WWII
This was a response to WWII Pacific Theater to have more food for troops and civilians
What is rationing?
"The policy of the U.S. to support free people who are resisting conquest by armed minorities or by outside pressures"
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Newspapers exaggerated details that contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish American War.
What is yellow journalism?
Nixon authorizes break-in and wiretapping of Democratic headquarters in Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
Methods used by the SNCC in sit-ins, freedom rides, and the March on Washington
What is resistance through civil disobedience?
Systematic elimination of European Jews
What is the Holocaust?
The view held by the U.S. during the cold war that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would be threatened with a chain reaction of communist takeovers.
What is Domino theory?
Proposed as part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Plan to provide peace in Europe and resolve international disputes.
What is the League of Nations?
Standoff between U.S. and USSR after soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the U.S.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A leading voice during the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill meet to discuss the future progress of the war and the post war regarding what type of governments should be created in Eastern Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
The "Second Red Scare" that led to the persecution of innocent people
What is McCarthyism?
These are some of the decisive weapons used during WWI: Machine guns, Grenades, Poison gas, and Submarines
What is new technology?
Legislation Passed to end poverty, abolish inequality, Medicaid, and Headstart
What is the "Great Society" programs?
it created momentum for the Civil Rights Act and inspired Americans to fight for equal rights regardless of race
What is the March on Washington?
Florida issued this order to protect coastal settlements from German Submarine attacks
What is blackouts?
This was a result of the Korean War
What is the DMZ at the 37th parallel?
Government persuaded people to help fund military efforts for WWI
What is war bonds?
Broaden President Lyndon B. Johnson military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
A volunteer campaign in the United States to register as many African American voters as possible
What is Freedom Summer ?
What was the U.S. government's reaction to this statement, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."
What is the passage of the Lend-Lease Act?
A military alliance between 29 different countries in Europe and North America.Initially created in 1949 to prevent the expansion of Soviet influence in Europe.
What is NATO?
Although eligible to serve, these soldiers were assigned to labor intensive jobs
Who were African American soldiers?
Bans discrimination in education,employment, and public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It outlawed segregation in public schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?