Vocabulary
Wars & Terminology
Famous People
Legislation
Random Bits of Info
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Holocaust
What is the Nazis' attempt to exterminate the Jews?
100
D-Day
What is the day the French beaches were secured?
100
Ronald Reagan
Who is the president willing to reduce regulations and taxes? or Who is the president who signed an agreement with Soviet leader Gorbachev to eliminate medium-range missiles from Europe?
100
Sherman Antitrust Act
What is the law passed by Congress that prevented corporations from creating monopolies
100
Plessy vs Ferguson
What is the legislation legalizing "separate but equal?"
200
Sit-in
What is a demonstration where protestors sit down and refuse to leave?
200
Cuban Missile Crisis
What is the what happened when the US found Soviet missiles in Cuba pointed at the US?
200
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
Who is the president that moved slowly on civil rights issues so as not to anger Republicans?
200
13th Amendment
What is the legislation that provided African Americans with a future free from slavery?
200
Gilded Age
What is the period in American history were politics were corrupt?
300
New Deal
What is the legislation that greatly expanded the role of the US government?
300
Vietnam War
What is the war where wealthy, white college students were able to get deferments releasing them from the draft?
300
Woodrow Wilson
Who is the president who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the League of Nations?
300
Brown vs. Board of Education
What is the legislation that struck down "separate but equal?"
300
Nuremberg Trials
What are the trials that brought the Nazis to justice for the Holocaust? or What are the trials meant to prevent another Holocaust from happening again?
400
Containment
What is the strategy used to prevent the expansion of the Soviet Union's influence in the world?
400
Domino Theory
What is the theory that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will as well?
400
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is the civil rights leader who advocated for non-violent action? or Who is the civil rights leader who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
400
United States vs. Nixon
What is the Supreme Court ruling deciding whether the president could refuse to turn over the Oval Office tapes?
400
U-boats
What are the German used against submarines against Allied supply ships?
500
Transcontinental Railroad
What is the way the east and west portions of the US were connected?
500
Pearl Harbor
What is the location of where the Japanese attacked the US naval fleet?
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Malcolm X
Who is the civil rights leader who believed that violence was an acceptable way to attain civil rights?
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
What is the legislation established to eliminate trade barriers between the US, Canada, and Mexico?
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Affirmative Action
What is the practice of giving special consideration to groups that have faced discrimination?