This man became the leader of Italy’s Fascist Party and eventually becomes the dictator of Italy during World War II.
What is Benito Mussolini.
100
During the 1950’s this Wisconsin Senator created a “communist” scare throughout the U.S. by accusing people that they were working for the communist. These accusations ruined many people’s lives.
What is Joseph McCarthy.
100
This man led Cuban farmers and peasants in eh overthrow of the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista. He turned to the Soviet Union for help and set up a communist government in Cuba.
What is Fidel Castro.
100
This incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in December of 1955.
What is Rosa Parks arrest for sitting in the white section of a bus
100
This man known as the “Father of Communist Vietnam”. He introduced communism into N. Vietnam and led N. Vietnam in its fight against France and the United States.
What is Ho Chi Minh.
200
The Prime Minister and leader of Great Britain during World War II was...
What is Neville Chamberlain.
200
The “Korean War” in which the United States helped out South Korea, was fought during what years?
What is 1950-1953
200
How does the Cuban Missile Crisis come about?
What is U.S. spy place photographed Soviet Union nuclear missiles being placed on the island of Cuba
200
The Freedom Riders were civil rights activist who...
What is rode buses into segregated bus terminals in the south.
200
This trail was used by the communist in North Vietnam to send troops and supplies to South Vietnam.
What is Ho Chi Minh Trail.
300
This Japanese general was Japan’s Minister of war and the leader of the military generals who wanted Japan to build up its military and seize other countries and their natural resources.
What is General Tojo.
300
After the Nationalist Chinese lost the civil war to the Communist Chinese in 1949, they fled to this island off the coast of china.
What is Taiwan.
300
Describe the outcome of the “Bay of Pigs” invasion
What is today Cuba is divided between communist Cuba and Democratic Cuba
300
What was Black Power?
What is a movement calling for African Americans to rely on themselves to achieve change
300
On ____________ the last Americans and last American troops fled South Vietnam, ending the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam Conflict.
What is April 30, 1975.
400
It was this event that started the actual fighting to break out, beginning WWII.
What is Germany’s invasion of Poland.
400
This is the name given to the incident in which the Soviet Union shot down a United States spy plane over its territory. The United States denied the incident at first, but later admitted it owned the plane.
What is U-2 Incident.
400
President Johnson’s used the term “Great Society” , which described...
What is his domestic programs to help all people in the U.S. get out of poverty and overcome racial injustice.
400
In which of the following states did volunteers find it most difficult to register African Americans to vote?
What is Mississippi.
400
This is the name given to the incident in which American troops slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.
What is My Lai Massacre.
500
Edward R. Murrow’s live radio broadcasts described...
What is Battle of Britain.
500
What government agencies encouraged Americans to build bomb shelters in their yards?
What is the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
500
This man was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This leader backed down and ordered the missiles to be removed from Cuba.
What is Nikita Khrushev
500
In the Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. the Topeka Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled...
What is it was unconstitutional to keep blacks and whites apart in public schools, if they were treated equal.
500
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy consisted of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam and the...
What is replacement of U.S. troops with S. Vietnamese troops.