VA/US Key People: 1950-2001

President that declared war in Afghanistan due to the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks and declared war in Iraq due to Saddam Hussein’s potential weapons of mass destruction and genocide?

• Bill Clinton

• Woodrow Wilson

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

Who was the 1st Latino Supreme Court Justice (3rd woman on the court)?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Clarence Thomas

• Pauline Newman

Who was the second African American justice on the Supreme Court?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Neil Armstrong

• John Marshall

Who was the second female justice on the Supreme Court and the first Jewish member of the high court?

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Jonas Salk

• Sally Ride

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who was the president that started NAFTA with Mexico and Canada and recognized South Africa after they ended their brutal system of apartheid?

• Donald Trump

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

• George H. W. Bush

Who was the president that sent American forces into the Persian Gulf War in 1990 & also led military action into Yugoslavia (dismantling Yugoslavia) and Bosnia due to Civil War and genocide.

• Bill Clinton

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Barack Obama

• George H. W. Bush

Who discovered the vaccine for Polio?

• Dr. Jonas Salk

• Dr. J

• Dr. Doolittle

• Dr. Doom

Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon and said, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• WEB Dubois

• Thurgood Marshsall

Who was the first female astronaut in the American Space Program?

• Sally Ride

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Elizabeth Stanton

Who was the first women selected to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court?

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Sandra Day O'Connor