World War I
What two events drew the United States into World War I?
1. The sinking of the Lusitania (German unrestricted submarine warfare)
2. The Zimmerman Telegram
What significant event occurred on October 29, 1929, signaling the start of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crashed (Black Tuesday)
Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?
Pearl Harbor
The Truman Doctrine was a policy to contain the spread of which ideology?
What major international crisis occurred during Kennedy's presidency in October 1962?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the United States stance during the beginning of World War I?
Neutrality
What was the name of FDR's collection of government programs aimed at addressing the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Where did the D-Day invasion take place?
Normandy, France
This was a bill passed that allowed soldiers returning from war the opportunity of a loan interest loan to buy a home, start a business, or go to college.
G.I. Bill
Who overthrew General Batista in order to "restore democracy" during the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
What was president Woodrow Wilson's ideas for keeping world peace after WWI called?
Wilson's 14 Points
Why did many farmers leave their farms and move west during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl made farming impossible on the Great Plains
What was the code name for the U.S. program to develop an atomic bomb during World War II?
The Manhattan Project
What was the name of the post-World War II plan to aid European economic recovery?
The Marshall Plan
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
An attempted invasion of Cuba with Cuban exiles which failed.
What did Wilson's 14th point call for the establishment of?
The League of Nations
Which two groups of people were hit the hardest during the Great Depression?
1. African Americans
2. Women
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway in World War II?
It was the TURNING POINT in the Pacific Theater
Which conflict broke out during Truman's presidency, lasting from 1950 to 1953?
The Korean War
What is the Domino theory?
The idea that if one country falls to communism then surrounding countries would fall to it as well.
Why did the United States try to stay neutral?
Due to the fact there were many immigrants who came to the United States from countries fighting on opposite sides as one another.
What was FDR's plan to get around Supreme Court opposition to his New Deal programs?
Court Packing Plan
What act did the United States pass in order to be able to supply the Allied forces during World War II?
The Lend-Lease Act
The launching of sputnik into space by the Soviet Union leads to this race between the U.S.S.R and the United States...
Space Race
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow the president to do?
Send troops into Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war.