Vocabulary
Billy Graham
World History
Decades
Presidents
100
This five letter word means a competitor; one who tries to get or do the same thing as another
What is a rival?
100
The Bible says to do this without ceasing - Billy Graham demonstrated a lifestyle of this.... Frank Laubach said it was "the mightiest force"
What is PRAYER?
100
After World War II, this was the "war" that existed between the USSR and the US.
What is the Cold War
100
This decade of the 20th century is known as the era of the Great Depression
What are the 1930's
100
His New Deal was good news to the depressed American people of the 1930's
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
One cannot find a more convivial home than the Kordon residence. Their family can be described as this
What is festive, sociable, fond of eating, drinking, and good company
200
While Billy Graham's messages were given timely and catchy titles, this was always the theme.
What is the CROSS - God's redemptive love for sinners
200
This international organization was established at the end of WWII to establish permanent world peace and ensure that a nuclear war would not destroy civilization.
What is The United Nations (1945)
200
Although this decade started with corruption in the White House - trust was restored when Calvin Coolidge took office
What are the 1920's
200
This President who was assassinated in 1901 believed that "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed."
Who was William McKinley?
300
This six letter word describes something left to someone in a will or something handed down from an ancestor
What is a legacy
300
BGEA stands for this
What is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association?
300
This international organization was established in 1949 to combat the Communist threat to the free world.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
300
The Great War or World War I was fought during this decade
What are the 1910's
300
Although he was homeschooled, this American President graduated with honors from Harvard University
Who was President Theodore Roosevelt?
400
People who take something for granted or who are bold and forward may be described as this:
What is presumptuous?
400
Two hundred years before the Boston "Peace Rally", this other famous minister had preached at the very same location
Who is George Whitefield? (The Great Awakening)
400
Initiated by President Truman, this international relations policy stated that the United States would provide economic aid to any free country to help it resist communist aggression
What is the Truman Doctrine (1947)
400
Civil Rights was brought to the forefront during this decade
What are the 1950's
400
President Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations was not endorsed by America after this major war
What is World War I?
500
This short, thick stick is used as a weapon
What is a cudgel?
500
There were many "firsts" at the Portland crusade - name one . . .
What is Interpretation for the deaf, separate meetings for women, men, and children . . .
500
In order to assist European nations in their recovery from WWII, Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced that the US would provide this
What is economic assistance (the Marshall Plan) (1948)
500
This decade was marked by the end of WWII and FDR's NEW DEAL .
What are the 1940's
500
This president died while in office - his legacy was sadly one of corruption.
Who was President Warren Harding?