World Wars
The longest serving president who served through the Great Depression and most of WW2
Who is Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
The Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was a fight against this economic/political ideology
What is Communism
This international treaty organization created to stop the spread of communism is often referred to by what acronym
What is NATO
The case of Plessy v. Furgeson which stated "Seperate but Equal" was overturned by this court case.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
After 9/11 this congressional act was passed to increase national security against terrorist actions
What is the Patriot Act
Victory in Europe is also referred to as this day
What is V-E Day
This U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War was set up by the Truman Doctrine
What is Containment
This type of war was fought in Korea and Vietnam during the Cold War
What is Proxy War
This Civil Rights organization was the led the Civil Rights Movement
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The 20+ year war against suspected terrorists
What is the War on Terror
The U.S. Dropped the atomic bomb on this country to end WWII
What is Japan
McCarthyism during the 1950's spread the fear of Communism and anti-American ideas throughout the U.S., which was similar to this previous crisis in 1919 after WWI.
What is the Red Scare
This term is used to represent a period of the Cold War brought on by a U.S. senator who accused national officials of being anti-american and increased the fear of communism in the U.S.
What is McCarthyism
This congressional act ended discrimination and segregation in education, public facilities, jobs, and housing.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The increase in birthrate after WWII is referred to as what
What is the Baby Boom
Franklin Roosevelt referred to this event as "A day that will live in infamy"
What is the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Science and Math Education became increasingly stressed in school during the Cold War as a result of this competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union
What is the Space Race
The idea that if one country fell to communism the surrounding countries would as well
What is the Domino Theory
This Congressional Act finally put the 15th amendment into full effect by outlawing literacy tests and other similar practices
What is the Voting Rights Act
Many U.S. citizens moved here after the second World War
What are the Suburbs
This government agency created during the second world war gave the government power to control factory production
What is the War Protections Board (WPB)
The event that resulted in the U.S.S.R taking missiles out of Cuba, and the U.S. taking missiles out of Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
The action of the United States dropping humanitarian supplies to Soviet controlled East Berlin, Germany to prevent famine
What is the Berlin Airlift
This man was seen as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and gave his famous "I have a Dream Speech"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
The treaty designed to expand economic relations between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)