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This movement, aimed at stopping harassment in the workplace gained traction during 2017 and 2018.

What is the #metoo movement?

100
This natural disaster spread soil and dirt throughout the Great Plains of the United States.
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
This Eastern European country was invaded and started World War II?
What is Poland?
100
This President was elected in 1960 and stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F Kennedy?
100
This civil rights leader led the march on Washington and led the SCLC
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200

This movement, which began in 2013, aims to stop police violence and mend relationships with communities of color

What is Black Lives Matter?

200
This series of new government programs supported American citizens during the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
200
This naval station in Hawaii was attacked by Japan and brought the United States into World War II
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
This war in South East Asia was met by a large anti-war resistance. It remains one of the most unpopular wars in U.S. History.
What is the Vietnam War?
200
This civil rights leader led California grape growers in a protest of unfair farming conditions
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300

This Middle Eastern war has cost its citizens hundreds of thousands of lives and created millions of refugees

What is the Syrian Civil War?

300
These homeless encampments popped up all over the United States during the Great Depression
What are Hoovervilles?
300
This order by President Roosevelt placed Japanese Americans in internment camps off the west coast
What is executive order 9066?
300
This war in Asia was led by General Douglas MacArthur and the United Nations. It began and ended on the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
300
This bar in New York City is credited as being the founding of the gay rights movement
What is the Stonewall Inn?
400

These two countries support dictator Bashar Al Assad in the Syrian Civil War

What is Iran and Russia?

400
On this day, the stock market of the United States crashed and millions of Americans lost their savings
What is Black Tuesday?
400
This law passed by President Roosevelt allowed the United States to lend weapons and ammunition to the Allied powers
What is the Lend Lease Act?
400
This U.S. Senator started the second Red Scare and accused actors and government officials of being communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
This law outlawed the carrying of firearms in the state of California and targeted the Black Panthers
What is the Mulford Act?
500

Using this internet algorithm, Russians were able to greatly influence media during the 2016 presidential election

What are bots?

500
This is when someone borrows money from a bank to bet dangerously on the stock market
What is buying on margin?
500
This battle in the Pacific was one of the bloodiest of the war. Hacksaw Ridge took place here.
What is Okinawa?
500
This law expanded presidential power before the start of the Vietnam War
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
500
What amendments outlawed slavery, promoted equal rights, and gave African-Americans the right to vote
What is 13th, 14th, 15th amendments?