WWII & Global Conflict
This war involved the Axis and Allied powers fighting across Europe and the Pacific.
What is World War II?
This period of tension followed WWII between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
This major population increase happened after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
This law system enforced racial segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This proxy war became a major Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia.
What is Vietnam?
Germany, Italy, and Japan were known as this group.
What are the Axis Powers?
The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism was called this.
What is containment?
This new technology became the center of American entertainment and information.
What is the television?
This court case declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional in schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This system required young men to register for the draft during the Vietnam years.
What is Selective Service?
This surprise attack led the U.S. to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These two nations led opposing sides of the Cold War.
What are the US and the Soviet Union?
This system of roads made long-distance car travel easier.
What is the interstate highway system?
This leader helped organize nonviolent protests and delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
This crisis involved Soviet missiles in Cuba and nearly led to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This strategy of capturing key islands helped the U.S. move closer to Japan in WWII.
What is island hopping?
This alliance included the U.S. and Western democracies.
What is NATO?
This housing pattern led to growing residential areas outside cities.
What is suburbia?
These activists rode interstate buses to challenge segregation in the South.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
This scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
These camps in the U.S. held Japanese Americans during WWII and raised constitutional concerns.
What are internment camps?
This strategy meant both sides had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other.
What is mutually assured destruction?
This housing practice denied loans to Black families in many neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
This 14-year-old’s murder brought national attention to racial violence.
Who is Emmett Till?
This law limited presidential power to send troops into conflict without Congress approval.
What is the War Powers Act?