Foreign Policy and Wars
Civil Rights and Social Movements
Political Scandals and Controversies
Domestic Policies and Social Changes
Key Events and Figures
100

This conflict resulted in the liberation of Kuwait.

What is the Persian Gulf War?

100

Cesar Chavez is recognized for his involvement in this organization.
 

What is the United Farm Workers?

100

This Supreme Court case arose from disputed results in the 2000 presidential election.

What is Bush v. Gore?

100

After WWII, white middle-class Americans migrated from cities to these areas.

What are the suburbs?

100

This terrorist organization was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

What is Al-Qaeda?

200

The Korean War was an effort by the United States to carry out this policy.

What is containment?

200

This woman launched the modern women's movement with her 1963 book 'The Feminine Mystique'.
 

Who is Betty Friedan?

200

During the 1950s, this movement led to the arrest of U.S. citizens suspected of being communists.
 

What is McCarthyism?

200

This legislation helped create a more educated workforce in the 1950s.

What is the G.I. Bill?

200

The U.S. adopted this motto in 1956 to distinguish itself from countries restricting religious practices.

 What is 'In God We Trust'?

300

This was the overall goal of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam from 1964-1973.

What is preventing communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia?

300

This civil rights leader supported civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance but opposed violence and racial separatism.

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?

300

The Watergate scandal addressed this constitutional issue.

What is executive privilege?

300

This trend began in the 1950s and continues today: population increase in Sun Belt states.

What is the Sun Belt migration?

300

The 1957 launch of this Soviet satellite led to the creation of NASA.

What is Sputnik 1?

400

 As part of the response to 9/11, President Bush created this office.

What is the Office of Homeland Security?

400

In his March on Washington speech, Martin Luther King referenced this document to illustrate the violation of founding principles.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

400

The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Nixon led to this outcome for President Nixon.

What is his resignation?

400

An outcome of the No Child Left Behind Act was this.

What is increased federal oversight of public schools?

400

This operation, ordered by Truman in 1948, provided supplies to a blockaded city.

 What is the Berlin Airlift?

500

This was the overall goal of the War on Terror.
 

What is to defend American citizens and U.S. interests at home and abroad?

500

The goal of the 1961 Freedom Rides was to challenge the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against this.

What is discrimination in interstate transportation?

500

The House Un-American Activities Committee targeted the 'Hollywood Ten' due to fear of this.

What is communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry?

500

A primary cause of the early 1970s energy crisis was this action by OPEC.

What is embargoing oil sales to the U.S.?

500

The events of September 11, 2001, shifted U.S. foreign policy to focus on this.

What is combating terrorism?