50s + 60s
This genre of music, made famous by Elvis Presley, exploded in the 1950s and challenged traditional norms.
Rock and roll
This famous icon encouraged women to work in factories during WWII
Rosie the Riveter
This river is the longest in the U.S.
Missouri River
These camps in the U.S. held Japanese Americans during the war.
Internment Camps
He played this sport in high school
Lacrosse
This 1950s style of film and television portrayed idealized suburban life and often avoided serious social issues.
sitcoms
This structure symbolized Cold War division until its fall in 1989.
Berlin Wall
This mountain range runs through the eastern United States.
Appalachian Mountains
This imaginary line divided democratic Western Europe from communist Eastern Europe.
Iron Curtain
He got married in what country?
Australia
This British band took America by storm in 1964, a phenomenon known as the "British Invasion."
This U.S. president desegregated the military in 1948.
Harry S. Truman
This desert in the southwest is the hottest and driest place in North America.
Death Valley
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
If you're watching Formula 1, you'd better cheer for this team alongside Mr. C
McLaren
This iconic 1969 music festival in New York attracted over 400,000 people and became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
Woodstock
This 1963 event in Dallas shocked the nation.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
This state has the most coastline in the U.S.
Alaska
This war, beginning in 1950, was the first major military conflict of the Cold War.
Korean War
His birthday is always this year, never next. This day is
New Years Eve
This groundbreaking TV moment in 1969 was watched by millions and symbolized American innovation.
Moon landing
This 1950s controversy saw a Senator accuse numerous government officials of being communists.
McCarthyism
This is the closest US state to Brazil
Maine
This program allowed the U.S. to send supplies to Allies before officially entering the war.
Lend-Lease
This group of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean is known for its lush landscapes and the home of Mr. Cabral's family
Azores Islands