World War II
This president decided to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Who is Truman?
What was Truman Doctrine?
This coordinated assault by the NVA and the VC led to a lot of lost territory for the US
What is 1960?
This was the name of the hotel at which the Democrat National Committee had their headquarters
What is Watergate?
This was the strategy the Allies used in the Pacific
What is island hopping?
The United States was part of a UN led "police action" on this east Asian peninsula during the early 1950s
What is Korea?
This "engagement" between American and Vietnamese naval forces led to increased American involvement in Vietnam
What is the Tonkin Gulf Incident?
This is the city in which JFK was shot and killed
What is Dallas?
What is pardoning Nixon?
This was the invasion of Normandy that was the beginning of the end of the Axis powers.
What is D-Day? also acceptable: What is Operation Overlord?
This was a massive effort to supply West Berlin by airplane when the Soviets shut down the land route into the city
What was the Berlin Airlift?
These were common features of combat in Vietnam
What are tunnels, ambushes, and booby traps?
This was the name given to LBJ's attempt to end poverty and inequality
What is the Great Society?
This country had a revolution that led to a hostage situation lasting more than a year
What is Iran?
He was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II
Who is Josef Stalin?
Winston Churchill famously said this separated East and West Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
These were the two primary enemies the US fought in Vietnam
This situation led to Soviet nuclear weapons being placed just over 90 miles from the US
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This President pardoned all the Vietnam era draft dodgers, including Bill Clinton
This was the US General who oversaw the signing of the peace treaty with Japan
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
What is a red scare?
This led to Americans being taken into the military without volunteering.
What is the draft?
This influential court case led to clarifications of the rights of the accused during LBJ's Presidency. The warnings are still used today
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
President Nixon was the first American president to visit this country
What is China?