WHO'S WHO
The F in JFK
Fitzgerald
A written agreement between two or more peoples that is formally approved and signed by their leaders.
Treaty
The name given to the laws governing Afro-American citizens following emancipation.
Jim Crow Laws
Number of states in the United States of America.
50
The North Vietnam soldiers.
Viet Cong
Norma McCorvey’s pseudonym.
Jane Roe
The 13th amendment of the US Constitution abolished this.
slavery
She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
Rosa Parks
An area of land in North America set aside for indigenous people.
reservations
Chemical used in Vietnam War called 'liquid fire'
Napalm
The British King at the time of the American Revolutionary War.
King George III
The attack of US soldiers on this Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968 became known as what?
My Lai Massacre
Famous for 'I have a dream...' speech.
Dr Martin Luther King jr
Name the most northern state and the most southern state.
Alaska and Hawai'i
This conflict was centered on the 38th Parallel
Korean War
The leader of the USSR during the 1962 Cuban Crisis
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
In 1776 this important US document was written heralding the US Revolutionary War.
The Declaration of Independence
This organisation aims to honour and perpetuate the memory and deeds of high principles of the men and women of the Confederacy.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy
Number of countries which make up North America.
23
A Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighbouring states.
Domino Theory