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What are planes?
WWI was the first war in which this new invention was used, although at first was just for reconnaissance.
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What is Poland?
With Hitler's invasion of this country, the war officially began.
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What is Communism?
The Cold War was fought between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over the expansion and containment of this economic ideology.
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Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This Baptist pastor from Georgia led public rallies and protests against unjust laws, only to be assassinated in 1968.
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Who is FDR?
This president was the only president to be elected four times, dying during his fourth term.
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What is a stalemate?
This definition of this word is a situation in a war when both sides cannot take further action.
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What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
These were the two unfortunate Japanese cities that were chosen as targets of the atomic bombs.
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What are missiles?
In 1962, President Kennedy discovered that the Soviet Union was hiding these in Cuba.
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What is a restaurant?
In 1960, four college students staged a sit in at this type of place.
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This man was president during WWI, who in vain tried to present a lenient punishment for Germany.
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What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The U.S. became involved in WWII when the foreign minister of Germany was caught sending this secret message to Mexico.
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What is D-Day?
The Normandy Invasion, planned by Dwight Eisenhower, launched with this famous day.
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Who is Ronald Reagan?
The Cold War ended partially due to the relationship between the Soviet leader Gorbachev and this American president.
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Who is Jackie Robinson?
This man was the first black American to break the color barrier and play Major League Baseball.
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Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
This man was a general in Europe in WWII who later on became a president in the 1950s.
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What is 1917?
Although the war started in 1914, the U.S. didn't join until this later year.
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What is the Doolittle Raid?
After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. responded with this daring attack on mainland Japan.
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What is the Space Race?
The U.S. landed astronauts on the moon due to this competition with the Soviet Union.
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What is voting?
The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 65 prevented measures that inhibited blacks from doing this right given to them in the 15th Amendment.
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Who is Richard Nixon?
This president made great advancements in international relations, but is mostly known for his Watergate scandal.
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What is Paris?
It was in this European city that the leaders of the U.S., Britain, France, and Italy met to determine Germany's punishment.
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Who are the Navajo?
Members of this particular Native American tribe worked to decode secret messages, greatly helping the U.S. in the South Pacific.
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What are the VietCong?
In the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese were called by this name.
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What are Jim Crow Laws?
These unjust laws legally segregated blacks and whites in public places.
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Who is Gerald Ford?
This man was the only person in American history to not be voted as vice president or president, but become both of them.
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