1960's
The location of the attempted invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces.
Where is the Bay of Pigs?
This is where a deadly clash took place between college students and National Guardsmen.
Where is Kent State University?
The name given to America's reusable space craft.
What is the Space Shuttle?
Bill Clinton was the governor of this state.
What is Arkansas?
They were the two major party candidates for President in 2000.
He was arrested for killing President Kennedy.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
This goal of President Kennedy was fulfilled on July 20, 1969.
What is the US landing the first man on the moon?
Reagan challenged Gorbachev to do this in Berlin.
What is tear down the Berlin Wall?
This group was in a compound in Waco, Texas in a standoff with Federal officials.
Who are the Branch Davidians?
This 2002 law increased Federal involvement in education.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
The city where Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested.
Where is Birmingham, Alabama?
This crisis led to Carter's (and America's) embarrassment?
He was the central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal.
Who is Oliver North?
The United States attempted to implement the policy of nation building here.
What is Somalia?
The number of flights invovled in the terrorist attach on September 11, 2001.
What is four?
The name of the Communist guerilla forces in South Vietnam.
What are the Viet Kong?
This organization, established in 1982, works in many countries around hte world to promote peace, fight disease, and encourage economic growth.
What is the Carter Center?
President Bush appointed him to the Supreme Court.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
This Arkansas resort project was the target of an investigation that involved the Clintons.
What is Whitewater?
The country where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by Navy SEAL forces.
What is Pakistan?
These two laws were enacted in 1964 and 1965 to help blacks.
What are the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act?
This happend to George Wallace during the 1972 campaign.
What is he was shot and paralyzed by a gunman in Laurel, MD?
Ground operations during the Persian Gulf War lasted this long.
What is 100 hours?
What are perjury and obstruction of justice?
The credit crunch that climaxed in the fall of 2008 was the result in part of large-scale failures in this part of the economy.
What are home mortgages?