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The year the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred
What is 1962?
The baseball player that broke the color barrier
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The reason General MacArthur opposed Truman's policy of containment
What is he believed it to be a weak policy that encouraged Communist aggression?
The Great Lakes region was opened to ocean shipping through the completion of
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?
This influenced Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election
What is the televised debates portrayed Kennedy in a favorable manner?
The first American to orbit the earth
Who is John Glenn?
Martin Luther King, Jr called for this in his famous speech in 1963
What is an end to discrimination against Black Americans?
The country Germany invaded , beginning WWII
What is Poland?
Allowed the Allies to purchase American weapons and food during WWII
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
The prime minister of England during the Battle of Britain
Who is Winston Churchill?
Weakened the power of labor unions
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
The scientific effort which developed the the atomic bomb for the US
What is the Manhattan Project?
Provided veterans with low-interest loans for homes, farms, businesses, and education
What is the GI Bill?
The name given to the day on which General Douglas MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender
What is V-J Day?
Sent volunteers to improve the health and farming practices of underdeveloped areas of the world
What is the Peace Corps?
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Encouraged democracy and investment in Latin America
What is the Alliance for Progress?
The name that was given to the ideological war between the Soviet Union and the US after WWII
What is the Cold War?
During WWII, the Axis powers were the countries of Germany, Japan, and
What is Italy?
The organization formed to promote peace among the nations of the world after WWII
What is the United Nations?
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked this US naval base
What is Pearl Harbor?
Developed the polio vaccine
Who is Dr. Jonas Salk?
During WWII, vital information was relayed through an unwritten language by
Who is the Navajo Code Talkers?
Became the Communist dictator of Cube in 1959
Who is Fidel Castro?
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The president assassinated in 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The invasion that occurred on the shores of Normandy, France
What is D-Day?
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The murder of thousands of Jews by the Nazis during WWII
What is the Holocaust?
The policy that gave the president the power to use force, if necessary, against Communist aggression in the Middle East
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?