The Great War
Good Morning, Vietnam
Hit-or-Miss Ideas
Turbulent Times
Anthem for the Common Man
Geography
200
This 28th president of the United States served from 1913 to 1921 and led the nation through World War I.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
200
This soap-like substance burns at approximately 2100 degrees Fahrenheit and was used by the U.S. to set large areas of jungle on fire during the Vietnam War.
What is napalm?
200
This political movement advocates extreme nationalism and absolute power by the ruler.
What is facism?
200
This 35th president of the United States who advocated for civil rights and space exploration was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
200
This political party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms to benefit "the common man".
What is the Populist Party?
200
This American military base in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
400
Political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories is referred to by this term.
What is imperialism?
400
President Nixon gave this name to his plan for the gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties.
What was Vietnamization?
400
This term describes the right of people to choose their own form of government.
What is self-determination?
400
This leader in the Civil Rights Movement served as a spokesman and minister for the Nation of Islam
Who was Malcolm X?
400
This term describes government departments and their non-elected employees.
What is the civil service?
400
This human-made waterway links the Atlantic to the Pacific across an isthmus in Central America.
What is the Panama Canal?
600
American President Woodrow Wilson proposed this list of terms for resolving World War I and avoiding future wars.
What are the Fourteen Points?
600
This general was the overall commander of the U.S. war effort in Vietnam.
Who was William Westmoreland?
600
This post-World War II fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life is sometimes referred to as McCarthyism.
What was the Red Scare?
600
The integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, resulted from this landmark Supreme Court case.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
600
This 1862 law gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on it and cultivate it for five years.
What was the Homestead Act?
600
Richard Nixon was ultimately forced to resign from the presidency as a result of a 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters, which was located in this building complex in Washington, D.C.
What is the Watergate Hotel?
800
The battle lines between the Allies and the Central Powers in western Europe during World War I were known by this name.
What was the Western Front?
800
This major communist Vietcong assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968 proved that the U.S. was not in control of the war in Vietnam.
What was the Tet Offensive?
800
This term is used to describe the idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall.
What is the domino theory?
800
Segregation imposed by law is given this name.
What is de jure segregation?
800
The process by which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions is given this name.
What is collective bargaining?
800
President Eisenhower's opposition ultimately ended the efforts of U.S. allies Britain, France, and Israel to take control of this important waterway in Egypt.
What is the Suez Canal?
1000
President Wilson used this term to describe his approach to America's foreign affairs.
What was moral diplomacy?
1000
This 1973 law requires the President to consult with Congress within 48 hours of committing American forces to a foreign conflict.
What is the War Powers Act?
1000
This federal program was created in 1965 to provide basic hospital insurance to most Americans age 65 and over.
What is Medicare?
1000
This law outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places and in employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
1000
Best know for his "Cross of Gold" speech, this Democratic and Populist leader ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency in 1896, 1900, and 1908.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
1000
The attack on an American destroyer by North Vietnamese torpedo boats, which led President Johnson to dramatically increase American involvement in Vietnam, took place in this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?