Kennedy/Cold War
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100
He was the leader of Communist Cuba during the 60's
Who is Fidel Castro
100
He broke the color barrier and played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
The leader of North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh
100
The main aircraft used in Vietnam was...
What is a helicopter
100
President Truman enacted a policy towards keeping communism under control and not allowing it to spread. This policy was called...
Containment
200
Widely known as the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war. It took a U.S. naval blockade to end the event.
What is the Cuban Missle Crisis
200
Who is famous for the quote: "I have a dream."
Who is Martin Luther King.
200
The Vietnam War was fought between which two countries.
What are North Vietnam and South Vietnam
200
The govenment issued gun used in Vietnam was known as a...
M-16
200
After World War II, capitalist nations formed an alliance called....
NATO
300
He became President after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
Who is Lyndon Johnson
300
She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person when it was against the law to refuse.
Who is Rosa Parks.
300
Soldiers who climbed into holes and investigated or destroyed the enemies tunnel systems were known as......
What are Tunnel Rats
300
This road was a key artery for the transport of North Vietnamese weapons, food and ordinance.
Ho Chi Minh Trail.
300
He became the communist leader of China after a brutal revolution changed its government.
Mao Zedong
400
This is the city where Kennedy was assassinated.
Where is Dallas, Texas.
400
In support of Rosa Parks, and in a showing of solidarity for a change, African-Americans refused to take the bus anywhere in this peaceful, yet powerful display of protest.
What was the Montgomery bus boycott.
400
Having to go to war based on a random pick during the Vietnam War was known as a......
What is a draft.
400
Chemical warfare was also part of the Vietnam War. This chemical agent was responsible for hideous open wounds, insanity and horrible mutations.
Agent Orange
400
This was an imaginary line that separated the communist side of Europe and the capitalist side of Europe; this line was called the.....
Iron Curtain
500
He is the man that killed John F. Kennedy.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald.
500
A group that called for violent revolution as a means for African-American liberation.
What was the Black Panther Party
500
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution changed what American right?
Changed to voting age from 21 to 18.
500
He was the National Security Advisor to the President during the Vietnam War and, through negotiations, ended the war.
Henry Kissinger
500
In an effort to contain communism, the United States funded the rebuilding of countries ruined by World War II in large parts of Europe and Japan. This policy was called.....
the Marshall Plan
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