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The 1960's
100
This group carried out the 9/11 attacks.
Al Qaeda
100
This Soviet leader began a series of reforms in the 1980's.
Mikhail Gorbachev
100
This president refused to resign when impeached.
Bill Clinton
100
The term "counterculture" was used to describe this group.
Hippies
100
He was the first man to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
200
The US toppled this group from power in Afghanistan because of its support of Al Qaeda.
The Taliban
200
In the 1960's, it was agreed that the only place the USSR and US could test nuclear weapons was here.
Underground
200
This group can impeach a president.
The House of Representatives
200
He said, "I am not a crook." Not many people believed him.
Richard Nixon
200
This civil rights leader believed in achieving racial equality "by any means necessary".
Malcolm X
300
The US was looking for these when they invaded Iraq in 2003.
WMD's (weapons of mass destruction)
300
This treaty was signed in 1972 to limit the number of Soviet and US nuclear weapons.
SALT
300
This led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The Watergate Scandal
300
This nerdy television character starred in "Family Matters" from 1989-1998.
Steve Urkel
300
He served as president of N. Vietnam from 1945-1969.
Ho Chi Minh
400
When we elected the first African American president, this man became vice president.
Joe Biden
400
To stop the large exodus of citizens, East German authorities built this in 1961.
The Berlin Wall
400
This term is used to describe the relaxation of tensions between the US and USSR.
Detente
400
This series launched Will Smith's career, which would later include such movies as "Men in Black" and "Bad Boys".
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
400
This US president took over after the assassination of JFK.
Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
500
Use of this was crucial to Obama's victory in 2008.
Social media
500
Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was jokingly referred to as this.
Star Wars
500
In 2000, this institution refused to grant an extension for the vote recount in Florida.
US Supreme Court
500
This 1990's series focused on two FBI agents who investigated supernatural and extraterrestrial events.
The X-Files
500
This attack by the N. Vietnamese started during the Vietnamese New Years celebration.
Tet Offensive