War, what is it good for?
U.S. Presidents
Fight for your Rights
All Rise!
Grabbin' Bags
100
Country that bombed Pearl Harbor, forcing the United States to enter World War II
What is Japan?
100
This president successfully brought America through the Great Depression and World War II
Who was Franklin Roosevelt (aka FDR)?
100
Among many other accomplishments, this civil rights leader and icon delivered his famous "I have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in 1963
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
Case that protected a woman's right to have an abortion
What is Roe v. Wade?
100
Dictator who wanted to unite all Germanic people into one state
Who was Adolf Hitler?
200
This type of war is where a smaller force uses ambushes, raids, and deception to defeat a larger army
What is a guerilla war?
200
This president successfully avoided nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was John F. Kennedy (aka JFK)?
200
Court case that established that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
The Supreme Court forced this president to give up his tapes despite his claims that they fell under Executive Privilege
Who was Richard Nixon?
200
This president fought to create a "League of Nations" which he believed would prevent all future wars
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
300
These countries made up the Central Powers in World War I
What are Germany, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire?
300
This president wanted to make America a "Great Society," but ended up spending more money fighting the Vietnam War instead
Who was Lyndon Johnson (aka LBJ)?
300
Latin American civil rights leader who fought to unionize farm laborers
Who was Cesar Chavez?
300
Plan conceived during the Franklin Roosevelt administration to put more justices that would agree with him on the Supreme Court
What is the court packing plan?
300
Who are flappers?
400
This American general commanded US forces in the Pacific in World War II and the Korean War
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
400
This president sent the National Guard and 101st Airborne division to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
Who was Dwight Eisenhower?
400
Policy passed as part of the "Great Society" to ensure African Americans the right to vote
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
400
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953-1969
Who was Earl Warren?
400
This husband and wife were US citizens who were executed for spying on the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union
Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
500
This said if one country went communist, its neighbors would also likely become communist
What is the Domino Theory?
500
His presidency was embroiled in the Teapot Dome scandal, which involved members of the cabinet taking bribes from oil companies, before his premature demise
Who was Warren G. Harding?
500
Author of The Feminine Mystique, which argued against the idea that women had one role in society -- to be a housewife or mother
Who was Betty Friedan?
500
Case over evolution being taught in public schools; Clarence Darrow v. William Jennings Bryan
What was the Scopes Trial? (State of Tennessee v. John Scopes)
500
An economic situation where the inflation rate is high and economic growth is stagnant
What is stagflation?