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100

This region became the focus of U.S. intervention during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

What is the Middle East?

100

This New Deal president introduced Social Security and other programs to combat the Great Depression.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

100

This competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to develop space technology was a defining feature of the Cold War.

What is the Space Race?

100

This civil rights leader advocated for self-defense and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Who is Malcolm X?

100

The U.S. entered the War on Terror following this significant event in 2001.

What are the September 11th attacks?

200

This project was developed during World War II to create the first nuclear weapons.

What is the Manhattan Project?

200

This Cold War-era president demanded the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

Who is Ronald Reagan?

200

This term describes the competition to develop nuclear weapons between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

What is the nuclear arms race?

200

This 1963 protest focused on jobs and freedom and included King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

What is the March on Washington?

200

This terrorist group was responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks.

What is Al-Qaeda?

300

This international organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation among nations.

What is the United Nations?

300

This president’s "Great Society" programs aimed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice.

Who is Lyndon Johnson?

300

This event in 1962 brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

300

This march raised awareness about voter suppression and led to the Voting Rights Act.

What is the Selma to Montgomery March?

300

The War on Terror began when this country was invaded in 2001.

What is Afghanistan?

400

This program provided economic aid to rebuild Europe after World War II and counter communism.

What is the Marshall Plan?

400

This president was the first to resign from office due to the Watergate scandal.

Who is Richard Nixon?

400

Name the two U.S. Presidents during the Vietnam War

Who are Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon?

400

Stokley Carmichael led this Civil Rights Movement that focused on racial pride. 

What is the Black Power Movement? 

400

This 2010 law expanded healthcare coverage for millions of Americans.

What is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

500

This African American athlete defied racism by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Who is Jesse Owens? 

500

This president was impeached in 1998 for charges related to perjury and obstruction of justice.

Who is Bill Clinton?

500

The fall of this structure in 1989 marked the symbolic end of the Cold War.

What is the Berlin Wall?

500

This Supreme Court Case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. 

What is Brown v. Board of Education? 

500

This country was invaded in 2003 by the U.S.; the invasion was justified by claims of weapons of mass destruction.

What is the invasion of Iraq?