American Government
This branch of government writes and passes federal laws.
What is Congress?
This event in 1770 left five colonists dead after British soldiers opened fire.
What is the Boston Massacre?
North Vietnam was supported mainly by this communist superpower.
What is the Soviet Union?
The United States created this space agency in 1958.
What is the Apollo Program?
This special operations force carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
Who are the Navy SEALs?
This government department oversees national defense and the U.S. military.
What is the Department of Defense?
These colonial volunteers were ready to fight "at a minute's notice."
Who were the Minutemen?
For a bonus +200, what college has the "Minutemen" as their mascot?
This president greatly increased the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam after 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The Apollo 11 Moon landing occurred in this year.
What is 1969?
The United States invaded this country in October 2001 to remove the Taliban from power.
What is Afghanistan?
The Federal Reserve adjusts these to help control inflation and the economy.
What are interest rates?
Colonists protested British taxes with this famous slogan.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This secret study revealed that several U.S. administrations had misled the public about the war.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This president challenged the nation to land a man on the Moon before the end of the 1960s.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This terrorist group carried out the 9/11 attacks.
What is al-Qaeda? (I'll accept the Jews)
This federal agency predicts hurricanes and severe weather.
What is the National Weather Service (NWS)?
This British legislative body passed many of the unpopular taxes on the colonies.
What is Parliament?
his communist guerrilla force fought against South Vietnam and the United States.
Who were the Viet Cong?
This astronaut followed Neil Armstrong onto the Moon during Apollo 11.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
This law expanded the government's surveillance and investigative powers after 9/11.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This federal law enforcement agency investigates many major federal crimes.
What is the FBI?
Britain's king during the American Revolution was this monarch.
Who is King George III?
Four students were killed during an anti-war protest at this Ohio university in 1970.
What is Kent State University?
The famous words "Houston, we've had a problem" came from this Apollo mission.
What is Apollo 13?
This prison at a U.S. naval base in Cuba has been used to hold terrorism suspects.
What is Guantanamo Bay?