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100
Despite accomplishments, such as lowering unemployment rates, maintaining the lowest inflation rate in decades, and achieving the highest home-ownership rates in its history, this president is most well-known for his affair with a White House intern during his 2nd term.
Who is President Bill Clinton?
100
This catastrophic event lasted nearly a decade after the price of stock plummeted, consumers were unable to repay their loans, and banks had depleted consumers' life-savings.
What is the Great Depression?
100
The purpose of this war was to contain the spread of communism from other countries.
What is the Cold War?
100
In this landmark case, the Supreme Court ruled that the states were forbidden from outlawing or regulating any aspect of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy, could only enact abortion regulations reasonably related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, and could enact abortion laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester.
What is Roe v. Wade?
100
This amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbade states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
For weeks, the outcome of this presidential election was undetermined due to "hanging chads" on voters' ballots. Despite not winning the popular vote, this man became the 43rd president.
Who is President George W. Bush?
200
This piece of legislation provided benefits to returning WWII veterans. Benefits included low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, cash payments of tuition and living expenses to attend college, high school or vocational education, as well as one year of unemployment compensation.
What is the G.I. Bill?
200
The United States became directly involved in this war after sustaining a domestic attack from Japan. Prior to this attack, the U.S. supported the efforts of Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union against Italy and Germany.
What is World War II?
200
In this memorable case, a divided Supreme Court ruled that the state of Florida's court-ordered manual recount of vote ballots in the 2000 presidential election was unconstitutional. The Court stated it was unconstitutional because it granted more protection to some ballots than to others, violating the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. This clause forbids states from denying "to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What is Bush v. Gore?
200
This amendment declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
During his presidency, this man supported the creation of the Interstate Highway System, signed the 1957 Civil Rights Act, and signed the bill to form the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His original campaign slogan was "I like Ike."
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
At least 300 peaceful protesters were killed during this pro-democracy protest in Beijing. The Chinese government assaulted the crowd after its members called for the resignations of Chinese Communist Party leaders deemed too repressive.
What is Tianamen Square?
300
Largely considered to be a catastrophe, this war lasted longer than any other war the United States had been involved in up to that point. Primarily a guerrilla war, its purpose was to prevent communism from spreading to the rest of Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
300
In this famous case, the Supreme Court ruled that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although it did not succeed in fully desegregating public schools, it paved the way initiatives to bring equal education to all children.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
Name BOTH of the cities the United States dropped atomic bombs on, decimating thousands of people and buildings in the process.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
400
This president implemented deep tax cuts to stimulate the economy and advocated for increases in military spending. Despite his immense popularity, his second term was tarnished when he allowed money to be secretly funneled to anti-communists rebels in Central America.
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
400
During this event, the Soviet Union stationed nuclear weapons in Latin America. The United States saw this as a threat to its safety and issued an ultimatum, demanding the weapons and the Soviets be removed or suffer retaliation.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
Which war was to end terrorism?
What is the War in Afghanistan?
400
Prior to this memorable case, the U.S. military issued an order banning "all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien" from a designated coastal area... and hastily set up internment camps to hold the Japanese Americans for the duration of the war. One man resisted this order, stating it infringed upon his Constitutional rights. The Supreme Court accepted the U.S. military's argument that the loyalties of some Japanese Americans resided not with the United States but with their ancestral country, and that because separating "the disloyal from the loyal" was a logistical impossibility, the internment order had to apply to all Japanese Americans within the restricted area..."
What is Korematsu v. United States?
400
She was the first woman to serve in Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was the only member to vote against the U.S.'s entry into World War I.
Who is Jeanette Rankin?
500
This president created "New Federalism," which established bi-racial committees to plan and implement school desegregation. In less than two years after its creation, only about 18% of black children in the South were attending all-black schools, down from 70%.
Who is President Richard Nixon?
500
This organization refers to the unification of 27 member states to create a political and economic community throughout Europe.
What is the European Union?
500
What was the nickname for the Persian Gulf War?
What is Operation Desert Storm?
500
In this influential case, the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of a Louisiana law passed in 1890 "providing for separate railway carriages for the white and colored races." The Court ruled that, while the object of the Fourteenth Amendment was to create "absolute equality of the two races before the law," such equality extended only so far as political and civil rights (e.g., voting and serving on juries), not "social rights" (e.g., sitting in a railway car one chooses).
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
500
This man is regarded as the wealthiest man in history. His worth is estimated around $340 billion (after inflation), compared to Bill Gates' $135 billion.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?