Pearl Harbor
What is the name of the Hawaiian Island in which the bombing of Pearl Harbor took place?
Oahu
How many people were killed in the Vietnam war?
2.5 million people
What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
Who said this date would live in infamy
FDR
Who was leading North Vietnam when the war started?
Ho Chi Minh
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
How many American lives were lost as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Over 3,000 lives
Who was the President of the United States when troops were first sent to Vietnam?
Lyndon B Johnson
What terrorist group hoped to deny African-Americans equal rights as citizens?
The Ku Klux Klan
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
What was Japan's motive for bombing Pearl Harbor?
To gain U.S. territories and set up defenses in order to have a better chance of defending themselves
Who was elected president towards the middle of US involvement in the war?
Richard Nixon
What was the name of the 14 year old boy from Chicago who was murdered for talking to a white woman?
Emmett Till
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
The USSR
What was the name of the United States revenge attacked on Japan launched on April 18th, 1942?
Doolittle Raid
How long was the U.S.A. involved in the war?
10 years
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
The segregation of American public schools was illegal
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy