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WW2 2
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Cold War
Contemporary
100
The Americans fought the Japanese at Midway, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa in this theater of war
What is the Pacific Theater
100
The Allies fought the Axis powers at Stalingrad, Normandy, and in the Ardennes in the theater of war.
What is the European Theater
100
This court cases legally ended segregation in public schools and overturned Plessy v Ferguson
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
This term refers was invented during the Second Red Scare and refers to baseless accusations or a witch hunt
What is McCarthyism
100
This trade agreement increased the overall economy of North America at the expense of the Mexican working class
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
200
The United States bombed these two Japanese cities at the end of WWII
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200
Aka Operation Overlord this was the amphibious assault of the French coast that turned the tide of war in the Allies' favor
What is D Day
200
Taking place when the stock market crashed in Oct 1929, many call this day the beginning of the Great Depression
What is Black Tuesday
200
For 13 days in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of war, until a embargo promoted the removal of Soviet missiles during this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
200
This meeting coordinated during the Carter administration resulted in peace agreements between Israel and Egypt
What are the Camp David Accords
300
He was the president of the United States who ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan
Who is Harry Truman
300
These were the two superpowers who emerged after WWII
Who are the United States and the Soviet Union
300
This was John F Kennedy's program to fix inequality
What is the New Frontier
300
The Korean War ended with a partition at this parallel
What is the 38th
300
This controversy involved break ins at the Democratic National Committee's and ended with the president and vp resigning
What is the Watergate Scandal
400
This organization was created after WWII to replace the ineffective League of Nations
What is the United Nations
400
This piece of legislation improved loan opportunities for housing and education for veterans as well as employment benefits
What is the GI Bill
400
This was Lyndon Johnson's program to fix inequality
What is the Great Society
400
This refers to the process by which the United States shifted combat responsibilities to the South Vietnamese army.
What is Vietnamization
400
This election ended with a controversy over absentee ballots in Florida and resulted in the man winning the popular vote losing the election
What is the 2000 election
500
These are reasons someone would support using atomic bombs to end WWII
What are a swift end to the war, a international display of might, a warning at Potsdam, and fewer total estimated casualties
500
This US naval strategy was used in the Pacific to set up bases on strategic islands on the way to Japan
What is Island Hopping
500
These were Franklin Roosevelt't three R's
What are relief, recovery, reform
500
Taking form in the Truman Doctrine, this was the US policy toward communism following WWII
What is containment
500
This terrorist group was responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York on September 11, 2001.
What is Al Qaeda
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