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Foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
What is containment
100
Overproduction, low wages, buying on credit and rising cost of living led to this economic disaster
What is the Great Depression
100
This passed through congress in 1964 after the March on Washington and King's "Dream" speech
What is the Civil Rights Act
100
Effect: The U.S. declares war on Japan and Germany
Cause: The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th 1941
100
Drought, high winds and over farming led to this on the Great Plains in the 1930s
What is the Dust Bowl
200
The ease of tension between the United States and the USSR in the mid-1970s
What is detente
200
The results of this major event led to the United States committing to a role of world leadership and collective security
What is World War II
200
This act in 1973 limited the presidents ability to send troops overseas
What is the War Powers Act
200
This was the reason for relocating Japanese-Americans in detention centers during WWII
What is National Security
200
Vietnam left an everlasting scar on this president
Who is President Johnson
300
The primary US foreign policy in the 1920s and 30s
What is isolationism
300
Political conflict with military tension
What is the Cold War
300
Plessy v. Ferguson expanded this in the South giving way to Jim Crow Laws
What is segregation
300
American support for the war in Vietnam decreased after the New Years event
What is the Tet Offensive
300
Born after WWII this group is causing panic over the future of Social Security
What are the baby boomers
400
US foreign policy was driven by this war from 1945 until the break up of the Soviet Union
What is the Cold War
400
This buying plan fueled the consumer economy of the 1920s and 1950s
What is Installment
400
The 24th amendment passed in 1964 removing this barrier keeping African-Americans from voting
What is the poll tax
400
This theory was applied by the US to Southeast Asia
What is the Domino Theory
400
This man was a major contributor to the Red Scare of the 1950s
Who is Joseph McCarthy
500
FDRs domestic policy and plan to bring the United States out of the Great Depression
What is the New Deal
500
This country wanted independence from French colonization after WWII
What is Vietnam
500
The theory that it is in line with your moral code to break unjust laws in a non-violent protest
What is civil disobedience
500
Food and materials were saved for the World War II effort
What is rationing
500
Big Business supported this bill passed in 1993 to open trade in North America
What is NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
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