He was a Georgia Senator and Governor who became the 39th President of the United States, but only served one term due to waining popularity during the oil crisis.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
100
A Cold War symbol that fell in 1989 after dividing east and west for 28 years.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
He defeated Bush in the 1992 election and served two terms during the most peaceful and economically sound period in American history.
Who is Bill Clinton?
100
The online video sharing community invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
What is YouTube?
100
He is the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
The policitcal scandal that resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
200
The Hollywood actor that later became the 40th President of the United States and vowed to help Americans become less dependent on the government.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, George Bush deployed American troops to fight in the first Gulf War, codenamed this.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
200
The Trade Center buildings in New York that collapsed on September 11, 2001 due to terrorist attacks.
What were the Twin Towers?
200
After being found guilty of committing crimes against humanity, he was executed in 2006.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
300
The Communist leader of the People's Republic of China whose ideas about revolution and geurilla warfare influenced third world countries across the globe.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
An economic policy, named for the President elected in 1981, which stressed tax cuts and increased defense spending.
What is Reaganomics?
300
The world wide event hosted in Atlanta during the summer of 1996, which was also the site of a pipe bombing.
What is the 1996 Olympics?
300
He won the controversial 2000 presidential election by acquiring the necessary number of electoral votes, though he did not win the popular vote.
Who is George W. Bush?
300
The American business magnet, inventor, and author who founded Microsoft and was ranked the wealthiest person in America in 2011.
Who is Bill Gates?
400
He assumed the presidency after Nixon's resignation and continued the policies of detente, signing the Helsinki Accords and reducing Cold War tensions.
Who is Gerald Ford?
400
In 1985, he became the leader of the Soviet Union and began to change Russia through glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring).
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
A 1982 invention that was commericailized in 1995, forever changing commerce and culture by connecting people world-wide via computers.
What is the internet?
400
George W. Bush returned American forces to the Gulf in 2003 after advisors warned him about the possibility of Iraq storing these dangerous items.
What are weapons of mass destruction (WMD)?
400
He was the Al Quida leader responsible for the 9/11 attacks who was killed by American soldiers and CIA operatives in Pakistan in May 2011.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
500
She was the first woman elected to the United States Congress, but continued advocating for civil rights for women and children until her death in 1973.
Who is Jeanette Rankin?
500
A Cartersville native who became Governor of Georgia and is credited for creating the Technical College System of Geogia, building the Georgia Dome, and ushering in the 1996 Olympics.
Who is Joe Frank Harris?
500
The Georgia scholarship program that started in 1993 to held oustanding students with post-secondary education costs.
What is HOPE?
500
The strange flag flown over the home of Saddam Hussein after American troops stormed his palace in 2003.
What was the Georiga Bulldawgs SEC Championship Flag?
500
Co-founder of Apple, this American businessman invented many personal service devices: the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, before his recent death in 2012.