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What does "detente" mean in the context of the Cold War?
 
Easing tension and improving relations between countries
 
Building more weapons
 
Stopping the spread of communism throughout Europe
 
Promoting the exploration of outer space
What was the main goal of the containment policy during the Cold War?
 
To stop the spread of communism to other countries
 
To promote freedom of speech
 
To encourage trade with other countries
 
To decrease the the number of nuclear weapons globally
Which decade? 9/11 attacks, PATRIOT Act, Hurricane Katrina
2000s
Which decade? Clinton, Internet Boom, LA riots
1990s
Which decade? Elvis, Baby Boom, Strict Gender Roles, Korean War
1950s
Which decade? Ronald Reagan, AIDs Epidemic, MTV, Grafitti Culture
1980s
Which decade? Watergate Scandal, Jimmy Carter, Roe v. Wade, End of the Vietnam War
1970s
Which decade? Hippies, The Beatles, Woodstock, The Moon Landing
1960s
Which terrorist group was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?
 
Al Qaeda
 
The Taliban
 
ISIS
 
Boko Haram
Which deadly, Category 5 hurricane hit New Orleans and the surroundings areas in 2005?
 
Katrina
 
Emily
 
Andrew
 
Maria
Which 1980s graffiti artist is known for this signature style?
 
Keith Haring
 
Futura 2000
 
Jean-Michel Basquiat
 
Zephyr
Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court (1981)?
 
Sanda Day O'Connor
 
Elena Kagan
 
Sonya Sotomayor
 
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
What cable channel debuted in 1981?
 
MTV
 
Nickelodeon
 
ESPN
 
HBO
Who was the U.S. President who served two consecutive terms from 1981 to 1989?
Ronald Reagan
Which US president resigned in 1974 as a result of the Watergate scandal?
 
Richard Nixon
 
Gerald Ford
 
John F. Kennedy
 
Jimmy Carter
Which Amendment, ratified in 1971, changed the voting age from 21 to 18?
 
26th
 
25th
 
27th
 
21st
Members of the 1960s counterculture were known as...
Hippies
The first televised presidential debate happened in which year?
 
1960
 
1970
 
1980
 
1950
What incident in 1962 nearly led to a nuclear confrontation between the U.S. and Russia?
 
Cuban Missile Crisis
 
My Lai Massacre
 
Tonkin Gulf Incident
 
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs (1961) was an attempted invasion & coup against what government?
Cuba
Who was the president of the United States from January 20, 1961 until his assassination on November 22, 1963?
John F. Kennedy
In 1953 Julius and Ethel _______ were executed for espionage (passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union)
 
Rosenberg
 
Sacco
 
Vanzetti
 
McCarthy
Which iconic American singer was dubbed "The King of Rock and Roll" in the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
The Stonewall Rebellion is considered a key moment in which movement?
 
LGBTQ+ Movement
 
Civil Rights Movement
 
Women's Rights Movement
 
Anti-War Movement
Rosa Parks' refusal to move seats for a white passenger triggered a bus boycott in which city?
 
Montgomery
 
Selma
 
Birmingham
 
Tulsa
This 1972 law prohibits sex-based discrimination in education
 
Title IX
 
Equal Rights Amendment
 
Gender Equality Act
 
Equal Opportunity in Education Act
In 1965, Cesar Chavez initiated a national boycott of _____ in order to fight for the rights of migrant farm workers
 
grapes
 
lettuce
 
tomatoes
 
apples
The ______ were the first Black students to enroll at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas
 
Little Rock Nine
 
Arkansas Trailblazers
 
Central High Pioneers
 
Freedom Fighters
Who said it? “If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.”
 
Malcolm X
 
Martin Luther King Jr.
 
Cesar Chavez
 
Vincent Chin
Who said it? "...One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
 
Martin Luther King Jr.
 
Malcolm X
 
Richard Aoki
 
Harvey Milk
In 1968, Latino students in ____ led a city wide walkout of their schools to protest against discrimination
 
Los Angeles, CA
 
New York, NY
 
Chicago, IL
 
Houston, TX
This 1965 act outlawed literacy tests & poll taxes which were used to prevent African Americans from voting
 
Voting Rights Act
 
Racial Equality Act
 
Voter Suppression Prohibition Act
 
Fair Ballot Act
This 1964 act outlawed segregation in public places, schools & workplaces
 
Civil Rights Act
 
Segregation Prohibition Act
 
Equality and Integration Act
 
Racial Discrimination Abolition Act
This organization was formed in 1968 to fight against poverty, discrimination, & police brutality within the Native American community
 
American Indian Movement
 
Indigenous Rights Coalition
 
Native Equality Alliance
 
First Nations Liberation Front
Between 1969 - 1971, dozens of Native Americans occupied ________ to protest treaty violations & injustice
 
Alcatraz Island
 
The White House
 
The Statue of Liberty
 
The Grand Canyon
This Asian-American activist was a member of the Black Panther Party & later discovered to be an FBI informant
 
Richard Aoki
 
Philip Vera Cruz
 
Fred Korematsu
 
Vincent Chin
In 1972, the United States sent the national _______ team on a tour of China.
 
ping-pong
 
soccer
 
tennis
 
basketball
The ____ Theory was the belief that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism (like Vietnam), that neighboring countries (like Laos or Cambodia) would also turn to communism.
 
Domino
 
Avalanche
 
Detente
 
Containment
A powerful herbicide that was used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops.
 
Agent Orange
 
Napalm
 
DTD
 
Mustard Gas
This is a jellied gasoline dropped in large canisters that explode on impact and cover large areas in flames; this was dropped by U.S. planes during the Vietnam War in order to destroy the jungle & expose Vietcong hideouts
 
Napalm
 
Agent Orange
 
Mustard Gas
 
ICMBs
Which event occurred first?
 
The USSR launched Sputnik
 
Yuri Gagarin became the 1st person in orbit
 
The first men landed on the moon
 
The Apollo Soyuz Mission
In the United States, one result of WWII was that...
 
the number of women in the workforce increased
 
people of color gained full civil rights & economic equality
 
the Great Depression was prolonged
 
industrial wages decreased
When Franklin D. Roosevelt made the statement “a date that will live in infamy” he was referring to...
 
The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
 
Germany’s invasion of France on June 12, 1940
 
The October 6, 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany
 
The June 6, 1944 invasion of France by the Allies
Once American forces captured the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa during WWII, they...
 
began FIREBOMBING dozens of Japanese Cities
 
dropped NUCLEAR BOMBS on five Japanese cities
 
led LAND INVASIONS of dozens of coastal cities in Japan
 
deployed AGENT ORANGE over the Japanese wilderness
The use of this cards like this, issued by the federal government, was intended to...
 
conserve essential goods for for military use
 
register men for the draft
 
increase the use of gasoline
 
encourage increased production of consumer goods
The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that protected a woman’s right to abortion until it was overturned in 2022.
Roe v. Wade
The 1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal, thus establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine until it was overturned in 1954.
 
Plessy v. Ferguson
 
Brown v. Board
 
Roe v. Wade
 
Obergefell v. Hodges
The landmark 2015 case in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.
 
Obergefell v. Hodges
 
Plessy v. Ferguson
 
Roe v. Wade
 
Korematsu v. US
The 1954 case in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional (unlawful, illegal).
Brown v. Board of Education
This NASA mission successfully landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969, with Neil Armstrong becoming the first person to step onto the lunar surface.
 
Apollo 11
 
Endeavor 7
 
Gemini 4
 
Voyager 2
The codename given to the sustained American bombing campaign conducted against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
 
Operation Rolling Thunder
 
Operation Overlord
 
Operation Enduring Freedom
 
Operation Manhattan
A Cold War military concept that states that a nuclear attack by either the U.S. or USSR would lead to the destruction of both countries due to the number of nuclear weapons on both sides.
 
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
 
Nuclear Arms Race Doctrine (NARD)
 
Total Annihilation Strategy (TAS)
 
Strategic Balance Theory (SBT)
This group of 29 Native American soldiers made significant contributions to the Pacific war effort during WWII by creating an unbreakable code.
 
Navajo Code Talkers
 
Cherokee Code Breakers
 
Sioux Cryptographers
 
Apache Encryption Unit
As a result of the Korean War...
 
North Korea and South Korea remained divided.
 
North Korea gained complete control.
 
North and South Korea were unified.
 
The United States attacked N. Korea with atomic weapons.
After WWII, the _____ was created to promote world peace and negotiation amongst nations
 
United Nations
 
League of Nations
 
Alliance for Progress
 
Peace Corps
In the '50s, this anticommunist hysteria spread in the US. Many people were accused, w/o evidence, of being communist...
 
The Red Scare
 
The Soviet Hunt
 
The Communist Trials
 
The Soviet Crisis
In August of 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of ____ & ____ - leading to their surrender & the end of WWII.
 
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
 
Tokyo & Kyoto
 
Osaka & Yokohama
 
Nagoya & Sapporo
This was the code name for the secret U.S. government program to build the atomic bomb
 
Manhattan Project
 
Operation Rolling Thunder
 
Project Apollo
 
Operation Overlord
June 6, 1944 (D-Day), nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000 Allied soldiers invaded...
 
Normandy, France
 
Berlin, Germany
 
Hiroshima, Japan
 
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
The _______ were the first black military pilots, whose courage led to the eventual integration of the U.S military
 
Tuskegee Airmen
 
Harlem Hellfighters
 
Buffalo Soldiers
 
The 442nd Infantry
During WWII, which group of Americans was forcefully sent to "internment" camps as a "military necessity?"
 
Japanese Americans
 
Mexican Americans
 
German Americans
 
Italian Americans
During WWII, which countries were part of the Axis Powers?
 
Germany, Italy and Japan
 
Great Britain, the USSR, the US and France
 
Germany, Austria Hungary, China
 
France, Australia, Canada
What was the name for the military strategy used by the United States to fight in the Pacific during WWII?
 
Island Hopping
 
Trench Warfare
 
The Manhattan Plan
 
Blitzkrieg
Which event caused the United States to finally enter WWII in 1941?
 
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
 
The Holocaust
 
Germany's invasion of Poland
 
The sinking of the Lusitania
Which event is considered to be the first official act of World War II?
 
Germany's invasion of Poland
 
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
 
The bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
 
The D-Day Invasion
In 1941, the "__________" was passed which allowed the U.S. to lend weapons & supplies to the Allies.
 
Lend-Lease Act
 
War Weapons Act
 
Mutual Defense Act
 
Cash & Carry Policy
After the war, the United States & ____ emerged as superpowers
 
the Soviet Union
 
France
 
Germany
 
China
Which American President made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII?
 
Truman
 
Eisenhower
 
Kennedy
 
Roosevelt


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