20th Century History Trivia Word Search

This Japanese city was the target of the first atomic bomb used in warfare, in August 1945.

This 1965 US law banned discriminatory voting practices used to disenfranchise Black voters.

This 1970s political scandal, involving a break-in and cover-up, led to a US president's resignation.

The concrete barrier dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 was called the Berlin '_ _ _ _.'

The early-20th-century movement fighting for women's right to vote is known as this.

This South Asian country gained independence from Britain in 1947.

This German dictator led the Nazi Party and started WWII in Europe.

This US president faced down the Soviet Union during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

The '_ _ _ _ _ _' brothers achieved the first sustained powered flight in 1903.

The November 11, 1918 agreement that halted fighting in WWI is called the '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

The Bosnian city where a 1914 assassination triggered World War I was this.

Churchill described the Cold War divide between East and West as an Iron '_ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This Soviet leader ruled the USSR throughout WWII and into the early Cold War.

The US program to rebuild Western Europe's economy after WWII was called the Marshall '_ _ _ _.'

This international peace organization, established in San Francisco in 1945, succeeded the failed League of Nations.

The Soviet-led military alliance that countered NATO was called the Warsaw '_ _ _ _.'

This long, divisive Southeast Asian war involved the US from the 1950s to 1975.

This prominent feminist activist co-founded Ms. magazine in the 1970s.

Germany, Italy, and Japan formed this WWII alliance, opposing the Allies.

This US president is closely associated with the final years of the Cold War alongside Gorbachev.

The 1919 treaty ending WWI was signed in a famous Hall of '_ _ _ _ _ _ _' at a French palace.

Soviet missiles discovered on this Caribbean island in 1962 nearly triggered nuclear war.

NASA's program that landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 was called this.

Roosevelt's program of relief and reform to combat the Depression was called the New '_ _ _ _.'

This US president, elected to four terms, led America through the Depression and most of WWII.

This American astronaut became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969.

Germany's WWI emperor held this title, German for "emperor."

The post-WWII trials of Nazi war criminals were held in this German city.

This British Prime Minister led the UK through WWII, famous for his wartime speeches.

This US president ordered the atomic bombings of Japan and later issued a Cold War doctrine bearing his name.

American hostages were held for 444 days after the 1979 seizure of this US diplomatic building in Tehran.

The UK and Argentina fought a 1982 war over these South Atlantic islands.

Soviet leader Mikhail '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' introduced glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s.

Nine Black students integrated a high school in this Arkansas city in 1957, becoming a landmark desegregation crisis: Little '_ _ _ _.'

The most notorious Nazi concentration and extermination camp, in occupied Poland, was this.

This British mathematician led the team that cracked Germany's wartime codes.

This four-letter abbreviation for the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.

South Africa's system of institutionalized racial segregation, ended in the early 1990s, was called this.

This massive 1969 music festival in upstate New York became a symbol of 1960s counterculture.

The systematic killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915 is referred to as this.

This 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine remains the worst in history.

This South Vietnamese capital fell to North Vietnamese forces in 1975, ending the Vietnam War.

This activist's 1955 refusal to give up her bus seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa '_ _ _ _ _.'

The US military network that became a precursor to the modern internet was called this.

This landmark 1964 US law banning discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin is known as the Civil Rights '_ _ _.'

Germany's fast-moving invasion tactic, combining tanks and air power, was called Blitz'_ _ _ _ _' (German for "war").

This Italian fascist dictator ruled alongside Hitler as an Axis leader.

Gavrilo '_ _ _ _ _ _ _,' the assassin whose 1914 act sparked WWI, was a Bosnian Serb nationalist.

The 1929 stock market '_ _ _ _ _' triggered the Great Depression.

This Cambodian dictator led the Khmer Rouge regime during its genocidal rule.

Gorbachev's policy of political openness in the 1980s was called this Russian term.

This US president and former WWII general was widely known by the nickname '_ _ _.'

This civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

This Argentine-born revolutionary fought alongside Castro before spreading revolution elsewhere.

The 1941 Japanese attack that drew the US into WWII targeted this naval base: Pearl '_ _ _ _ _ _.'

This British ocean liner, sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, helped draw the US toward WWI.

A second major 1945 Allied conference, dividing occupied Germany, was held in this German city.

Britain handed this territory back to China in 1997 after over 150 years of colonial rule.

Cambodia's brutal 1970s regime, responsible for a genocide, was called the Khmer '_ _ _ _ _.'

Britain, France, and Russia (later joined by the US) formed this WWI coalition, opposing the Central Powers.

The 1968 '_ _ _' Offensive by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces was a turning point in the Vietnam War.

This 1968 Los Angeles assassination claimed a presidential candidate and younger brother of a slain former president; he shared his brother's surname but is often distinguished by this first name.

In 1948–49 the US and allies supplied West Berlin entirely by air during the Berlin '_ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in this Texas city.

The 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' in Sarajevo triggered World War I.

This US president resigned in 1974 over the Watergate scandal.

This man was accused of assassinating President Kennedy in 1963.

This Chinese Communist leader founded the People's Republic of China in 1949.

This Cuban revolutionary leader overthrew the Batista government in 1959.

This 1979 revolution overthrew the Shah of Iran and established an Islamic republic.

The June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy is known simply as '_-_ _ _.'

The failed precursor to the United Nations, formed after WWI, was called the '_ _ _ _ _ _' of Nations.

This "unsinkable" ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

This Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space in 1961.

This Tennessee city on the Mississippi River was where Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, sparking riots nationwide.

This South African leader, imprisoned for 27 years, became the country's first Black president in 1994.

This Beijing square was the site of major pro-democracy protests violently suppressed in 1989.

Egypt's 1956 nationalization of a key canal triggered the Suez '_ _ _ _ _ _.'

A quarter-million people rallied in the US capital in 1963 to hear a famous "I Have a Dream" speech, in what's remembered as the '_ _ _ _ _' on Washington.

Allied leaders met at this Crimean resort in February 1945 to plan postwar Europe.

WWI's Western Front became infamous for miles of dug-in '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' warfare.

The 1991 US-led conflict to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait is known as the Gulf '_ _ _.'

This US president was in office when the 1929 stock market crash struck, and his name became synonymous with the economic crisis that followed.

This East African country experienced a horrific genocide against the Tutsi minority in 1994.

The Cold War-era fear that one nation's fall to communism would trigger neighboring collapses was the '_ _ _ _ _ _' theory.

This Indian independence leader championed nonviolent resistance against British rule.

The 1944 Allied invasion of France began on the beaches of this French region.

The systematic genocide of six million Jews by Nazi Germany is known as this.

This Western military alliance, formed in 1949, opposed Soviet expansion during the Cold War.

Polish trade union leader Lech '_ _ _ _ _ _' helped end communist rule in Poland.

The secret US program that developed the atomic bomb was called the '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' Project.

This Balkan region saw brutal ethnic conflict and a notorious genocide during the 1990s.

Illegally trafficked alcohol during the 1920s US ban on liquor was known as '_ _ _ _ _ _ _' booze.

The 1947 division of British India into two independent nations is known as the '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This British Prime Minister, a contemporary of Reagan, was known as the "Iron Lady."