WWII & Atomic Bomb
Post WWII Europe
1950's
JFK
Civil Rights and Black History
100
He ordered the creation of the of the Atomic Bomb program in the United States.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
This divided city in Europe became a battle ground between Capitalism and Communism.
What is Berlin?
100
What does HUAC stand for?
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
100
November 22, 1963
What is the date of Kennedy's Assassination?
100
This case which made its way all the way to Supreme Court set the precedent for "Separate but Equal."
What is Plessy VS Ferguson?
200
This President ordered the dropping of the first and second Atomic Bombs to end World War II.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
The European Recovery Plan was created by this General who the plan was eventually named after.
Who is General George Marshall?
200
The technical name for the G.I. Bill.
What is The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944?
200
As a child JFK was often this meaning most of his education came from reading on his own.
What is sick?
200
This Amendment to the Constitution ended Slavery in the United States after the end of the Civil War.
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
This was the first city to have an Atomic Bomb dropped on it.
What is Hiroshima?
300
This form of bombing lead to much of Europe needing to be rebuilt after WWII, leaving America to help in that rebuilding.
What is Carpet Bombing?
300
This is the Latitude line that has been used as the traditional division between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
300
JFK was in Dallas as a favor to this man.
Who is his V.P. Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
This nation began the trade of African slaves to Europe and its colonies after it established the first sub Saharan colony on the continent of Africa.
What is Portugal?
400
This man wrote the letter asking the President of the United States to start a research project into Atomic Weapons.
Who is Leo Sczilard?
400
The launching of this satellite further increased tensions during the Cold War between the USSR and American.
What is Sputnik?
400
This genre of entertainment grew in popularity in the 1950's thanks to the new Nuclear Age.
What is Science Fiction?
400
JFK sought this goal through scientific advancement and the conquest of space.
What is World Peace?
400
The Laws that were passed after the establishment of "Separate but Equal" were nicknamed after this Mistral Show (Black Face) character.
Who is Jim Crow?
500
When did the USSR detonate its first Atomic Bomb?
What is August 29, 1949?
500
This was one of the major agreements to come out of the Yalta Conference.
What is Free Election in Poland?
500
The number of these in American jumped from 7,000 in 1946 to 50 Million in 1950 making it a big part of 1950's Pop Culture.
What is the Television?
500
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion left Cuba to place these with in it's borders for the USSR.
What are Nuclear Missiles?
500
In one of the first acts to end the injustice of "Separate But Equal" President FDR desegregated this.
What is the US Military?