1865 to the Present Triva

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

Name two jazz composers from the Harlem Renaissance

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

Adolph Hitler was the dictator of what country?

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?

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

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

Name two composers who wrote uniquely American music

What were the two superpowers involved in the Cold War?

What does NOW stand for?

Who was Benito Mussolini?

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

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

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

Who were the Freedom Riders?

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

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

What kind of government did West Germany form after WWII?

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

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

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

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

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

What countries occupied West Germany after World War II?

What does the NAACP stand for?

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

How was Germany politically divided after World War II?

What was the date of the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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

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

Name some industries that have benefited from new technologies

What is globalization?

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

How did the Vietnam War end?

What was the Holocaust?

What were some of the causes of World War II?

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

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

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

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

How did the workforce change after World War II ended?

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

Social Security was part of what program during the Depression?

What were some of the causes of the Depression?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Approximately how many workers were without jobs during the Depression?

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

Who desegregated the armed forces?

Who was Bessie Smith? John Steinbeck?

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

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

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