Cuba
Space Race
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
9/11 and the War on Terror
100
The dictator in Cuba that established communism as the country's government.

Who is Fidel Castro?

100

The first man on the moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

100

The man who gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Washington Monument during the Civil Rights Movement.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

North Vietnam chose this as its form of government.

What is communism?

100

This terrorist group was responsible for the 9/11 attack.

What is al-Qaeda?

200

The event that was the closest America and the Soviet Union came to declaring war on each other during the Cold War.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

200

The American government organization devoted to increasing the country's understanding of and getting the country more involved in space.

What is NASA?

200

The court case that legalized "separate but equal".

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

200

This is the idea that when one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will follow.

What is Domino Theory?

200

This is the government in power in Afghanistan when 9/11 occured.

What is the Taliban?

300

President John F. Kennedy's response to Mikhail Khrushchev's refusal to remove missiles from Cuba.

What is a naval blockade?

300

The shuttle that went up in flames and killed 3 astronauts in the 1960s.

What is the Apollo 1?

300

The man murdered after investigating violent crimes against African-Americans. (His murder was a major motive of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.)

Who is Medgar Evers?

300

This event involved two "attacks" of US Navy ships off the coast of North Vietnam.

What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

300

The length of time during which the United States fought in Afghanistan.

What is 20 years?

400

This attempt to overthrow the communist dictator in Cuba was a complete failure and embarrassment for American president John F. Kennedy.

What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

400

The first man in space.

Who is Yuri Gagarin?

400

An advocate for black nationalism (leaving America and forming a new country) during the Civil Rights Movement.

Who is Malcolm X?

400

This man was president during the coup against South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

400

The year Osama bin Laden was killed.

When is 2011?

500

This agreement between America and the Soviet Union to restrict their armaments was a product of the 13 day crisis that occurred when the Soviet Union placed their missiles in Cuba.

What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963?

500

The "forgotten astronaut" who also traveled on the Apollo 11.

Who is Michael Collins?

500

An African-American man who became a New York congressman in 1945.

Who is Adam Clayton Powell Jr.?

500

This is the surprise attack launched by the Viet Cong on January 30, 1968 during a Vietnamese festival.

What is the Tet Offensive?

500

The operation that began U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

What is Operation Enduring Freedom?