These were the Axis Powers that the United States fought against during World War II.
Who are Germany, Japan, & Italy?
100
This was the idea that if one country fell to communism, then other countries nearby would fall one after the other as well.
What is the Dominoe Theory?
100
He broke the color barrier in baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
This important event in the 1970s marked the first time an American President visited a communist country.
What is Nixon's visit to China?
100
These two men were very different leaders of the movement for African American equality in the United States during the 1950s and 60s.
Who are Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X?
200
President Franklin D Roosevelt said that December 7th would be a "date which will live in infamy" because of this event.
What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
200
This was the action that the United States took following the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
What is an airlift?
200
In this Supreme Court case, the idea of "separate but equal" was struck down by the court.
What is Brown vs the Board of Education?
200
This law, which was a direct result of the escalation of the Vietnam War, restricted the President from sending soldiers to a country without Congress officially declaring war.
What is the War Powers Act?
200
This was the name of the US effort to build an atomic weapon during World War II.
What is the Manhattan Project
300
This was the program that the United States used to supply the Allies with war good and weapons before the US ever entered the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act
300
This was one of the main causes of rapid construction of the suburbs following the end of World War II?
What is the GI Bill or White Flight?
300
This law guaranteed equal funding for males and females in school, including in sports programs.
What is Title IX?
300
Allowing the overthrown Shah to enter the United States for medical treatment led to this event in the Middle East.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
300
This deal between Hitler and Chamberlain, which gave the Nazis control over Czechoslovakia, was an excellent example of the failure of appeasement.
What is the Munich Pact
400
This method of selling repayment promises to people, is the primary way the US paid for World War II.
What are War Bonds?
400
The process of making accusations without any evidence became known as this.
What is McCarthyism
400
What law prohibited discrimination in all places on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
The price of oil rose dramatically in the United States because of this action by countries in the Middle East, which followed the United States' support of Israel in 1973.
What is the OPEC Oil Embargo?
400
When news of this event, which the government had tried to cover up during the Vietnam War, became public it led to widespread protests across the United States
What is the My Lai Massacre?
500
Fear of spying and subversion following the attack on Pearl Harbor led the United States to take this racially targeted action.
What is force the Japanese Americans into Internment Camps?
500
This Cold War Conflict ended with the Soviet Union backing down due to an American "quarantine"
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
This was the name of Lyndon Johnson's plan to help all Americans prosper, especially the poor.
What is the Great Society?
500
This French term for a relaxation of tensions came to define the final years of the Cold War where the United States worked with their previous communist enemies, like China and the Soviet Union.
What is Detente?
500
These were the 2 competing economic plans designed by the United States and Soviet Union to help rebuild Europe following the end of World War II.