What is D-Day?

This American led invasion of France in June 1944 eventually led to the liberation of Paris

What is McCarthyism?

This period of American History took place in the early 1950s and was named for a US Senator who made wild and reckless charges that communists had infiltrated the government

What were the Freedom Riders of the early 1960s?

These civil rights activists risked their lives to desegregate interstate buses and bus stations

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

This civil rights leader was one of the first prominent Americans to oppose the Vietnam War

What is Attica State Prison in New York?

This riot in September 1971 resulted in the deaths of over 50 persons, including hostages, by state troopers at this prison

What is approximately 400,000 soldiers, marines and sailors?

American military forces lost how many men and women in WW2

What is ~1947 to ~1991?

The Cold War took place from what year to what year?

What were the Lunch Counter Sit-Ins in Greensboro, North Carolina?

This event in 1960 introduced a dramatic new tactic used by the civil rights movement

Who was Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)?

This president waged a war against poverty ("the Great Society") and war in Vietnam

What was the "Me Decade"?

Tom Wolfe, a famous writer, described the 1970s as a time in which many people lost interest in politics and social change and focused on self improvement and personal pleasure

What is the USSR?

This American ally in WW2 lost 20 million of its citizens, many were civilians killed by the German military

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

This 1962 event almost led to World War Three and convinced the Americans and Soviets to to establish a "Hot Line" for better communications

What is NAACP, SCLC, SNCC and CORE?

These were three major civil rights organizations of the 1960s

What was the collapse of the government of South Vietnam and the final evacuation of Americans from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh)?

What happened on April 30, 1975?

What was the Democratic Party National Convention to nominate a presidential candidate?

In August 1968 anti-war protesters and police clashed in Chicago at this event

What is north Africa?

This is where the German and American military first fought in WW2, in the Autumn 1942

What is China?

President Truman was accused by his Republican critics of losing this nation in 1949 to the communists

What is the August 1963 March on Washington in which Dr. King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?

This event was organized to support passage of a civil rights bill and was inspired by A. Philip Randolph

What were The Pentagon Papers, released by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971?

This government secret report described the war in Vietnam as being based on lies and deception and would be published by the New York Times

Who was Timothy Leary?

This former Harvard professor experimented with LSD and was known for his slogan: Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out

Who was Ronald Reagan?

This future American president made WW2 propaganda films

What is an "Iron Curtain" was trapping them under Soviet communism?

Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a speech in Missouri after WW2 claiming this is what was happening to the people of eastern Europe

What is the Free Speech Movement at UC-Berkeley in 1964?

These series of actions were inspired by young civil rights veterans of Freedom Summer and used civil disobedience (intentional arrests) to win rights for students

What was the My Lai massacre?

This 1968 event in South Vietnam resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of mostly women and children by an army unit led by Lt. William Calley

Who were the Beats or Beatniks?

These early counterculture persons challenged the conformist and consumer driven society of the 1950s