US In WW2
What country attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan
What is the 38th Parallel>
Surrendered to the Soviets. Japanese troops south of the parallel surrendered to the Americans.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's successor
Harry S. Truman
35th president
John F. Kennedy
Warren Court banned _____ in public schools
prayer
June 6th 1944 is known as what letter day?
D-Day
Phrase for the division of Europe during WW2
Iron curtain
Nickname for rise in population after WW2
Baby Boom
Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What year was an immigration act passed that ended quotas based on nationality?
1965
Name of Japanese pilots who went on suicide mission
Kamikaze
Chiang and the remnants of his demoralized government fled to the island of Taiwan, which Westerners called Formosa
Taiwan
What does FCC stand for?
Federal Communications Commision
The percent of poverty dropped from 20% to 11% between what 2 years?
1962-1973
In August 1964 Congress passed what act?
Economic Oppurtunity Act
what does the JACL stand for?
Japanese Americans Citizens League
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations
What day did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon?
July 20th 1969
A volunteer assistance program
Peace Corps
On September 9, 1957 Congress passed the ___ ___ act
Civil Rights
Who is James Farmer?
civil rights leader
Letter of bomb used in WW2
H bomb
First man in space
Yuri Gagarin
JFK could read how many words a minute
1,600
What is the name of an important civil rights case on May 17th, 1954?
Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka