At the beginning of World War II, the United States followed a foreign policy of _________________ (stay out of war).
What is NEUTRALITY
100
After the war, a law was written to help out soldiers and veterans returning from war with free college and mortgage loans. What was the law called?
What is the GI BILL
100
The Cold War was based around a fear of ____________________.
What is COMMUNISM
100
The laws that keep blacks and whites separated are called _________________.
What are JIM CROW LAWS
100
President Nixon faced a presidential scandal that is known as _______________.
What is the WATERGATE AFFAIR
200
United States citizens conserved scarce resources (gasoline, rubber, glass, etc.) so the military could use them. What is this called?
What is RATIONING
200
A major population increased occurred after the end of WWII because many babies were born. What is this called?
What is the BABY BOOM
200
To stop the spread of communism is called ____________________
What is CONTAINMENT
200
The Supreme Court case that said "separate but equal" in schools is ILLEGAL.
What is BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION of TOPEKA, KANSAS
200
September 11, 2001 started a WAR on ______________.
What is TERRORISM
300
FDR used the term "arsenal of democracy" so the United States would send ______________ to the Allied forces.
What are WEAPONS
300
People began to move outside of the major US cities into new communities that were built with "cookie cutter" housing. What are those communities called?
What are the SUBURBS
300
The Berlin Airlift was necessary because the Soviet Union __________________ the roads into Berlin.
What is BLOCKADED
300
What did President Eisenhower do to enforce school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas?
What is SENT TROOPS TO PROTECT BLACK STUDENTS IN SCHOOL
300
Federal programs such as MEDICARE and SOCIAL SECURITY are in trouble because they are running out of _______________
What is MONEY
400
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans were moved to internment camps. What Supreme Court case is associated with Japanese internment?
What is KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES
400
What technological improvement in traveling allowed people to move outside of the cities and settle into new communities?
What is the HIGHWAY SYSTEM or CHEAPER AUTOMOBILES
400
The Marshall Plan was meant to help improve the economy of ______________________?
What is EUROPE
400
President Lyndon B. Johnson created a program to help deal with POVERTY and DISCRIMINATION. What was his program called?
What is the GREAT SOCIETY
400
When American jobs leave America and are given to people in foreign countries, this is called ____________.
What is OUTSOURCING
500
These war crime trials were held to convict the people responsible for the genocide (Holocaust) during WWII.
What are the NUREMBERG TRIALS
500
The baby boom created an increased demand for _____________________?
What is HOUSING or SCHOOLS
500
JFK blockaded the island of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis until it ended. How did it end?
What is SOVIET UNION WITHDREW MISSILES FROM CUBA
500
Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders used these types of protests (marches, speeches, sit-in's) to work toward civil rights?
What are NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS
500
The popular vote does not elect the President. The ___________________ vote elects the president.