The Japanese destroyed all US aircraft, major battleships, and naval crafts at this base killing 2,323 military personnel
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
In the Korean War, this US General was brought in from Japan to lead UN Troops against North Korea and the Chinese
Who is General Douglas MacArthur
100
In 1963, this event led by Martin Luther King, and other prominent black leaders had the full support of President Kennedy.
What is the March on Washington?
100
This Supreme Court Case ruled that first trimester abortions were to be allowed based on a women's right to privacy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
100
Working along side this Russian political leader, Ronald Reagan and this man expanded a system known as Glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
200
This major league baseball player broke the color barrier and became a symbol of civil rights in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
This music genre was led by early artists such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly.
What is Rock n Roll?
200
The failure of this CIA led event in Cuba ended up hurting Kennedy's reputation with the Cuban population.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
200
Overheating caused by human, design, and mechanical errors caused part of this nuclear power plant's uranium core to melt.
Who is Three Mile Island?
200
This scandal involved Oliver North and John Poindexter's funding to take down the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran Contra Affair?
300
This permanent alliance went against everything Washington warned about in his farewell address.
What is NATO
300
The Interstate Highway Act was considered one of his greatest achievement as President with an initial cost of $25 billion.
Who is Eisenhower?
300
In 1964, this event led to a full escalation of funding to the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
300
In June of 1972 the men of this organization were apprehended while breaking in to the Democratic offices at the Watergate Hotel.
What is CREEP?
300
Reagan pushed through big tax cuts but also increased spending on defense, especially for this high tech anti-missile defense system that was way ahead of its time
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"
400
Witchhunts conducted by this Senator against suspected communists resulted in his downfall from Congress.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
This Civil Rights Case was significant in overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
400
Her book, Silent Spring, in 1962 helped initiate the environmental movement.
Who is Rachel Carson?
400
The leaking of these documents from Daniel Ellsberg to the NY Times set a precedent for future conflicts in the press over security versus liberty.
What is the Pentagon Papers?
400
She was the first female nominated Vice Presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket in the 1984 election.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro?
500
These proposals by President Truman included an increased minimum wage, expansion of Social Security, and a call for low-cost housing projects and slum cleanup.
What is the Fair Deal?
500
This groups of artists and writers rejected traditional artistic and social forms, congregated in San Francisco, and included members such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
What is the Beat Generation?
500
This group was founded in 1966 to create equality between the sexes and later came under fire by anti-feminists like Phyllis Schlafley.
What is National Organization for Women (NOW)?
500
As National Security Advisor and later as Secretary of State under Nixon, he pursed relations with China and played a significant role in SALT.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
500
This Evangelical leader of the Moral Majority was taken down in disgrace after he was caught in extra-marital affairs with a prostitute.