Almost most Japanese Americans (Nisei) were born in the U.S., during WWII were forced to live in these…
What were internment camps?
100
US program providing financial aide to any European nation recovering from damages of WWII.
What was the Marshall Plan?
100
This was the main criticism of 50's T.V. shows like "Leave it to Beaver" or "Father Knows Best".
What is the focus on an idealized white family in the suburbs?
100
This court case nationally overturned the "separate but equal" decision helping to desegregate schools.
What was Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?
100
President Nixon resigned because of this scandal?
What was the Watergate scandal?
200
The Goal of the Manhattan Project was the develop this…
What was the atomic bomb?
200
This doctrine was the U.S. policy to supporting nations rejecting communism.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
200
Most new houses in the 50's were built in newly developed areas outside of the inner cities known as these.
What are suburbs?
200
Feeling ignored by Civil Rights Act of 1964, this organization was formed to address Women’s concerns.
What was N.O.W.? (The National Organization for Women)
200
This President ordered Operation Desert Storm to protect Kuwait from Iraqi invasion.
Who was President George Herbert Walker Bush?
300
These were the new jobs that many U.S. women took during WWII.
What are manufacturing jobs for the war?
300
?This was the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, supported by the U.S.
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
300
This was the main source of media/entertainment for families in the 60's.
What is television?
300
This is segregation that takes place because of custom or practice, not because it’s the law.
What is de facto segregation?
300
This President was known seen as a failure because of his inability to get Iran to release American hostages. He also claimed to see a UFO in 1969.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
400
In this plan the U.S. sold military goods to it's allies in exchange for leasing military bases.
What is lend-lease?
400
This movement led to many Hollywood actors being "blacklisted" because they were suspected of being Communists.
What is McCarthyism?
400
This was President LBJ’s program aimed at fighting poverty and improving education.
What was the Great Society?
400
Court case that ruled “separate but equal” facilities were constitutional, leading to segregated schools.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
This President vastly increased defense spending, nearly tripled our national debt, and spent money on a "Star Wars" program to shoot down Soviet missiles.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
500
Name one of the battles the U.S. fought on the islands surrounding Japan before deciding to use the atomic bomb.
What are Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Peliliu
500
Controversy over this war led President Lyndon B. Johnson to decide not to run for reelection.
What was the Vietnam War?
500
This man created a vaccine that virtually eliminated polio.
Who was Jonas Salk?
500
This amendment protects persons right to vote, preventing discrimination based on race but not gender.
What was the 15th Amendment?
500
This President ended years of deficit spending and actually had a budget surplus.