War, what is it good for?
U.S. Presidents
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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 said segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
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
African-American woman who wrote The Red Record and campaigned for a national anti-lynching law.
Who was Ida B. Wells?
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 boat's boiler exploded, causing it to sink, but it was used as an excuse to enter the US into which war?
What is the Spanish-American War?
400
This president sent the National Guard and 101st Airborne division to desegregate Little Rock Central High School
Who was Dwight Eisenhower?
400
Act passed as part of the "Great Society" to end segregation and ensure minorities had the right to vote.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
How many justices are there on the Supreme Court?
What is nine?
400
A nickname given to rock 'n roll during the 1950s by preachers and other adults who disapproved of it.
What is "Devil's Music"?
500
This said if one country went communist, its neighbors would also likely become communist
What is the Domino Theory?
500
This president made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagaski.
Who was Harry Truman?
500
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1919.
What is the 19th Amendment?
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 policy used by FDR to restart the economy by giving money to the poor so they can go out and spend it.
What is pump spending?