WWII
The name for Germany, Italy, and Japan during the war.
Person who refused to give up a seat on the bus, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
If one country converts to communism, neighboring countries will follow and convert to communism as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
Incident that provided a pretext for American military involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
What does Laissez-Faire mean?
Hands off government involvement
The "date that will live in infamy". -FDR
What is December 7th, 1941?
The social protest of the public transit system in order to fight racial segregation.
What is the Montgomery bus boycott?
Confrontation between the US and USSR over ballistic missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is one way someone can avoid going to Vietnam through the draft?
Pay someone to go for you, go to college, AWOL
What is Urbanization?
The movement of people from Rural areas to Urban areas
Day in history celebrated on June 6th. Based on the invasion of Normandy
What is D-Day?
Speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 'March on Washington'.
What is the 'I have a dream speech'?
Stopping the spread of Communism, but not eliminating it from already communist countries.
What is Containment?
A way to choose which men will serve in a war by giving them a number corresponding to their birthdays.
What is a Draft Lottery?
What people make up a Labor Union?
Workers who want the same benefits
A diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict
What is appeasement?
Supreme Court case that desegregated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Name of first USSR satellite put into space
What is the sputnik ?
A herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War known for its damaging environmental and health effects.
What is Agent Orange?
What is the assembly line method?
Items being constructed on a belt where one worker does a specific job
Hitler's Last military attempt.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Phrase coined by Winston Churchill labeling the divide between East and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
An unusual form of military combat used during the Vietnam War that utilized raids, ambushes, sabotage and other irregular tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
What is the 16th amendment?
Government power to tax income