1865 to the Present Triva

Name two composers who wrote uniquely American music

Who desegregated the armed forces?

What war had no actual fighting but divided the world into two camps?

What was the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe in WWII? Who defeated whom?

What are some of the changes in America's foreign policies in the last decades?

What is globalization?

How did the Vietnam War end?

What court case desegregated schools and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

What are some of the ways technology has impacted on the American life?

Name the wife of a president who worked to expand human rights?

Approximately how many workers were without jobs during the Depression?

What was the event called when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba?

What gave educational, housing, and employment benefits to veterans of WWII?

What was the Manhattan Project? Name the director of this project

What were some of the reasons for the rapid growth of the American Economy after WWII?

Adolph Hitler was the dictator of what country?

Many Japanese Americans were placed into these camps during World War II.

What were some of the major features of the New Deal?

What does NOW stand for?

What was the theory that if one country fell to communism, the others would also fall?

Who was the "woman" who represented American women working in defense plants during WWII?

What countries occupied West Germany after World War II?

What kind of government did West Germany form after WWII?

Name two people who have fairly recently had a big impact on economics technology & franchising

How was Germany politically divided after World War II?

What were some of the causes of the Depression?

What is the political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator?

What caused the Japanese to surrender at the end of World War II?

In a major post-World II conflict, South Korea and the U.S. fought with two countries?

What set off the war in Europe two years before Pearl Harbor was attacked?

Who was Benito Mussolini?

Name an American novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s

Name some industries that have benefited from new technologies

What was the Holocaust?

What event began the liberation of Western Europe in World War II?

What was the date of the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

What two groups make up most of the recent immigrants to the United States?

What were some of the resources used for improving conditions for women?

Who was the Allied Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

Who gave a famous speech and said "I have a dream"?

Which came first: the Great Depression or World War II? Name the decade for each

Who was the fascist leader of Japan during World War II?

Who was Bessie Smith? John Steinbeck?

Who invaded France, Capturing Paris before America entered into World War II?

Who were the Freedom Riders?

Who fought in the Battle of Midway and who was victorious?

In what city did Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on a bus start a boycott?

What were some of the causes of World War II?

Who was the Allied leader of Great Britain during World War II?

Social Security was part of what program during the Depression?

Name two jazz composers from the Harlem Renaissance

What poet combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots in his work?

What was the symbolism of the destruction of the Berlin Wall?

In what field did Frank Lloyd Wright have a major influence? Charles Drew?

What artist painted urban scenes and then later paintings of the Southwest?

What were the two superpowers involved in the Cold War?

What does the NAACP stand for?

What was the plan to rebuild Europe after WWII called? After whom?

Who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration north through art?

How did the workforce change after World War II ended?