Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes had what in common during the Harlem Renaissance?
They were both writers/poets
100
Between 1960 and 1990, what invention most changed the way people in the US worked?
What is the computer
100
Which war did the US enter to prevent the spread of communism?
What is World War II
100
McCarthyism in the early 1950s resulted from...
What is charges that Communists had infiltrated the US government
100
What president supported the Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," to destroy Soviet nuclear missiles before they exploded in the United States.
What is Ronald Reagan
200
The primary objective of the Harlem Renaissance writers was to...
What is generate pride in African-American culture
200
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are best described as two...
What is the allies of the US and the Soviet Union's Eastern European allies during the Cold War
200
After World War II, President Harry Truman wanted to keep communism in the USSR/Russia, this policy is known as...
What is containment
200
In October 1962 the US and the Soviet Union came close to war over the issue of Soviet...
What is missiles in Cuba
200
The administration of Ronald Reagan was characterized by...
What is a decrease in the size of the Federal Government
300
The phrase "Harlem Renaissance" refers to...
What is African American achievement in art, literature, and music in the 1920s
300
The successful formation of the United Farm Workers indicated the ideals of the civil rights movement influenced the actions of which group of people?
What is Hispanic Americans
300
What event was successful in helping the US get out of the Great Depression?
What is World War II
300
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) was significant because it...
What is gave President Johnson the authority to expand the scope of the Vietnam War
300
The conservative coalition of the 1980s sought to...
What is limit the size of government
400
He called for a "back to Africa" movement during the Harlem Renaissance
What is Marcus Garvey
400
The story of a Greek family's journey to the United States in 1906 written by a journalist in 1955 can best be described as what type of source?
What is a secondary source
400
Please identify the Allies during World War II.
What is France, Great Britain, USA, and towards the end, the USSR/Russia
400
What effect did the African-American civil rights movement have on other minority groups in the United States?
What is bring about anti-discrimination legislation that applied to other groups
400
In the 1970s the US economy was directly affected by..
What is a sharp increase in the price of oil
500
This was the name of a popular African American club in Harlem.
What is the Cotton Club
500
President Jimmy Carter played a major role in negotiating the Camp David accords, which promoted peace between which two countries?
What is Egypt and Israel
500
Please identify the Axis Powers during World War II
What is Germany, Japan, Italy, and the USSR/Russia
500
Which event was the closest the US and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?
What is Cuban Missiles Crisis, 1962
500
The opening of diplomatic relations between the US and China's communist government occurred during the presidential administration of...