Cold War
What country was the USA fighting with during the Cold War?
The Soviet Union/USSR.
What year was Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated?
1968
What were the scandalous women called who had short hair and wore short dresses?
Flappers
Who were the communist Vietnamese who lived in South Vietnam? (Farmers by day)
The Viet Cong
During World War II, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What one word describes the governmental policy used by the USSR during the Cold War?
Communism
What Supreme Court case prohibited racial segregation in public schools?
Brown vs Board of Education
What infamous mobster was arrested for tax evasion during the Jazz Age?
Al Capone
What was the highly flammable, sticky jelly substance used as a weapon during this war called?
Napalm
The surprise attack on the US military by the Japanese which prompted the US's entry into WWII was called?
Pearl Harbor
Who came up with the idea of glasnost and perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbachev.
Rosa Parks arrest after her refusal to move to the back of the bus, triggered a city wide boycott of what city's bus system?
Montgomery, Alabama
What was the term for borrowing money to buy stocks and paying it back later called?
Buying on Margin
The ___________ was the mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam.
My Lai Massacre
What years did the second World War begin and end?
1939-1945
Which US President described the Cold War as 'hard and bitter peace'?
John F. Kennedy.
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech" from the steps of what Washington D.C. location?
The Lincoln Memorial
What city did jazz music originate from?
New Orleans
What was the herbicide sprayed over the Vietnamese landscape by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War called?
Agent Orange
What year did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
1939
When was the Berlin Wall constructed to prevent people from leaving East Germany?
1961
At Little Rock Central High School, who prevented the students included in the Little Rock 9, from entering the segregated school?
Orval Faubus
What was the first movie with sound called?
The Jazz Singer
The __________ was a major military assault on South Vietnam by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops during the Vietnam War in 1968
Tet Offensive
The Russians won their first victory against Germany at what battle?
The Battle of Stalingrad