World War II
Cold War
Vietnam
Civil Rights Movement
Modern America
100

What officially started World War II?

What is the German invasion of Poland?

100

What was the American foreign policy developed to deal with the spread of communism from the Soviet union called?

What is containment?

100
What led to increased antiwar sentiment in the United States?

What is the Tet Offensive, Kent State, the draft, My Lai, and Pentagon Papers?

100

MLK, Jr. supported the idea of using what method to affect social change?

What is non-violent direct action or civil disobedience?

100

This petition was created to return millions of acres of land taken from Native Americans by the government.

What is the Trail of Broken Treaties?

200

What was Pearl Harbor in direct retaliation for?

What is the U.S. stopping the exporting of oil to Japan?

200
What created a wave of conservatism as a means of strengthening traditional American values in the face of the communist threat?

What is the Red Scare or McCarthyism?

200

Most combat forces in Vietnam were made up of

What is working class and minorities?

200

What law was passed as a direct result of the Selma Campaign?

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

200

The Free Speech Movement and and Students for a Democratic Society were student movements that symbolized the rise of

What is the New Left?

300

Which court case ruled that Japanese internment was military necessity?

What is Korematsu v. US?
300

Kennedy and Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey and to make no further attempts to invade Cuban to settle what Cold War issue?

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

300

What chemical or pesticide was used to kills plants in Vietnam?

What is Agent Orange?

300

What organization planned the sit-in and freedom ride movement?

What is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?
300

Cesar Chavez worked to improved wages and conditions for farm workers for which minority group?

What is Latino Americans?

400

What act allowed the U.S. to let the British borrow money and supplies?

What is the Lend-Lease Act?

400

What is the policy of pushing the Soviets to the edge of all out nuclear war?

What is brinkmanship?

400

What was Nixon's policy for dealing with Vietnam?

What is Vietnamization?

400

Which TWO Black Power groups emphasized developing a greater sense of Black nationalism and solidarity?

What is Black Panthers and Nation of Islam?

400

Deep divisions within the American public were demonstrated by antiwar demonstration in 1968 where?

What is the Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

500

What was the name of the American military strategy in the Pacific?

What is island hopping?
500

What was created to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany through Berlin?

What is the Berlin Wall?

500

What was the path from North Vietnam to South Vietnam that the Viet Minh used to send supplies to the Viet Cong?

What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

500

What major city was desegregated by the Children's Crusade?

What is Birmingham, Alabama?

500

Which region of the country grew fastest in the 1950s and 60s due to the rapid growth of suburbs?

What is the sunbelt?