World War Two
The Nifty Fifties
The Sixties
The Stagnant Seventies
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During this time period Americans income doubled and were quite proseprous.
What is World War Two's economy.
100
African American's moved here after World War Two because of this.
What is The North, Because of The Mechanical Cotton Picker.
100
He was the assassin of The President of the United States and was killed a few days later.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald.
100
With America honor its existing defense commitment, but that in the future its allies would have to fight their own wars without large numbers of American troops.
What is The Nixon Doctrine
100
Known as the "Honest President" he preceded a time of turmoil in American Politics.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
200
This rose the most during World War two then any other time in American history up to this point.
What is debt?
200
President Eisenhower was committed to this but ignored many issues in order to keep this going.
What is Social Harmony.
200
As a result of sit ins in the south this group formed to combat racism and to further Civil Rights in America.
What is SNCC.
200
Due to this America withdrew all of their missiles from Turkey and The Soviet Union removed missiles from Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
This hit its peak in the late 1950s and has been felt to this day through the fluctuations in population.
What is the Baby Boom.
300
America spent a huge amount of money on this project so that America would not have to do this.
What is The Atomic Bomb and The Invasion of Japan.
300
In response to Joseph McCarthy's Anti-Communist attacks, President Eisenhower did this.
Allowed him to control public policy at The State Department.
300
President Kennedy ordered a Quarantine of this island during this conflict with the Soviet Union
What is a quarantine of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
300
Due to the debacle that was Vietnam congress instituted this act.
What is the War Powers Act of 1973
300
When America first entered World War Two this was the first challenge that they had to tackle.
What is the mobilization of American Industry.
400
It was due to this that most American woman left the workforce after World War Two.
What is familial obligations.
400
After World War Two this was a product of the post-war economic boom.
What is the expansion of the home owning middle class.
400
This protest helped to support the Civil Rights Act to end segregation.
What is The 1963 March on Washington.
400
In 1973 this shocked the American Public that the American military was doing this covertly throughout the Vietnam War.
What is the bombing of Cambodia?
400
The Watts riots in 1965 were a symbol of this change in the American Civil Rights struggle.
What is the militarization of the Civil Rights movement and the Black Panther movement.
500
After The Soviet Union had denied access to Berlin to the United States, France and Britain. America decided to do this.
What is The Berlin Airlift.
500
While both countries had different views they were both very similar in their mission to spread their ideals around the world.
What is the battle between The Soviet Union and The United States.
500
This was a response to the Soviet Union's launch of the satellite Sputnik.
What is the American government's huge spending on science and language.
500
This required that trade unions come up with a time table for integration of black apprentices
What is The Philadelphia Plan.
500
While this was a symbol of American military dominance in Vietnam it ultimately proved to be ineffective.
What is Aerial Bombardment.
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