Great Depression
This environmental disaster devastated the Great Plains during the Depression.
A: What is the Dust Bowl?
Germany invaded this country on Sept. 1, 1939, starting WWII.
A: What is Poland?
Winston Churchill used this term in 1946 to describe the division of Europe.
A: What is the Iron Curtain?
This theory said if one country became communist, nearby countries would follow.
A: What is the Domino Theory?
This Soviet policy under Gorbachev meant “openness.”
A: What is Glasnost?
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s economic recovery program was called this.
A: What is the New Deal?
This surprise attack brought the U.S. into WWII in 1941.
A: What is Pearl Harbor?
This U.S. policy promised support to countries resisting communism.
A: What is the Truman Doctrine?
This war divided Korea at the 38th Parallel.
A: What is the Korean War?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the collapse of Soviet control.
A: What is the Berlin Wall?
This act insured bank deposits during the New Deal.
A: What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This Allied invasion of France happened on June 6, 1944.
A: What is D-Day / Normandy Invasion?
This plan gave billions of dollars in aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
A: What is the Marshall Plan?
Fidel Castro’s communist revolution led to this major 1962 crisis.
A: What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Soviet economic restructuring policy allowed limited private ownership.
A: What is Perestroika?
The unemployment rate reached this percentage by 1933.
A: What is 25%?
This genocide killed about 6 million Jews during WWII.
A: What is the Holocaust?
This military alliance included the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe.
A: What is NATO?
Mao Zedong established this country as communist in 1949.
A: What is the People’s Republic of China?
This Polish labor movement was led by Lech Walesa.
A: What is Solidarity?
Critics feared FDR’s “planned economy” would lead toward this type of government.
A: What is dictatorship / socialism / fascism?
This battle became the major turning point on the Eastern Front against Germany.
A: What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This Soviet alliance was created in response to NATO.
A: What is the Warsaw Pact?
This policy under Nixon reduced Cold War tensions and included SALT talks.
A: What is Détente?
This organization replaced the USSR after its breakup.
A: What is the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?