U.S. policy prior to WWII, declining to enter into alliances or international agreements
What is isolationism
100
Organization formed in 1945 to encourage international
cooperation and peace.
What is the United Nations?
100
This was used to enforce racial segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
100
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony during WWII.
What is Japan?
100
"We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place."
What is the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
200
The strategy used by the United States to set up military bases and secure small islands in the pacific.
What is island hopping
200
This conflict was fought mainly between U.S. and Chinese forces and resulted in a stalemate.
What is the Korean War?
200
Radical civil rights group founded to support black
communities and protect black people from police brutality and racism.
Who are the Black Panthers?
200
Vietnam declared its independence from this country in 1945.
What is France?
200
"Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."
Who is Malcolm X?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
What three countries led the Allied Powers?
300
This policy gave European countries financial support in order to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
300
This event started after the historic arrest of Rosa Parks.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
300
This authorized President Johnson to take “all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.”
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
300
"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Who is FDR?
400
The Japanese warrior code used during WWII to forbid surrender.
What is bushido?
400
This was a competition between the US and USSR regarding achievements in the field of space exploration
What is the space race?
400
Its goal is to redress the injustices of past discrimination against women and people of color.
What is affirmative action?
400
The name of the U.S. strategy to locate and kill the enemy.
What is search and destroy?
400
"We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces... The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."
What is the Potsdam Declaration?
500
In the Pacific War, it was the largest amphibious assault and the last major battle of World War II.
What is Okinawa?
500
This organization investigated alleged disloyalty, subversive activities, and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
500
This act, which was passed as a result of Freedom Summer, prohibits boundaries to voting, such as literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
Surprise nation-wide attack in 1968 that was a major turning point in the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
"It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."