Quiz Bowl American History 1950-2000

There was a hostage situation at the US Embassy in this country in 1979-1981

This Chief Justice wrote the decisions in Brown v. Board and Miranda v. Arizona.

Reagan's presidency saw this scandal involving Oliver North

This president deesegrated the military and attempted to nationalize steel industry

This President presided over Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs

James Carville helped get this man elected following the guidance of "It's the economy stupid"

As a Vice Presidential candidate, this man gave the Checkers speech named after his pet Cocker Spaniel

This President oversaw the creation of Medicaid as a part of the Great Society

George H.W. Bush's presidency saw this war in which US troops were led by "Stormin" Norman Schwarzkopf

The man became Vice President when Spiro Agnew resigned

The Zapruder film caught footage of this event:

In 1986, a faulty o ring caused this spacecraft carrying teacher Christa McAuliffe to crash

A naval battle in this place started the official US involvement in Vietnam

Dwight Eisenshower established

Before becoming President, he was in peanut farmer in Plains, Georgia