The U.S and WWII
Created by Roosevelt in 1941 to bring scientists into the war effort .
What is Office of Science Research and Development (OSRD)?
Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Residential communities surrounding cities that grew dramatically after WWII.
What is suburbs?
35th President of the United States, didn't believe in segregation; president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, president from 1961 - 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
United States civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968). He preached non-violence and was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
Who is Dr. Marin Luther King.
One of the most famous war correspondents of World War II.
Who is Ernie Pyle?
A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.
What is Marshall plan?
Members of the States' Rights Democratic Party who split from Truman's Democratic party after his support of Civil Rights.
What is Dixiecrats?
Attorney General during the Kennedy Administration.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy?
NAACP legal counsel and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Significant island in the war in the Pacific .
What is Okinawa?
A country dominated politically and economically by another nation.
What is satellite nation?
Governor of South Carolina who ran as the Dixiecrat candidate in 1948.
Who is Strom Thurmond?
Communist leader of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
14 year old boy who was murdered in 1955 for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends. They kidnapped him and brutally killed him; his death led to the American Civil Rights movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
Moving from one country or region to another.
What is migration?
Latitudinal line that divided Korea.
What is 38th parallel?
Truman's extension of FDR's New Deal.
What is Fair deal?
Unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro using Cuban exiles.
What is Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A slogan used by Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s that encouraged African-American pride and political and social leadership.
What is Black Power?
Suicide plan attack in which Japanese pilots crashed their bomb-laden planes into Allied ships.
What is Kamikaze?
The Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976.
Who is Zedong?
A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries (ex. General Electric).
What is Conglomerates?
Federal program established to send volunteers to help developing nations.
What is peace corps?
Member of the Black Muslims. His promise to find equality for black Americans using "any means necessary" made him worrisome to whites in power. Later in life he changed his views about working with white America prior to being assassinated.
Who is Malcolm X?