1940s
What event triggered the US entry into World War 2?
Pearl Harbor
What were the sharp increase in births called after World War II?
The baby boom
What were parts of the Cold War build up?
Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs, U2 spy plane shot down by the Soviets
When did Saigon fall and the last American troops leave Vietnam?
1975
What was Reagan's economic plan called?
Trickledown economics or Reaganomics
What was the battle in France where the Allies attacked the Germans on the coast of France and pushed the Germans back?
D Day or Normandy
The era known for mistrust and military build ups?
Cold War
When the Soviets and the US almost went to war in 1962 was called?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Why didn't the US win the Vietnam War?
guerilla attacks, mentally tiring the troops, night time raids, booby traps, and hidden tunnels
Balanced the budget
How was the Holocaust handled by the United States?
The United States focused on military targets to end the war
What was the Marshall Plan?
Economic aid to European countries
What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
When US ship attacked by North Vietnamese
peaceful protest that went wrong and four students were killed
What occurred on Sept. 11, 2001?
Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon killing approx. 3,000 Americans making George W. Bush a war president
Holocaust survivor Clara Knopfler's message was?
That education is the key to stopping hate.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Financial Aid to support free peoples who are resisting subjugation
What was the counterculture that evolved during the 1960s?
People who refused to conform to the norms of the time, protested the Vietnam War
American trust in their president took a nosedive after what?
Watergate
What history was made with the election of Barrack Obama?
First African American elected president of the United States
How did World War II end?
The use of atomic weapons on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan
What were major milestones in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s?
What influence did Medgar Evers have on the Civil Rights Movement?
First leader to die for his cause which influenced many more to join and be dedicated to achieving Civil Rights
Who was the only president not elected to office?
Gerald R. Ford
Which era in US history had the most influence on the US today?
1960s