World War II
He became emperor of Japan in 1926. His degree of involvement in World War II remains controversial.
Who was Hirohito?
According to this doctrine, the US would provide aid to any country that was fighting to prevent its takeover by Communists.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
He became a leader of the civil rights movement and encouraged nonviolent marches and protests against laws that violated the rights of African Americans.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
He became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1973.
Who was Gerald Ford?
He was the only person to resign the office of presidency.
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
Hitler’s belief that Austria should be united with Germany.
What was Anschluss?
A latitudinal line dividing Communist North Korea from non-Communist South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
A gathering of two hundred thousand people – both black and white – in the nation’s capital for a huge civil rights protest in August 1963.
What was the March of Washington?
A Supreme Court decision in 1973 that declared that most state laws restricting abortion were unconstitutional.
What was Roe v. Wade?
He defeated Ford by a narrow margin in the 1976 presidential election, becoming the 39th president of the United States.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
In this battle, the U.S. Marines faced the toughest, costliest battle in the history of the Marine Corps.
What was Iwo Jima?
The belief that if a non-Communist nation in Southeast Asia fell to communism, other nations would fall as well.
What is Domino Theory?
This was started by Rosa Parks when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. It financially devastated the Montgomery city bus system.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A condition in which inflation and unemployment are both high, causing the economy to stagnate.
What is stagflation?
He believed in dynamic conservatism.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This act empowered Roosevelt to provide supplies to the Allied nations on almost any terms he desired.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
He headed a Senate subcommittee that investigated the presence of domestic Communists in America.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
He was elected president in 1968.
Who was Richard M. Nixon?
A fanatical Islamic extremist who took power in Iran after the Shah fled the country.
Who was Ayatollah Khomeini?
He won the 1980 presidential election in a landslide victory.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
He led an armored division across France and Belgium and fought in every major battle in Africa and Europe.
Who was George S. Patton?
The first great victory of the modern civil rights movement, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. It stated that the doctrine of “Separate but Equal” was inherently discriminatory.
What was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
He was assassinated on December 22nd, 1963.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
These included agreements between Egypt and Israel and was brokered by President Carter in 1978.
What were the Camp David Accords?
He was president at the beginning of World War II.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?