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In 2016, she was the first female to win the presidential nomination of a major political part in the US  

Hilary Clinton

100
During the late to mid 1950s, some Americans began to construct small shelters known as these

fallout shelters

100

Elected in 1980, the US President increased military spending and called the Soviet Union an "evil empire" 

Ronald Reagan 

100

A group of islands that are scattered closely together are known as this

Archipelago

100

The Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred in the city of Montgomery, which is located in this state

Alabama

200

She graduated from law school in 1952, but was unable to get a job as a lawyer because of her gender. In 1981 she became the first female justice of the US Supreme Court

Sandra Day O' Connor

200

By the early 1950's , both the US and Soviet Union had developed and built this weapon, which is 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb. 

H Bomb

200

He served as Ronald Reagan's Vice President and was elected President of United States in 1988- hes also the father of the 43rd president. 

George Bush

200

This stands for "defense condition" 

DEFCON

200

While protesting against segregation in this Alabama city, MLK Jr. Was arrested and jailed

Birmingham

300
In 1997 She was appointed by Bill Clinton to serve as the first female Secretary of State in US History

Madeleine Albright

300

This type of government was embraced by the Soviet Union 

Communism

300

In 2003, the US President ordered Saddam Hussein and his two sons to leave Iraq- when they refused, Operation Iraqi Freedom began

George W. Bush

300

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded by the US Government in 1958. 

NASA

300

This famous US Supreme Court case declared that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. 

Brown vs. Board of Education

400

In 1969, This American became the first person to walk on the moon

Neil Armstrong

400

The North Atlantic Treaty Association is a military alliance created by countries in Europe and North America who opposed the spread of Communism, this alliance is better known as this 

NATO

400

In 2008, this individual was serving as a US senator from the state of Illinois when he was elected and became the first African American president in US History

Barack Obama

400

During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese used battlefield tactics known as this type of warfare

Guerilla Warfare

400

In 1964, this Act banned segregation in all public places in the US

Civil Rights act of 1964

500

First African American President

Barack Obama

500
After WW2, this is a massive multi million dollar plan to help Western Europe rebuild, also attempted to halt the spread of communism across Europe 

Marshall Plan

500

This person is the 36th president of the US, and became the President after JFK was assassinated. 

Lyndon B Johnson

500

For nearly 30 years, the city of Berlin was separated by this War

Berlin Wall

500

One of the most prominent Civil Rights leaders in US history, he delivered his famous "I have a Dream Speech" 

MLK Jr.