This passenger ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915 and made the U.S. mad at Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
100
This country attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor and this incident caused us to enter into World War II.
What is Japan?
100
The Cold War was between what two superpower countries.
What is Russia and the United States?
100
Rights a country guarantees to its citizens.
What are Civil Rights?
100
This amendment declared that slavery was illegal.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
This is when World War I ended.
What is 1919?
200
These were places that Germany sent prisoners to work, be tortured, or/and killed.
What is concentration camps?
200
Berlin, which was the capital of Germany, was divided into two parts after WWII. This division separated the communist from the noncommunist countries. This symbol of differences became known as what.
What is the Iron Curtain?
200
This lawyer brought the court case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
This amendment gave people the freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion. (RAPPS)
What is the 1st Amendment?
300
The time period after World War I where there was an increase in home ownership, more people had cars, anc talkies were created.
What is the Roaring 20's?
300
On May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered and this day became known as what.
What is VE Day?
300
The Allies flew airplanes over West Berlin and dropped supplies to aid these people. This was known as what.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
This person refused to give up her seat on a bus and this incident led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
This amendment made it against the law to sell alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment?
400
The stock market crashed on this date which was one reason the Great Depression happened.
What is October, 1929?
400
These three countries represented the Axis powers.
What are Germany, Japan, and Italy?
400
A contest between the Soviets and the U.S. to see who could build more powerful weapons.
What is the arms race?
400
This person led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
400
This amendment allowed citizens to elect their own senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
500
This was the name of the programs Franklin Delano Roosevelt started to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
500
The U.S. created a new weapon called the atomic bomb and was dropped on these two cities in Japan.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
The U.S. decided to help this country so that North Korea and communism would not spread around the world.
What is South Korea?
500
This act was passed in 1965 to prevent discrimination for any person while voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
500
This amendment made it illegal to charge a tax to people who were voting.