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100

This is the nickname for journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption.

Muckraker

100

What disease did FDR have?

Polio

100

Name the first satellite that the Soviets launched into space.

Sputnik

100

Vietcong military tactic.

Guerrilla Warfare

100

This scandal led to the end of Nixon’s presidential career.

Watergate Scandal

100

This case established the separate but equal doctrine.

Plessy v. Ferguson

100

Which event started the Global War on Terror?

9/11

200

This was a response to problems in American society that emerged from the growth of industry.

Progressivism

200

What was the name of the countries the Allied Powers were fighting in WW2, and which 3 countries were they fighting against?

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

200

This event involved a close call with nuclear weapons placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union.

Cuban Missile Crisis

200

These two nations supported North Vietnam.

China

&

Soviet Union

200

Who was president during Vietnam?

JFK

Lynden B. Johnson

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

200

What was the name of the court case that desegrated public schools across the nation

Brown v. Board of Education

200

The U.S. invaded this country, that had sheltered Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members.

Afghanistan

300

This amendment allowed women to vote.

19th amendment

300

Many Americans did not want to get involved during WWII—this was known as ______.

Isolationism

300

The European Recovery Program organized by General Marshall which would give American aid to rebuild European economies was called the _______ Plan.

Marshall Plan

300

Name the two main reasons the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War

Domino Theory

 Containing Communism

300

This term refers to the relaxation of foreign policy when dealing with China

Detente

300

This man was often compared to Dr. MLK for their difference in opinion and a preference for violent tactics to achieve civil rights

Malcolm X

300

Who was responsible for the September 11th attacks?

Osama bin Laden

400

These laws banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol.

Prohibition

400

This group of Americans was put into internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Japanese Americans

400

Senator McCarthy’s tactics of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges became known as ___________.

McCarthyism

400

Which country did America help during the early years of the Vietnam War?

France

400

This term is often used to refer to President Ronald Reagan’s economic plan

Reaganomics

400

This man worked towards ending segregation in public schools and was the first African American Supreme Court justice.

Thurgood Marshall

400

This legislation was passed because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

The USA PATRIOT ACT

500

This scandal involved receiving bribes for leasing lands containing U.S. Navy oil reserves.

Teapot Dome Scandal

500

This was considered the turning point of WW2 and was the largest naval operation in history

D-Day

500

These two actual ‘hot’ wars took place during the Cold War.

The Korean and Vietnam Wars

500

These documents were leaked to the New York Times which showed plans to expand the war in Vietnam.

Pentagon Papers

500

Which Amendment was passed as a result of FDR's 4 consecutive Presidential terms

22nd Amendment

500

What was the name of the group of volunteers that would ride southbound interstate buses to protest?

Freedom Riders

500

Which state had voter count issues that led to the Supreme Court declaring George W. Bush as President?

Florida

600

This is an area in New York City were composers wrote popular music.

Tin Pan Alley

600

Name 2 ways that the American Homefront supported the war effort

Victory Gardens

War Bonds

Rationing

Collecting Scrap Metal

Women joining the workforce

600

The idea that if one nation fell to communism others would follow, is called the ______________.

Domino Theory

600

What was the Supreme Court case that allowed students to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War?

Tinker v. Des Moines

600

This political scandal dealing with the illegal sale of arms to Iran and using that profit to aid the Contras in Nicaragua

Iran-Contra Scandal

600

This court case made it legal to have an abortion within the first trimester of pregnancy.

Roe v. Wade

600

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and then flooded the entire city due to what failing?

Levee System