End-Post WWII
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

He claimed that there were communists in the state department as well as other departments of government.

Who is Joseph McCarthy?

200

The failed Bay of Pigs invasion eventually led the US into this event.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

200

This Amendment ended the poll tax.

What is the 24th Amendment?

300

This was the second city to have an Atomic Bomb dropped on it.

What is Nagasaki?

300

The metaphoric line divided eastern and western Europe.

What is the Iron Curtain?

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

Name two prominent black leaders in the 1960s that were assassinated.

Who are Medgar Evers, MLK, and Malcolm X?

400

The US tested so many nukes here in the South Pacific, it is uninhabitable today.

Who is Bikini Atoll?

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's space plan was ambitious and included a mission to the...

What is the moon?

400

The Laws that were passed after the establishment of "Separate but Equal" were nicknamed after this Minstrel Show (Black Face) character.

Who is Jim Crow?

500

An atomic bomb detonated here for the first time on August 29, 1949.

What is the USSR?

500

This occurred when part of a city in E. Germany was blockaded from getting supplies.

What is the Berlin Airlift?

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 disease in which Kennedy suffered.

What is Addison's Disease?

500

This city was one of the first to try to desegregate schools with 9 students.

What is Little Rock?