Show:
1950s
Civil Rights
Vietnam
Cold War
1980s-Today
100
It illustrated how much the US 'loved' television
What is I Love Lucy
100
These Black militants were hard to relate to.
What are the Black Panthers
100
Recently considered as more Vietnamese freedom fighter than communist
Who is Ho Chi Minh
100
Soviet leader who 'liberated' much of Europe.
Who is Josef Stalin
100
The President willing to wage war on the stars...
Who is Reagan
200
It eradicated polio from the civilized world
What is the Salk vaccine
200
This city seemed willing to fight the National Guard over high school attendance.
What is Little Rock
200
Had he not lost his head, it is thought he would have ended US involvement in Vietnam.
Who is John F Kennedy
200
Island nation that nearly sparked WWIII
What is Cuba
200
Their principle concern was to reaffirm Western, anticommunist values
What are neoconservatives
300
Its launch made Americans wonder if Ivan is smarter than Johnny
What is Sputnik
300
Sit-in sponsors
What is SNCC
300
This final French battle should have warned the Americans of Vietnamese tenacity
What is Dien Bien Phu
300
Philosophy that hoped to prevent nations from 'falling' to Communism.
What is the Domino Theory
300
It insisted that excessive taxation was retarding the economy
What is supply-side economics
400
Suburbs, drive-ins, interstates...everyone needs one of these...
What is a car
400
A 1964 effort to register voters
What is Freedom Summer
400
1968 tactical victory for the Americans was a strategic victory for Vietnamese communists, and signaled the beginning of the end for the US
What is the Tet Offensive
400
Author of the Containment Doctrine
Who is George Kennan
400
Widely considered the most negative campaign of the 20th century
What is the 1988 Bush Campaign
500
"If I could find a white man with a negro sound, I could make a billion dollars," referred to whom
Who is Elvis
500
James Meredith's university
What is Ole Miss
500
This signaled the beginning of a dishonest approach to prosecuting the Domino Theory
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
This allowed for a peacetime US military, and has shaped US foreign policy ever since
What is NSC-68
500
Supposedly brought a variety of cheaper goods to Americans
What is globalization