Civil Rights
These laws were instituted in the South after Reconstruction to segregate public places and schools
What are Jim Crow laws?
The Great War. It had a sequel.
What is World War I?
This president served during the Depression and WWII
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This city was divided until November 1989, and the fall of its wall marked the end of the Cold War
What is Berlin?
This person led the US Army against the British in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
The Supreme Court case in 1954 that ended segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
More Americans died in this war than any other, when the south tried to secede from the union.
What is the Civil War?
This president served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Ronald Reagan wanted to institute the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was nicknamed after this sci-fi movie
What is Star Wars?
This founder was our third President and was responsible for the VA Declaration of Religious Freedom and the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This civil rights leader, who disagreed with W.E.B. DuBois, created the Tuskegee Institute
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This war around the year 1900 was started by the explosion of a US Battleship in Havana, then hyped up by yellow journalism.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This president served during the Vietnam War and was responsible for the Watergate scandal
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
Winston Churchill used this two-word term to describe the divide between Eastern and Western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
This founder was older than the others, and helped negotiate assistance from France during the revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This President who followed JFK signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This war was more intense than any other and was fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
What is World War II?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This French word describes Nixon's decreasing of tensions between the US and USSR/China during the 1970s
What is detente?
This faction did not support the Constitution, and was able to negotiate for the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.
Who are the anti-federalists?
The Montgomery bus boycott and "Bloody Sunday" in Selma were two key moments in the civil rights movement that occurred in this state
What is Alabama?
One of the most recent wars, this war was finished in a matter of days. Led by General Schwartzkopf and George Bush Sr.
What is the Gulf War?
This president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
Who is Harry S Truman?
This was the last leader of the Soviet Union, who instituted glasnost and perestroika, loosening restrictions.
Who is Gorbachev?
The Revolutionary War ended in this town.
What is Yorktown?