1950s
Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus igniting debate about Civil Rights?
Rosa Parks
What was the ultimate purpose of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society?"
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
The purpose was to get rid of poverty in the US.
Medicare and Medicaid are government-funded health insurance programs for the elderly and the poor.
What does "detente" mean and who is credited with this policy?
Who attempted to shoot and kill President Ronald Reagan and why?
John Hinckley Jr. and he did it because he wanted to impress the actress Jodi Foster.
Who was the Republican Speaker of the House who opposed some of Clinton's policies?
Newt Gingrich
During the Korean War, which general and WWII hero was fired by President Truman for "insubordination" and criticizing Truman's handling of the war?
General Douglas MacArthur
How did President John F. Kennedy handle the Cuban Missile Crisis?
He ordered a blockade (or "quarantine") around the island of Cuba which triggered a week-long standoff with the Soviet Union regarding if they'd try and break through the blockade.
What was the Iranian Hostage Crisis? Why did it happen?
When Iranian students took over 50 US personnel hostage from the US embassy in Iran. It happened due to an anti-American riot in Tehran largely because the US had agreed to let the Shah, the former leader of Iran, come to the US for cancer treatment.
Why did the space shuttle Challenger explode?
What year did it explode?
Who was the teacher onboard who was attempting to teach her elementary school class from space?
Faulty O-rings due to cold temperatures.
1986.
Christa McAauliffe.
Who were the 2 main presidential candidates in the election of 2000?
What state went through multiple recounts to try and determine its winner?
Al Gore and George W. Bush
Florida
Who was the creator of the popular television series the Twilight Zone?
Rod Serling
Who shot President John F. Kennedy?
In what city and state was Kennedy shot?
On what date was Kennedy shot?
What happened at Three Mile Island?
What does OPEC stand for?
A nuclear reactor malfunctioned which caused panic in Pennsylvania.
Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries
What was SDI and what does SDI stand for?
What state had Reagan been governor of before he was president?
What is the name of Reagan's most famous Hollywood comedy of the 1950s?
Strategic Defense Initiative and it was Reagan's attempt to build a nuclear missile defense system in space.
California
Bedtime for Bonzo
Why did the Republicans attempt to impeach President Clinton?
Obstruction of Justice due to the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Who claimed to have a list of hundreds of communists working for the state department during the Red Scare? Hint: he ultimately lost popularity after blaming the army of being infiltrated by communists.
Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)
What was the turning point of the Vietnam War and why?
The Tet Offensive was the turning point because although the Vietcong did not ultimately retain the territory they captured, they exaggerated the public's credibility gap with Johnson which would ultimately lead to the withdrawal of US troops from the region.
What law/s did President Ford pass to try and make government more transparent?
What important country fell to communism in 1975 under President Ford?
What was President Ford's most controversial and important action as President?
Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act
South Vietnam and its capitol, Saigon
Pardoning President Nixon
Why did the Soviet Union collapse?
Poor economy (food scarcities, inflation)
Reagan's policies (military buildup & challenging the Soviets)
Gorbachev's policies (Perestroika and Glasnost)
Military problems (Soviet Afghan War)
Who was the cult leader of the Branch Davidians who was stockpiling illegal weapons and was burned to death during the Waco siege?
Who was the white supremacist and terrorist who killed hundreds by blowing up a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma?
David Koresh
Timothy McVeigh
Who was Chief Justice during Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?
How many judges voted in favor of Brown?
How did the South resist, and what happened in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Earl Warren.
9-0 in favor of Brown.
The South procrastinated the integration of schools, and governor Orval Faubus sent the national guard to Central High School to deny the entry of black students into the school.
What was the NASA mission to the moon called?
Who were the astronauts involved?
What is the famous quote from this incident?
Apollo 11.
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong
Who were the Plumbers?
How were the burglars who broke into the Watergate hotel caught?
For what reason/s was President Nixon impeached?
The Plumbers were Nixon's secret executive group charged with stopping federal leaks and ultimately with helping Nixon win re-election.
The burglars were caught because the security guard noticed that the tape on the door had been re-taped and knew the cleaning crew had already left.
Obstruction of justice, abuse of power, criminal coverup.
What is Supply-Side Economics? What are 3 other names for these policies?
It involves the cutting of taxes and government spending during times of recession in order to fix the country. Reagan cut taxes by 25% but could not cut military spending (due to SDI and trying to challenge the Soviets). Supply-Side Economics also involves other ways to make government smaller such as privitization and deregulation.
Other names include Trickle-Down Economics, Voodoo Economics, and Reaganomics.
What person and what group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
What 3 buildings were hit?
How many people perished?
Osama Bin Laden & al Qaeda
World Trade Center & Pentagon
2,996 people