Group of WWI veterans & their families who marched on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service
Bonus Army
100
The day, June 6, 1944, on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during WWII
D-Day
100
The region that was made worthless for farming by drought & dust storms during the 1930s
Dust Bowl
100
Systematic murder of Jews and other groups in Europe by the Nazis before & during WWII
Holocaust
100
Document revealing that the U.S. government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War
Pentagon Papers
200
A sudden, massive attack with combined air & ground forces, intended to achieve a quick victory
Blitzkrieg
200
An imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe from countries in Western Europe
Iron Curtain
200
Confinement or a restriction in movement, especially under wartime conditions
Internment
200
A 327-day operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food & supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948
Berlin Airlift
200
A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the United States, & Canada
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
300
Kennedy's legislative program including proposals to provide medical care for the elderly, to rebuild blighted urban areas, aid education, bolster national defense, expand space program
New Frontier
300
The U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb for use in WWII
Manhattan Project
300
FDR's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, & financial reform
New Deal
300
A person who opposed the Vietnam War & believed that the U.S. should withdraw from it
Dove
300
A person who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War & believed that the United States should use increased military force to win it
Hawk
400
An agency to insure individuals' bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC
400
The blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence
Containment
400
Law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, & families with dependent children
Social Security Act
400
An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit
Speculation
400
Johnson's program to reduce poverty & racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the U.S.
Great Society
500
The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace
Appeasement
500
The giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people
Direct relief
500
Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union & its Eastern European satellites
Warsaw Pact
500
Racial separation established by law
De Jure Segregation
500
1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam & non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956