Scandals
This scandal saw Nixon deny being a crook, only for the evidence to heavily contradict that statement.
What is Watergate?
This event is widely considered to be the start of the Great Depression, and the end of the Roaring Twenties?
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929
Before becoming POTUS, Ronald Reagan served as the governor of this Golden State.
What is California?
Throughout the Cold War, this was the foreign policy used by the US on Communism.
What is Containment?
This Civil War film follows the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, an African-American unit where Ferris Bueller spends his day off.
What is Glory?
This man did not have relations with his intern, but why would we believe a sax man?
Who is Bill Clinton?
Amidst growing poverty, President Herbert Hoover became the namesake for these ramshackle huts.
What are Hoovervilles?
This policy saw Reagan seek to return to a free enterprise system and reduce inflation; long term effects have been debated.
What is Reaganomics?
This senator from Wisconsin was cheesed at perceived Communists in the state department, only to have no evidence of there being any.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
What is Little Big Man?
This at-war country was pressured by Donald Trump to investigate his presidential rival's son, even withholding a military aid package.
What is Ukraine?
Refusing to interfere with the economy, Hoover signed this act into law, only for it to make the Depression worse.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
Reagan's administration became embroiled in this scandal, resulting in eleven convictions, though Reagan himself was absolved of wrongdoing.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
This man was accused of being a Soviet spy by Congress; however, he was only convicted on perjury.
Who was Alger Hiss?
This film depicts Irish immigrants in the Land Run of 1893, with Tom Cruise's accent being the least of the movie's problems.
What is Far and Away?
This gossipy affair led to Andrew Jackson's entire cabinet resigning, including his VP. Strangely enough, Jackson was not the cause of the scandal.
What is the Petticoat Affair?
This event saw many families leave their homes in search of better work; many were left unemployed.
What was the Dust Bowl?
This group helped mobilize Reagan's win in the 1980 election, led in part by Jerry Falwell and the GOP adopting similar views.
What is the Christian Right?
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but the Soviet Union didn't officially collapse until this year, the same year Freddie Mercury died of AIDS.
What is 1991?
This movie directed by Michael Bay follows a fictional love triangle during a tragic US event. Also, Ben Affleck has dyslexia in the film.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This short and stout scandal saw the first presidential cabinet member go to jail after accepting bribes from oil companies.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Under the New Deal, FDR created many administrations and offices, including this one that built schools.
What was the Public Works Administration?
Following the retirement of Warren Burger, Reagan nominated this man to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who was William Rehnquist?
Eisenhower's attempts at normalizing tensions with the Soviet Union failed following this event, which saw Pakistan apologize to the USSR for their involvement.
What was the U2 Spy Plane Incident?
This movie features Kevin Costner doing a thick Boston accent while attempting to solve a national crisis. No, he is not JFK.
What is Thirteen Days?