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BONUS: Mickey Mouse first made his 1928 debut as what character?
Mike the Mouse
Mortimer Mouse
Steamboat Willie
Mickey the Mouse
2
During WWII, where were the Constitution, Gettysburg Address and the Manga Carta all Stored?
In President's living quarters
Area 51
Palace of Versailles
Fort Knox
3
Who flew the final mission of Eisenhower's U-2 Spy plane missions?
Francis Gary Powers
Wilbur Wright
Eddie Rickenbaucher
Lee Harvey Oswald
4
What was purpose of the U-2 plane?
To advance in the space race
to drop Hydrogen bombs
To spread anti-communist propaganda
To spy on Russia
5
Rosa Parks began what civil rights movement?
Brown v. Board
The Bus Boycott
Little Rock Nine
The sit-ins
6
What name is given to the dramatic rise in live births between he end of WWII and 1960?
The Great Mistake
The Child Revolution
The Baby Boom
The Great Depression
7
Bonus: Which of the following US States does NOT have a President's Name as it's capital?
Nebraska
Illinois
Mississippi
Wisconsin
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BONUS: Where will be the 2020 summer Olympics?
Tampa, FL
Mexico City, Mexico
Oslo, Norway
Tokyo, Japan
9
The policy that prevented America and the USSR from using their Nukes on each other was:
Brinkmanship
The CIA
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
The Warsaw Pact
10
Who took Stalin's place in the USSR?
Krushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Putin
11
Who did the CIA overthrow in Guatemala?
Nasser
Mossadegh
Nagy
Arbenz
12
The Atomic bomb is a fission bomb, while the Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) is a:
Ferrate
Free energy
Fusion
Fluorescent
13
BONUS: The highest scoring player in NFL history played what position?
Running Back
Quarterback
Kicker
Wide Reciever
14
What counted as a "Third World Country"?
Not a member of any treaty
Members of Warsaw
Members of NATO
Members of NAFTA
15
Who primarily fought in the Suez war?
US and USSR
Britain and France
Britain and Egypt
Egypt and Syria
16
Brown v. Board overruled what 19th c. Supreme Court Case
Smith v. Allwright
Plessy v. Ferguson
Sipuel v. Board
Sweatt v. Painter
17
Who did the CIA overthrow in Iran?
Nasser
Nagy
Arbenz
Mossadegh
18
Music in the 1950's included the rise of:
Benny Goodman
Elvis
Disney
The Beatles
19
Levittowns were an example of:
Rise in Communism
growth of automobile culture
Decline in unemployment
Mass-Production in Housing
20
What was Sputnik?
A satellite Russia launched into space
A Russian satellite nation
The Russian equivalent to the CIA
The name of Russia's Hydrogen bomb
21
American support to the middle east against communism was defined in:
The Eisenhower doctrine
The Truman doctrine
The Marshall plan
The monroe doctrine
22
Where was school integration challenged most for Eisenhower?
Atlanta
Charlottesville
Little Rock
Montgomery
23
What did Nasser do to provoke an allied invasion of Egypt?
Refused to integrate schools
Invaded Israel
Joined Warsaw
Nationalized the Suez Canal
24
What was Eisenhower's justification for developing a highway system?
Increase Federal Power
Better gas prices
National Security
Efficient interstate travel
25
BONUS: What US State is known as the Mountain State?
Colorado
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
26
Who ran against Eisenhower in the 1952 election?
Adlia Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Robert Taft
