Benito Mussolini brought _________ to Italy, a harsh form of totalitarianism that glorified the nation over the individual.
What is fascism?
100
This is the nickname for the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima.
What is Little Boy?
100
This was the average price of a home built in Levittown, NY, in the 1950s.
What is $8000?
100
This line (looking for a number) separated North and South Korea when they were created.
What is the 38th parallel?
100
This is the name President Truman gave to congress for refusing to enact his legislative plan.
What is the Do-Nothing Congress?
200
The three main Axis countries during World War II were Germany, Italy, and this country.
What is Japan?
200
True or False: The term "Iron Curtain" refers to an actual wall that separated Eastern Europe from Western Europe during the Cold War.
What is false?
200
This was the name for the legislative program President Truman wanted to enact after World War II.
What is the Fair Deal?
200
Many North Koreans suffer from this disease, partly as a result of poor nutrition.
What is cataracts?
200
This is the name of the attack by American soldiers on unarmed Vietnamese villagers in 1968, which led to a lot of anti-war protests in this country.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
300
True or False: The term for young, rebellious Latino kids in Los Angeles in the early 1940s was pachuco.
What is true?
300
True or False: NATO was originally made up of 10 countries.
What is false?
300
This is the name for the arts movement that was made up of mostly white artists who wrote about American culture.
What is the Beat Movement?
300
This person wrote the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
300
The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into North and South at this line.
What is the 17th parallel?
400
The four main Allied countries during World War II were Great Britain, the United States, and this country.
What is the Soviet Union, or Russia?
400
This is the name for the plan to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This person was the host of the most famous variety show in the 1950s, which featured many of the biggest Rock 'n Roll musicians of the time.
Who is Ed Sullivan?
400
Some people said the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson _______________ to conduct the Vietnam War.
What is a blank check?
400
This U.S. senator accused his political rivals of being communists during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
500
This group created the only unbreakable code during World War II, which was used against the Japanese.
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
500
This is the name for the imprint left behind on sidewalks and buildings after the explosion of an atomic bomb, and is caused by the heat and light of the blast.
What is an atomic shadow?
500
This term refers to the desire and ability to spend extra money on luxury items, something that came about for the first time in America in the 1950s.
What is consumerism?
500
Four students were killed at this university during an anti-war protest in 1970.
What is Kent State University?
500
This is the Korean word for "up yours," and it refers to the North Korean attitude toward outside countries.