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What is the name of the movement that fought to give women the right to vote?

suffrage movement

100

What is the "A" in the acronym M.A.I.N. that describes the cause of WW1?

Alliances

100

What city was divided following WW2 and became a dividing line between eastern communism and western democracy?

Berlin

100

Where was JFK assassinated?

Dallas, Texas

100

What happened on the Apollo 11 mission?

moon landing

200

What happened on October 29, 1929?

Stock market crash

200

What happened on December 7th, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy"?

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

200

Where was Korea divided?

38th parallel

200

What landmark Supreme Court case ruled that segregated schools was unconstitutional?

Brown vs. Board of Education

200

Where were hostages held for 444 days while President Carter was in office?

Iran

300
In the 1920s, women began changing roles and their image, what was the new "type" of woman defined by their bold and rebellious behavior and style?

flappers

300

What line in France did Germany attack north of in order to advance into French territory?

Maginot Line

300

What did Winston Churchill refer to as the wall containing communist nations? 

iron curtain

300

What landmark Supreme Court case in 1973 established women's legal right to an abortion?

Roe v. Wade

300

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the Berlin wall came down?

Mikhail Gorbachev

400
What is the name of FDRs program that promised Relief, Recovery, and Reform?

New Deal

400
During WW1, what note from Germany to Mexico was intercepted which contributed to America's momentum to join the war?

Zimmermann Note

400

Senator Joseph _________ was known for his anti-communist smear campaigns that targeted and accused individuals across America.

McCarthy

400

Whose assassination led to a split in the democratic party and opened the door for Nixon to win the presidency?

Robert F. Kennedy

400

Who was President Nixon's national security advisor and later Secretary of State that played a major role in shaping American foreign policy?

Henry Kissinger

500

What were the regular radio broadcast that FDR help to maintain hope and bring confidence to the country known as?

fireside chats

500
What was the name of the top secret operation in the United States that was tasked with developing the atomic bomb?

The Manhattan Project

500

What plan provided financial relief to European nations in an effort to aid nations economically in order to build them up and avoid falling under the communist umbrella?

Marshall Plan

500

What is the capital city of North Vietnam?

Hanoi

500
Following 9/11, what office was created in response to domestic threats such as bioterror attacks?

Office of Homeland Security