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The event that was the immediate cause for U.S. entry into the Second World War.
What is Japanese navy attacking a U.S. Naval Base
100
This foreign policy objective in 1951 led to a United Nations military intervention in the Korean peninsula
What is limiting the spread of communism (containment)
100
This cryptographic technique of the United States military remained unbroken by the Axis powers during the Second World War
What is Enigma machines
100
This is the reason why the actions of the Flying Tigers are considered patriotic
What is former pilots of the U.S. who voluntarily flew with the Chinese to resist Japanese aggression.
100
This was the reason the U.S. conducted the Berlin Airlift
What is transporting supplies to a blockaded West Berlin
200
The effect of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066
What is the Internment of Japanese Americans
200
If Vietnam fell to communism then the rest of Southeast Asia would follow. This idea is called
What is Domino Theory
200
This is a result of satellite technology first used in the 1960s to facilitate long-distance telephone communications
What is expanded business markets
200
Women contributed here during the Second World War
What is factories
200
This is how home front during the Second World War is characterized
What is patriotic volunteerism such as Victory gardens and scrap metal drives
300
President Roosevelt gave a speech about "a date which will live in infamy" referring to
What is Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
300
After the Korean War, the Korean peninsula was divided at the 38th parallel establishing communist north and democratic south resulting in
What is increased friction between the U.S. and Soviet Union
300
This technological innovation, introduced in the 1960s, facilitated the growth of the television and advertising industries
What is satellite communications
300
This movement embraced individuality and originality in the 1950s
What is the Beat Movement
300
They made bandages, knitted socks, collected books, & enrolled in the Red Cross, Victory Corps, and Civilian Defense organizations. They were motived by
What is volunteerism on the home front to support the war effort
400
The U.S. contributed to the Second World War prior to officially declaring war by
What is providing arms and ships to friendly European nations fighting Germany
400
U.S. foreign policy decisions made during the Cold War were based on this
What is a fear of communism spreading
400
This new technology gave President Truman the confidence to issue an ultimatum to Japan
What is the atomic bomb.
400
This was the reason the government placed Japanese Americans in internment camps during the Second World War
What is fearing Japanese Americans might support forces fighting the United States.
400
This event ignited the war in Europe and contributed to the eventual U.S. involvement
What is Germany's invasion of Poland
500
This was one of the main economic effects of the Second World War
What is the End of the Great Depression
500
This was a direct response to growing communist threats in Greece and Turkey in the years following WW2
What is the Truman Doctrine
500
This resulted from an increased demand for mass development of housing coupled with greater use of automobiles and improved infrastructure
What is increased suburbanization
500
The first group of African American pilots who flew over 15,000 missions and earned over 100 Flying Crosses
What is Tuskegee Airmen
500
This was the reason the government issued rations books during World War II
What is ensuring fair distribution of scarce goods
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