What president gave the green light to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

What is the name of the pilot who piloted the first plane to drop an atomic bomb?

Winston Churchill coined this term to describe the division of Europe's political ideologies (east v. west).

What foreign policy can be described by providing any aid possible to potentially stop the spread of communism?

What event shortly after WWII displayed the clash between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union?

What European city was divided into four occupation zones after WWII (eventually it would simply be split into an eastern and western section)?

Simply put what was the United States policy to combat the spread of communism (the idea was put forth by George Kennan)?

What piece of legislation allowed for returning veteran to receive four years of free undergraduate college, low interest rates on homes, and small business loans?

What was the name of the idea to provide European countries post WWII with millions of dollars to rebuild infrastructure, and hopefully lure them into joining the capitalist west?

What does NATO stand for?

What years did the Korean War take place?

The Korean War eventually ended because of an ongoing ______________.

What senator was well known for creating mass hysteria regarding the existence of communists within the state department?

What president is accredited with the creation of the interstate system?

What former president was the "Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the European Theatre"?

Children that were born between the years of 1946-1964 are considered to be part of what generation?

How did the United States avoid slipping back into the Great Depression following World War II?

What type of music was becoming very popular in the 1950s (especially artists like Elvis Presley)?

What president desegregated the US military in 1948?

Segregation that is enforced by law is known as ____________.

In what major city did civil rights leaders like MLK and Rosa Parks lead a boycott on public transportation?

Students that were the first to desegregate Arkansas public schools were known as the ______________.

Many people say that the murder of what 14 year old boy is the first major step in the long fight for civil rights for minorities in the United States?

What was the name of the first satellite to orbit the Earth?

Who faced off in the 1960 presidential election?

What future president served as Dwight Eisenhower's vice president?

Who won the election of 1960?

What was the name of JFK's domestic plan (increased funding to education, creation of medicare, urban renewal, and creation of the peace corps)?

What communist leader overthrew the US backed Batista regime in Cuba in 1959?

What was the name of the failed US attempt to use Cuban exiles to overthrow the communist Castro government?

What was the name of the 13 day threat of nuclear war between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba?

Who was in charge of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What strategy did the US end up taking when dealing with the Soviets and Cubans during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

In what city was JFK assassinated?

Who was accused of being the assassin of JFK?

Who killed JFK's thought to be assassin while being transported?

What was the name of the group that was officially in charge of investigating the assassination of JFK?

Who took over as president after JFK was assassinated?

Who was the Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations?

Vietnam was once colonized by the Chinese, Japanese, and French.

Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese Liberation Front?

The supposed attack on two US warships by the North Vietnamese is known as the ______________ incident.

The ______________ resolution gave Lyndon Johnson complete power to control what happened in the War in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War was popular among most American citizens.

What was the name of the chemical that was designed to strip the leave from foliage in the Vietnamese jungles, but lead to serious health complications to most people exposed to it?

This sticky jelly like substance was used to incinerate anything in its way.

Four students were shot and killed while protesting at this university?

The easing of cold war tensions was known as what?

The first set of agreements to limit the number of intercontinental nuclear missiles was known as ___________.

Who at one point served on Nixon's national security council and later as Secretary of State?

Who leaked the Pentagon Papers?

Who was the leader of the Black Panthers in 1968?

This is the circumstance that exists when unemployment and inflation are both rising at the same time.

Who dictates the prices of most oil in the world?