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100

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, which US President succeeded in force the Soviet Union to remove any nuclear weapons they had delivered to Cuba?

John F. Kennedy

100

What is the belief that God does not exist?

Atheism

100

Fidel Castro was the Communist dictator of which country?

Cuba

100

Whose arrest started the Montgomery bus boycott?

Rosa Parks

100

Who was the first American in space?

Alan B. Shepard, Jr. 

100

Who was the first man on the moon?

Neil Armstrong
200
The National Security Act established plans for national security by founding agencies such as the ? 

CIA

200
Medicare provides medical care for whom?

Senior citizens

200

What was formed to be a world organization in which nations would work together to solve their problems?

United Nations

200

Who gave the "I have a dream speech"?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

200

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

John Glenn

200

Who developed the polio vaccine?

Dr. Jonas Salk

300

During President Johnson's presidency, what was the name of his proposed plan?

The Great Society

300

What was made by Communists to separate the two parts of Berlin?

The Berlin Wall

300

What was the time when the United States and the Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons against each other for over forty years?

The Cold War

300

How did the people protest segregation in Washington, D.C?

a peaceful march
300

Who was the televised American evangelist known around the world?

Billy Graham

300

Who was the first Black American four-star general?

Chappie James

400
What did the GI Bill of rights make available to the servicemen returning home from war?

Low-interest loans

400

What connected all parts of America for safer travel?

Interstate Highway System

400

Which war ended in a truce?

Korean War

400

What outlawed discrimination in employment and in public places such as public schools, government facilities, and programs?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

400

Who was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice?

Thurgood Marshall

400

Who invented the modern computer operated by a mouse?

Douglas Engelbart

500

What did the Fair Housing Act of 1968 ensure for all Americans no matter their race, skin color, or religion?

housing rights

500

What was the first nuclear power plant built in the United States?

Shippingport Atomic Power Station

500

What was America's first nuclear-powered submarine?

USS Nautilus

500

Which Supreme Court Case ended segregation in public schools?

Brown v. Board of Education

500

Who developed ARPAnet?

Leonard Kleinrock

600

The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 guaranteed that the civil rights of Native Americans would not be taken away by who?

Tribal governments