The Coming of War
Interventionists believed that the United States should help these countries protect democracy.
What are the Allies?
Who are the Jews?
Although it wouldn't have helped, the "duck and cover" method was meant to protect citizens in this event:
What is atomic bombing/air raids?
This increase in population led to economic growth in the years after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
The weakness of the League of Nations was a factor in the start of World War II, along with militaristic leaders in these three countries:
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
This group helped pick up the work in factories and offices on the home front.
Who are women?
The Truman doctrine helped aid states like Turkey and Greece, which were resisting this economic system:
What is communism?
Life in this type of new living space was very focused on conformity, which the Beat poets and other writers/artists criticized a lot:
What is the suburbs?
The Lend-Lease act allowed this country to sell war supplies to other nations, although it favored the allies.
What is the United States?
This Allied invasion in 1944 paved the way for the final defeat in Germany.
What is D-Day?
Under Eisenhower, this intelligence organization helped overthrow Guatemala's government.
What is the CIA?
A common name for the Southwest area that many Americans moved to.
What is the Sun Belt?
What are U-Boats?
The United States dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities before the end of WWII.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
In China, Jiang Jieshi was a nationalist leader, who was replaced by this communist leader:
Who is Mao Zedong?
After the war, the GI Bill helped this group of people by aiding them with mortgages and tuition.
Who are veterans?
This nationalistic Prime Minister of Japan was the man who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who is Hideki Tojo?
The Battle of El-Alamein allowed the Allies to attack the Axis Powers in this place.
What is North Africa?
The U.S. formed NATO, and the U.S.S.R formed this alliance.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This type of farming displaced farmers in the postwar years, so they migrated to the cities.
What is corporate or commercial farming?