1940s-50s
The first manmade object in space
What is Sputnik 1?
This Chinese leader launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966 to reassert communist ideology
Who was Mao Zedong?
This hotel became the name of the wire-tapping scandal which led to the impeachment and resignation of President Nixon
What is the Watergate Hotel?
The fall of this in 1989 symbolized the approaching end of the Cold War
What was the Berlin Wall?
This armed conflict ended on 27 July 1953, and resulted in 2 countries divided by a demilitarized zone on the 38th parallel
What was the Korean War?
In 1969, Apollo 11 made this astronaut the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This religious leader returned to Iran in 1979 and became the face of the Islamic Revolution
Who was Ayatollah Khomeini?
President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative was nicknamed this because of its space-based missile defense concept
What was “Star Wars”?
This intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states was established by the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949
What is NATO?
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech
What was the March on Washington?
This organization’s oil embargo in 1973 caused fuel shortages and rising gas prices worldwide
What is OPEC?
This 1986 nuclear disaster occurred in what was then part of the Soviet Union
What was Chernobyl?
This US Senator was the face of the political persecution of communist and left-wing individuals during the Second Red Scare.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
This organization, founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, promoted Black Power and community self-defense
What was the Black Panther Party?
This sporting event was marred by the Munich massacre
What was the 1972 Summer Olympics?
In 1989, Chinese troops cracked down on pro-democracy protests in this Beijing square
What is Tiananmen Square?
This violent Argentinian Marxist revolutionary was a major figure in the Cuban Revolution
Who was Che Guevara?
This 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces changed American public opinion about the Vietnam War
What was the Tet Offensive?
This short but damaging war was fought when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Judaism's holiest day of the year.
What was the Yom Kippur War?
This teacher was one of 7 astronauts who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart in 1986.
Who was Christa McAuliffe?