End of WW2 and 1950s
This type of weapon was used by the United States to end World War II.
What is the atom bomb?
The U.S. sent many troops to fight in this country during most of the 1960s?
What is Vietnam?
This president resigned after a scandal involving a break-in and secret tape.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This Cold War barrier was torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This high school was tragically the sight of a mass school shooting in 1999.
What is Columbine High School?
This generation was born after soldiers returned home from World War II?
What are the Baby Boomers?
This event brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war over Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
These secret government documents about the Vietnam War were leaked to the press.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This country's collapse in 1991 led to the end of the Cold War.
What is the USSR or Soviet Union?
This issue caused widespread concern about technology shutting down in 2000?
This type of housing grew rapidly in the 1950s.
What are the suburbs?
This law banned segregation and discrimination in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This law aimed to give women equal opportunities in school sports and education.
What is Title IX?
This president promoted 'trickle down' economics in the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This federal siege in Texas became a rallying point for anti-government groups and inspired later acts of violence.
What is Waco (Waco Siege)?
This government program helped returning soldiers pay for college and buy homes?
What is the GI Bill?
The name of Kennedy's plan for the US that included more funding for space exploration, investing in education, and promoting civil rights.
What is the New Frontier?
Student protesters were killed at this university by National Guard troops in 1970.
What is Kent State University?
This political ideology saw a rise in the 1970s and 1980s with presidents like Nixon and Reagan.
What is conservatism?
This was the name of the radical Islamic group behind the 9/11 attacks?
What is Al-Qaeda?
The fear-driven hunt for communists in America.
What is the Red Scare or McCarthyism?
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at this event.
What is the March on Washington?
This global group caused a major oil crisis in the U.S. in the 1970s.
What is OPEC?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The OKC Bombing was unique in that in made Americans more aware and afraid of this.