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Name the major Axis Power.
What is a. Japan b. Germany c. Italy
100
Which nation was created because of the Holocaust?
What is Israel.
100
Which group did America lock-up (internment) during WWII?
What is Japanese Americans including the Nisei.
100
What led to the Soviet Union & USA becoming embroiled in a Cold War? (there are lots ... list three)
What is a. control of Eastern Europe b. blockading Berlin c. differences in government (obviously).
100
Why was the U.S. ultimately not successful in Vietnam?
What is (among others) unpopularity of the South Vietnamese government and communist military aid for the North.
200
What's a Levittown?
What are housing tracts of similar structures inexpensively built on the outskirts of towns creating suburbia.
200
What was McCarthyism?
What is attacking a persons reputation with unfounded claims - often times ruining their careers. Usually used in terms of communism.
200
What did the Great Society attempt to do?
What is provide many government programs for every need.
200
Name two basic government concepts highlighted in the Watergate scandal.
What is Checks & Balances and Rule of Law.
200
Name two minority groups (not African) that attempted to increase awareness in the 1960's & 70's?
What are AIM, Cesar Chavez (migrant workers), disability, etc.
300
Why did cities have riots in the 1960's?
What is a. racism b. public housing c. ghettos
300
The failed Equal Rights Amendment mostly focused on equal rights for which group?
What is women.
300
What was the basic idea behind Martin Luther Jr. movement and speeches?
What is equality.
300
What 1954 Supreme Court case overturned the "separate but equal" provision of Plessy v. Ferguson 1898?
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?
300
Americans are great inventors. Name three significant inventions by the USA in the 20th century.
What is (many possible answers - your teacher will judge).
400
What did the Patriot Act do?
What is strengthen the USA's ability to investigate domestic terrorism ... but perhaps weakened the 1st Amendment.
400
What were inspectors looking for in Iraq between the 1st & 2nd Gulf Wars?
What are weapons of mass destruction: a. biological b. nuclear c. chemical
400
What did Reaganomics do?
What are: a. cut income taxes b. deregulate industries to save money c. cut domestic spending (but not military)
400
Arab nations placed an oil embargo on the USA during the early 1970's because we supported this nation.
What is Israel.
400
Name three reasons the communist regime of the USSR failed at the end of the Cold War.
What is (may be others): a. perestoika (restructuring the economy) b. glasnost (openess) c. massive USA military build-up they could not compete with
500
What deadly insect killing pesticide was developed in WWII to combat disease?
What is DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
500
How many Americans died of the disease AIDS during the 1990's?
What is about 20,000 a year.
500
The Million Man March was attempt to bring awareness and support of self-help and commitment to family for which group.
What is African American Men.
500
In 1968 Nixon changed his image to appear more
What is statesmanlike.
500
The most important issue during the 1992 presidential election was
What is the lingering recession.