Code-named "Operation Overlord," this June 6, 1944, invasion saw Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy.
D Day
As the 32nd U.S. President, he led the country through the Great Depression and most of WWII.
FDR
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional.
Brown v board
He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Mlk
This fictional character represented the millions of women who worked in factories and shipyards during WWII.
Rosie the riveter
This 1941 surprise attack on a U.S. naval base in Hawaii officially brought the United States into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
This British Prime Minister was famous for his "V for Victory" sign and his refusal to surrender during the Blitz.
Churchill
This 1955 protest began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and lasted for 381 days
Montgomery bus boycott
This minister and human rights activist was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam before his assassination in 1965.
Malcom X
To ensure enough supplies for the military, U.S. citizens used these "books" to buy limited goods like sugar and gasoline.
Ration books
This was the name of the secret U.S. project led by Robert Oppenheimer to develop the atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
He was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and later became the 34th President of the United States.
Eisenhower
This 1964 law ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
Civil Rights Act 1964
Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement," her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa parks
Executive Order 9066 led to the forced relocation and incarceration of over 110,000 people of this descent
Japanese Americans
This 1942-1943 battle in the Soviet Union is considered the bloodiest in history and a major turning point against the Nazis.
Stalingrad
This "Desert Fox" was a high-ranking German field marshal known for his tactical genius in North Africa.
Rommel
These activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern U.S. in 1961 to challenge non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings.
Freedom riders
He was the lead attorney in Brown v. Board and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thru good Marshall
These four students began the sit-in movement at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC.
Greensboro 4
This strategy, used by the U.S. in the Pacific, involved capturing key islands while bypassing heavily fortified Japanese positions.
Island Hopping
Which country has the most islands in the world
Sweden
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, which included "Bloody Sunday," led directly to the passage of this act.
Voting rights act
This congressman and "Big Six" leader was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington.
John Lewis
This group of African American military pilots fought in WWII and paved the way for the desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Tuskegee Airmen