The biggest music festival in history, where some of the most influential musicians played. Also the most raging event of all events. Ever.
What is Woodstock
100
A system of recruitment for soldiers used in the Vietnam War
What is Draft
100
the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of—or to the brink of—disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. AKA, cold war in a nutshell.
What is Brinkmanship
100
The person who gave the famous "I Have Dream Speech"
What is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
100
The competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in space exploration.
What is the Space Race
200
President Nixon resigned because of this event.
What is Watergate Scandal
200
a series of laws and diplomatic agreements for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States.
What is The Bracero Program
200
the closest the world ever came to nuclear war.
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
200
The political slogan for a group of blacks fighting for their rights.
What is Black Power
200
The foreign/domestic policy of president John F. Kennedy.
What is the "New Frontier"
300
The southern region of the United States of America.
What is The Sunbelt
300
A political group in South Vietnam that fought against the US.
What is Vietcong
300
The military alliance between the U.S. and western Europe
What is NATO
300
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
What is the 14th Amendment
300
This was established to advise the President of the United States on issues concerning the status of women.
What is The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
400
Published the book "A Choice, Not an Echo"
What is Phyllis Schlafly
400
the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945.
What is Lend-Lease Act
400
The U.S. giving financial aid to foreign countries
What is the Marshal Plan
400
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional
What is Brown Vs. Board of Education
400
This was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment
What is Stagflation
500
a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by Britain and the United States, and later agreed to by all the Allies.
What is Atlantic Charter
500
The name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What is The "New Look"
500
The U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is Core
500
This was a set of domestic programs in the United States promoted by President Lyndon B. Johnson