Became the first democratic president since Woodrow Wilson and led the US through the Depression and WWII.
What is FDR?
100
This leader's takeover of Germany sparked the beginning of WWII.
Who is Adolph Hitler?
100
The CW was basically the conflict between capitalism and the economic model.
What is Communism?
100
This computer network revolutionized the world beginning in the 1990s.
What is the internet?
100
Bay of Pigs, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country", Marilyn Monroe, Lee Harvey Oswalt
Who is John F. Kennedy?
200
Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
200
This event prompted the United States to join the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
The first armed conflict of the CW occurred in this Asian country.
What is Korea?
200
The first foreign attack on the US mainland since 1812 happened on this date in 2001.
What is September 11?
200
Eisenhower's VP, Lost to JFK, Watergate, detente, Henry Kissenger, Deep Throat, Resignation
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
This crashed on October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) beginning the Great Depression.
What is the stock market?
300
The decision to use the atomic bomb was the first major military decision of this president.
Who is Harry Truman?
300
The most unpopular conflict of the CW came with American involvement in this country.
What is Vietnam?
300
This American minister became the cornerstone of the US civil rights movement with his nonviolent approach.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
300
Atomic Bomb, Desegregated Military, Containment, Marshall Plan
Who is Harry Truman?
400
President at the beginning of the Depression, but got a dam named for him anyway.
What is Herbert Hoover?
400
Name one American WWII general.
Who is MacArthur, Patton, Eisenhower?
400
The wall dividing this city became a visual illustration of the divided world.
What is Berlin?
400
Name for the 9 African American students that enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Little Rock 9
400
Impeachment, Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky, former Governor of Arkansas.
Who is Bill Clinton?
500
This event truly ended the Great Depression.
What is World War II?
500
The end of WWII left these two super powers in the world. (MUST GET BOTH)
What is USA and Soviet Union?
500
This British Prime Minister called the spread of communism an Iron Curtain that had descended over Eastern Europe.
Who is Winston Churchill?
500
While serving as the President of the MS chapter of this organization, Medgar Evers was shot and killed by Byron de la Beckwith who was convicted until the 1990s.
What is NAACP?
500
Georgia Peanut Farmer, Henpecked by the OPEC, Man of the People