World War II
This policy of giving in to an aggressor to avoid war is linked to the Munich Conference.
Appeasement
This iconic female figure symbolized women's contributions to the wartime workforce.
Rosie the Riveter
Winston Churchill used this term to describe the division between East and West Europe.
The Iron Curtain
This 1944 Bill provided veterans with low-interest mortgages and college tuition.
GI Bill
This was the primary belief that if one nation fell to communism, its neighbors would too.
Domino Theory
FDR referred to the Lend-Lease Act as the "Great Arsenal" of this.
Democracy
This Executive Order led to the forced internment of Japanese Americans.
Executive Order 9066
This US policy committed to supporting "free peoples" resisting communist subjugation.
Truman Doctrine
This decade is often characterized by suburbia, consumerism, and conformity.
1950s
This failed 1961 invasion was a CIA-backed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs
This December 7, 1941, event was the immediate cause of the US entry into the war.
Pearl Harbor
This campaign stood for victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home.
Double V
This economic plan was designed to rebuild Western Europe and stop communism's spread.
Marshall Plan
In this 1954 case, the Supreme Court ruled school segregation was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education.
This 1962 crisis began when the US found Soviet nuclear missiles 90 miles from Florida.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This strategy was used in the Pacific to bypass fortified islands and get closer to Japan.
Island Hopping
Harry Truman's primary reason for using this weapon was to save American lives.
Atomic Bomb
The US responded to a 1948 Soviet blockade of this city by flying in supplies for a year.
Berlin Airlift
This term describes the 1950s "Red Scare" practice of making unfair accusations of disloyalty.
McCarthyism
The East Germans built this in 1961 to prevent their citizens from fleeing to the West.
Berlin Wall
This June 6, 1944, invasion opened a second front in Western Europe against the Nazis.
D-Day
This top-secret project’s goal was the development of the atomic bomb
Manhattan project
This war broke out in 1950 and ended in a stalemate near the 38th Parallel.
Korean War
The launch of this Soviet satellite in 1957 led to the creation of NASA.
Sputnik
The "Space Race" was a primary competition between JFK and this Soviet leader.
Khrushchev