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100
This peacekeeping organization was created in 1945.
What is the United Nations
100
According to the Geneva Accords, Vietnam was to be divided at what location. ( __________ Parallel).
Where was the 17th Parallel
100
Which President was in office during the break in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Who was Richard Nixon
100
This English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, and became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music.
Who were the Beatles
100
This was the first president never to be elected.
Who was Gerald Ford
200
This military alliance of 12 nations, including the U.S. that believed "an armed attack against one or more is considered an attack against all."
What is NATO
200
Which conflict was considered to be the first televised war.
What was the Vietnam War
200
The year that the break in of the DNC headquarters actually occured.
When was 1972
200
This recreational drug, also known as cannabis, reached its height of popularity during the 60's and 70's.
What is Marijuana
200
During President Reagan's administration, this group favored a Constitutional ban on abortion, voluntary prayer in schools, and a mandatory death penalty for certain crimes.
Who were the New Right
300
This was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. in a show of support for Rosa Parks.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
Norman Morrison, a Quaker, went to Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire to protest the spraying of what substance over the Vietnam jungle.
What is Napalm
300
This former CIA Agent was in charge of the break in at the DNC offices located in building called Watergate.
Who was G. Gordon Liddy
300
The name of the landmark counterculture film, a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination, that explored the societal landscape, and the issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s.
What was "Easy Rider"
300
The year that Robert F. Kennedy was shot. Bonus - The name of the shooter.
When was 1968 Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
400
This was the name of the Elite, Higher Skilled Forces (Soldiers) who was created at this time.
Who is the Green Beret
400
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave which President power to take all measures necessary to stop Communism.
Who is President Johnson
400
Since the Truman Administration, what activity occurred in the oval office to keep a record of conversations that occurred there, and for historical purposes.
What was tape recording conversations
400
This term was used to describe Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of openness at the end of the Cold War.
What is Glasnost
500
Coordinated by the CIA in 1961, Cuban exiles were covertly trained to invade Cuba and oust Fidel Castro. Unfortunately, Castro was ready for the attack and the exiles were badly defeated. What was the name of this invasion?
What was the Bay of Pigs
500
This was the location where the French lost the battle to the forces of Ho Chi Minh.
What was Dienbien phu
500
On this year, to avoid impeachment, President Nixon resigned.
When is 1974.
500
The name of the Apollo 11 Mission astronaut who walked on the moon on June 20, 1969
Who was Neil Armstrong
500
This term was used to describe Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's policy for economic restructuring at the end of the Cold War.
What was Perestroika