Selling secrets on the Atomic Bomb to the Soviet Union
100
Who started the civil right movement in Alabama ?
Rosa Parks
100
What year were the Little Rock Nine enrolled in Little Rock Central High School ?
1957
100
Who was the United States leader during the bay of pigs invasion ?
John F. Kennedy
100
Which president is Associated with the Watergate Scandal ?
President Richard Nixon
200
Who was the President when World War Two ended
Harry Truman
200
Who was the person who gave green light to the Manhattan project ?
John F. Kenndy
200
What was the name of the even during which Sputnik was launched into orbit ?
The Space Race
200
Who Killed John F. Kennedy ?
Lee Harvey Oswald
200
What was the Watergate Scandal ?
Supporters and staff of President Nixon were accused of breaking into Democratic headquarters. The president tried to cover up and was forced to resign because of it.
300
What was Joe McCarthy best known for ?
• Ruining guilty and innocent peoples lives
• being head of the Senate Committee on Government operations.
300
Did Einstein:
A- offer the idea of the atomic bomb
B- create the atomic bomb
c- tell George Bush how to make the atomic bomb
A- Einstein never created the bomb itself but had a conspiracy that it could be done, he just didn't know the level of destruction it could bring
300
What Number in presidency was John F. Kennedy ?
The 35th President
300
Name one president during the years 1961-1963?
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
300
During which war was the space race associated with ?
The Cold War
400
True or False:
Eisenhower first became president before being supreme court commander in World War Two
False
400
Who was part of the Rosenberg Trials ?
Roy Cohn
400
What event did Castro lead in 1959 ?
The Cuban Revolution
400
What was the name of the university that admitted the first african american?
University of Mississipi
400
What year was President Nixon elected ?
1968
500
Fill in the blank:
The Marshall plan was started by ______
Harry Truman
500
state a historical event in which people went against their country or way things were being done
Roaring 20's, Teenage generation against Vietnamese war, Flappers and Budapest, "Hawks and Doves"
500
Who operates the U-2 Aircraft ?
The United States Air Force
500
What was the name of the student admitted?
James Meredith
500
During the Vietnam war, Vietnam was split between communist North and non-communist South, who was the leader of the Communist half ?