WWII
Who were the 3 main Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
The United States was engaged in a Cold War with what other nation?
Soviet Union
This famous Civil Rights leader gave the speech "I have a Dream" in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The dog Laika got a free ride to space in which spacecraft?
Sputnik 2
Richard Nixon was embroiled in which major scandal?
Watergate
The surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor targeted which U.S. state?
Hawaii
The United States put to death which couple after they potentially leaked atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?
Rosenbergs
SNCC stands for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Which President sent 16,500 "advisors" to Vietnam?
John F. Kennedy
Deregulation, reduced taxes, and privatization are all cornerstones to which economic philosophy?
Supply Side Economics
The North Africa campaign was difficult for U.S.A because of which German Tank Commander? AKA Desert Fox
Erwin Rommell
After Stalin created a blockade of Berlin, the United States and Great Britain did what?
Berlin Airlift (Flew supplies into Berlin)
Brown v. Board of Education 1954 overturned which Court Case?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Which saturation bombing campaign lasted 11 days and pounded the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong?
Operation: Linebacker II
President Jimmy Carter upset the Arab world when he took in an ousted leader from which country? Lead to a massive hostage crisis.
Iran
The United States attempted to isolate Japanese soldiers with what strategy in the Pacific?
Island Hopping
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed which Civil Rights Activist organization?
The Black Panthers
Which Soviet Premiere decided to construct the Berlin Wall after his meeting with John F. Kennedy?
Ronald Reagan told which Soviet Premier to "Tear Down This Wall"?
Mikhail Gorbachev
A last-ditch effort by the Germans to push back Allied lines was called?
Battle of the Bulge
Which U.S. General strategized an amphibious assault on Inchon to push back the initial communist advance?
General Douglas MacArthur
Stokely Carmichael fed up with the lack of progress created a movement aimed at empowering Black America. This was known as?
In an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro President John F. Kennedy launched which operation?
Bay of Pigs Invasion?
The U.S. backed Contras were a militant group fighting the Sandinistas (Communists) in which Latin American country?
Nicaragua