US - 20th century

Question 1

Harry Truman: dates and party

Answer 1

1945 - 1953
Democratic

Question 2

Dwight Eisenhower: dates and party

Answer 2

1953 - 1961
Republican

Question 3

John F Kennedy: dates and party

Answer 3

1961 - 1963
Democratic

Question 4

Richard Nixon: dates and party

Answer 4

1969 - 1974
Republican

Question 4

Lyndon Johnson: dates and party

Answer 4

1963 - 1969
Democratic

Question 5

Gerald Ford: dates and party

Answer 5

1974 - 1977
Republican

Question 6

Jimmy Carter: dates and party

Answer 6

1977 - 1981
Democratic

Question 7

Ronald Reagan: dates and party

Answer 7

1981 - 1989
Republican

Question 8

Stages of the Vietnam War (4):

Answer 8

(1) 1945 - 1954: Viet Minh fight France - country is split in two

(2) 1957 - 1963: Viet Cong insurgency in South Vietnam

(3) 1964 - 1968: America intervenes - Tet Offensive (1968)

(4) 1968 - 1973: America winds its presence down

Question 9

Date of MLK’s “I have a dream” speech

Answer 9

28th August 1963

Question 10

Date of JFK’s assassination

Answer 10

22nd November 1963

Question 11

Until the 1960s, Hollywood regulated itself through the…

Answer 11

Hays Code

Question 12

Gulf of Tonkin Incidents and Resolution: dates

Answer 12

First incident: 2 August 1964
Second (non) incident: 4 August 1964
Congress Resolution: 7 August 1964

Question 13

Fall of Saigon: date

Answer 13

30 April 1975

Question 14

Martin Luther King’s assassination: date

Answer 14

4 April 1968

Question 15

Malcolm X assassination date

Answer 15

Feb 1965

Question 16

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott: dates

Answer 16

Dec 1955

1 Dec: Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat
5 Dec: bus boycott
20 Dec: bus laws declared illegal by District Court and boycott ends

Question 17

What was the Brickman Amendment?