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President who met with Martin Luther King Jr. and aimed to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Who is LBJ?
100

The name of the scandal that forced Richard Nixon to resign from Presidency.

What is the Watergate Scandal?
100
Responsible for the "War on Drugs", Star Wars, the Mazzoli-Simpson Act.  Former actor who became president in 1980.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
100

President who was impeached by the House of Representatives for lying under oath.

Bill Clinton

100

The main reason Bush was able to win the 2000 election.  It's our system for electing the president and the reason someone can win the popular vote and still lose the presidential election.

What is the Electoral College?

200
JFK's belief that if one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will fall as well.

What is domino theory?

200

Name of Nixon's policy of easing Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union.

What is Detente?
200

Appointed by Reagan, she became the first woman on the Supreme Court.

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?

200
A global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information.  
What is the internet?
200

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005.  The reason it was such a disaster because these protective barriers failed/broke.

What are the levees?

300
Failed plan executed during JFK's presidency that called for American-trained Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban government.

What is the bay of pigs?

300

Agency created during Nixon's presidency that was intended to protect the environment.

What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
300

Event during Reagan's administration where military officials secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages.  The money from the weapons was then used to fund the Contras who were fighting communism in Nicaragua.

What is the Iran-Contra Affair/Scandal.
300
Known as NAFTA.  Created one of the biggest trade groups.

What is the North American Free Trade Agreement?

300

**DAILY DOUBLE** In 2003, false intelligence claiming that this country was developing "WMD"s or "Weapons of Mass Destruction" led to the invasion of this country.  

What is Iraq?

400

The incident that occurred off the coast of North Vietnam that increased US involvement in the Vietnam War.

What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
400

A peace treaty signed between Israel and Egypt that was orchestrated by President Carter at Camp David.

What is the Camp David Accords?

400

**DAILY DOUBLE**Under George Bush's presidency, he passed this law that outlawed the discrimination of people with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

400

Stands for GATT.  An international trade treaty designed to encourage worldwide trade among its members.

What is the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade?

400
The terrorist organization, led by Osama Bin Laden, that was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

What is Al Qaeda?

500

The name of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential agenda to end poverty, provide aid to the cities, and provide free healthcare for the those in financial need.  

The Great Society

500

When 52 American diplomats from the American Embassy in Iran were taken hostage for 444 days 

What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?

500
Seen as the end of the Cold War.  This event occurred in 1989 and marked the end of Soviet influence over Germany.

What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall?

500
In 1991, Iraq invades Kuwait to make it a part of Iraq.  The UN(mostly US) worked against Iraq's troops and won in 4 days.
What was the Gulf War?
500

The name given to this period of economic hardship that took a sharp downward turn in 2008 because of the collapse of the housing market.

What is the Great Recession?