Depression
WWII
Cold War
Civil Rights
Assorted
100
Most historians point to this event as the start of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash?
100
This was the immediate cause of WWII. (this was the event that directly started the fighting)
What is the invasion of Poland by Germany?
100
The United States joined this organization, which was focused on world peace, but not the League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
100
This Civil Rights leader preached nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
100
Scientists raced to build an atomic bomb in this top-secret government program.
What is the Manhattan Project?
200
This New Deal program, still around today, makes monthly payments to retired people.
What is Social Security?
200
Japan expanded into China because it needed this.
What are natural resources especially oil?
200
The United States' strategy of containment was evident during the war it fought in this country.
What are Vietnam OR Korea?
200
Rosa Parks' arrest led to this specific event in 1955.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
200
This word means to use less of something to make it last; to conserve. It was encouraged during WWII.
What is ration?
300
These new forms of entertainment provided people a way to escape from reality during the Depression.
What are movies or radio?
300
During this event, the Allies invaded Normandy, France. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
What is D-Day?
300
Most historians agree that this event in 1962 was the closest the world came to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
The first Supreme Court case, in 1896, legalized segregation. The second, in 1954, made segregation illegal.
Name one.
What is (1) Plessy v. Ferguson and (2) Brown v. Board?
300
This defensive alliance was formed in 1949 and still around today to militarily defend member nations from outside attacks.
What is NATO?
400
This is one New Deal program that is still around today. (name OR describe it)
What are Social Security, FDIC, SEC, TVA?
400
This nation originally sided with but was later invaded by Germany.
What is the Soviet Union (or USSR)?
400
After the Baby Boom (1946-1964) came Generation X (1964-1980). These two generations came next.
What are the Millenials and Generation Z (Zoomers)?
400
This Civil Rights leader rejected the Civil Rights Movement's emphasis on integration.
Who is Malcolm X?
400
Emmett Till was murdered while visiting his family in Mississippi. This is where he was from.
What is Chicago?
500
FDR vetoed this bill to keep southern support for the New Deal. It finally passed in 2022 and was named after Emmett Till.
What is the Anti-Lynching Bill?
500
This treaty (or agreement between countries) was one of the long-term causes of German aggression leading to WWII.
(either name or describe)
What is the Munich Agreement or the Treaty of Versailles?
500
This event marked the beginning of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the launching of Sputnik (satellite)?
500
Finish this quote: "I have a dream that one day my four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by _________________"
What is character?
500
He was a Freedom Riding leader of SNCC who went on to become a Congressman from Georgia. He died in 2020.
Who is John Lewis?