World War II
Post WWII America
Civil Rights
The Cold War
1970s & End of Cold War
1990s - 21st Century
100
These were grown during WWII in an effort to conserve food for the war effort.
What are Victory Gardens?
100
The competition to gain technology regarding space.
What is the Space Race?
100
The Civil Rights leader was an advocate for nonviolent protest.
Who was Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This war was widely protested by America's younger generation
What is the Vietnam War?
100
This president opened diplomatic relations with China
Who is President Nixon?
100
This President was elected in 2008 and again in 2012.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
The first unit of African American pilots
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
An explosion in birth rates after World War II
What is the Baby Boom?
200
This court case outlawed segregation in schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Truman's policy to prevent communism from spreading
What is containment?
200
This scandal lead to the very first and only presidential resignation
What is the Watergate Scandal?
200
This is an organization of 12 countries who stabilize the oil market.
What is OPEC? (Organization of Oil Exporting Countries)
300
The bombing of this US Naval Base resulted in a declaration of war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement of this 1950s rose-colored fear.
What was the Red Scare?
300
This woman kickstarted the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
US military operation that flew food and supplies around a Soviet Blockade in 1948
What is the Berlin Airlift?
300
This economic policy during the 1980s had broad tax cuts for big business and reduced government spending
What is Reaganomics?
300
The U.S.-led military engagement in this war saw the nation of Kuwait liberated in the early 1990s.
What was the Persian Gulf War?
400
The reason President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066.
What is Pearl Harbor?
400
This act granted benefits to veterans including home loans and college tuition.
What is the GI Bill?
400
This organization was lead by Huey P. Newton and advocated using any means necessary to defend and provide for the Black community.
What was the Black Panther Party?
400
Crisis that was resolved by the United States removing nuclear weapons from Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
52 US Citizens captured and held for 444 days, leading to a loss of public confidence in President Carter.
What was the Iran Hostage Crisis?
400
Controversial Presidential election due to miscounted votes in Florida
What is the 2000 Presidential Election?
500
This Allied invasion, the largest amphibious invasion in history, happened on June 6, 1944
What is D-Day?
500
Genre of music that emerged in the 1950s which became a symbol of youth culture and rebellion
What is Rock n Roll?
500
This law eliminated literacy tests as prerequisites for voting.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
Law that gave President Johnson approval to "take all necessary measures" and resulted in an expansion of the war in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
500
Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel
What are the Camp David Accords?
500
This storm resulted in the failure of levees in New Orleans and the widespread flooding of New Orleans
What is Hurricane Katrina?