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100
Many in the US government were obsessed with overthrowing and assassinating this Cuban leader.
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
This theory encouraged people to use strikes, sit-ins and boycotts.
What is nonviolence?
100
The government of North Vietnam had this political philosophy. (Was this type of government)
What is Communist?
100
Nixon was taken down by this scandal.
What is Watergate?
100
Kennedy was shot in this city.
What is Dallas?
200
This attempt at invading Cuba backfired when the US trained exiles were captured.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
200
Started by Rosa Parks and led by Martin Luther King, this boycott lasted for 381 days.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
200
This theory says that if one country falls to communism others may fall too.
What is the Domino Theory?
200
Nixon's visit to this country normalized relations between the two countries.
What is China?
200
This President negotiated the Camp David Accords.
Who is Carter?
300
The Great Society Programs were a part of the war on this.
What is poverty?
300
This speech on the National Mall encouraged the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
300
After this incident, Johnson asked Congress for a "blank check" do deal with Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
300
The SALT treaties were signed with this country to limit missile buildup.
What is the Soviet Union?
300
This group was founded in Oakland, CA after Malcolm X's death and promoted Black Nationalism.
Who are the Black Panthers?
400
According to the Warren Commission, this man acted alone to kill JFK.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
400
This 1954 Supreme Court decision made segregation in schools illegal throughout the United States.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
400
American troops pulled out of Vietnam after the fall of this city.
What is Saigon?
400
Nixon was eventually pardoned by this man.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
The leader of South Vietnam treated this religious group especially harshly.
Who are Buddhists?
500
Kennedy barely beat this man to win the 1960 Presidential election.
Who is Richard Nixon?
500
This man led the farmworkers movement and used a national boycott on grapes to achieve his goals.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
500
This massacre of over 300 civilians made Americans question their involvement in Vietnam.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
500
Nixon was Vice President for 8 years for this man.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
500
This was the worst nuclear disaster in history and killed thousands due to radiation exposure.
What is the Three Mile Island Disaster?