bright colors, and used drugs to protest the Vietnam War.
Who are hippies?
300
November 1963, Dallas
What is the Kennedy Administration?
300
The Civil Rights Movement for violence and self-defense.
Who was Malcolm X. (Little)?
300
This was how the Americans fought the Japanese in the Pacific.
What is "Island Hopping"?
300
The first satellite to orbit Earth belonged to the Soviets.
What is Sputnik?
300
Elected to end the Vietnam War in 1968, he didn't until 1973.
Who was Nixon?
400
Brown v. The Board of Education, 1954
What is Segregation in Schools?
400
He was a bootlegger and a murderer, but he always looked good.
Who was Al Capone?
400
The number of occupation zones in postwar Germany.
What is four?
400
Fear of Russian spies everywhere in America led this senator to go on a witch hunt, even the US military was put on trial.
Who was Joe McCarthy?
400
Like the satellite, the first man in space was also Soviet.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
500
Brooklyn, New York, 1947
What is Segregation in baseball?
500
When JFK led the US, he led the USSR.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
500
Name a city where atomic bombs fell.
What is Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
500
Fidel Castro made this island, 90 miles from the US, communist.
What is Cuba?
500
Lyndon Johnson's domestic program brought Civil Rights and housing for minorities, medical care to the old, and clean water for everybody.
What is the Great Society?
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