Buildup to WWII
The first neutrality act forbade this.
What is selling weapons to warring nations.
The Soviets pressured the U.S. to open this.
What is a second front in Europe?
Desegregated by FDR because of a planned March on Washington.
What is industries doing war work?
Outlined the Soviet frame of mind, including its propensity to divide and conquer using infiltrators.
Who was George Kennan?
Biggest demographic trend post WWII.
Baby boom.
This 1941 agreement outlined the principles for which the U.S. and Great Britain would fight the war.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
The U.S. wanted the Soviets to agree to fight here.
Where is Japan?
The president who desegregated the armed forces.
Who was Truman?
Kept a "list" of spies in his pocket, but mysteriously never published it.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A rise in this kept post-war industry strong.
What is consumerism?
What are military base leases?
The Soviets tried to starve western-allied Germans here.
Where was Berlin?
Chief of Staff in the Army and person with a plan to keep post-war peace in Europe.
Who is George Marshall?
Future president who raised his fame in the House Unamerican Activities Committee.
Who was Richard Nixon?
These developments were at the forefront of the trend of white, middle class people moving to the suburbs.
What is Levittown?
Investigated whether bankers and weapons manufacturers caused WWI.
What is the Nye Commission?
Stalin considered this area a much-needed buffer zone to deter invasion.
What was Eastern Europe?
Executive Order 9066 did this.
What is put Japanese citizens in camps?
A clean-cut member of the elite who was probably a spy.
Who was Alger Hiss?
A rise in "car culture" was encouraged by this legislation.
What is Eisenhower's Highway Act?
In 1939, belligerent nations could buy weapons from the U.S. if they had this and did this.
What is pay cash and carry the weapons on their own transport?
Truman's policy that aimed to keep the Soviets where they had power without letting it spread.
What is containment?
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Executed despite being most likely innocent of spying.
Who was Ethel Rosenberg?
The first wave of rebels who were disenchanted with the lifestyle of the 1950s were known as this.
What are Beatniks?