WWII
The US, USSR, GB
Who were the "Allied Powers?"
Provided food, medicine, fuel, clothing to this city when Stalin closed access by road
What was the Berlin Airlift
Refused to give up her seat on a bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was Rosa Parks
Long Island, NY location of mass produced, low cost, standardized housing for the growing middle class Americans.
What is Levittown
Term for guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
Who were the Viet Cong
Code name for the project to develop the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project
Policy based on the principle of stopping the spread of communism
What is containment
Prominent voice of the Civil Rights movement, leader of the SCLC
Who was Martin Luther King Jr
Congressional committee investigating the assassination of JFK. Determined the assassination was the result of a lone gunman.
What was the Warren Commission
Passed by Congress at the request of President Johnson, allowed American soldiers to defend themselves against the enemy in South Vietnam.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions
June 6, 1944
When was the D-Day landing in Normandy France
His unproven accusation of communist sympathies led to a period of hysteria and ruined many people's careers
Who was Joseph McCarthy
This Supreme Court decision called for integration of public schools
What was Brown v Board of Education
President who pardoned Nixon for any involvement the Watergate crisis and cover-up
Who was Gerald Ford
This technology brought the war into American living rooms and greatly added to the divide in our nation over the war.
What is television
This event pulled the US into the war
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Cold War turns "hot" in this military conflict involving the United States from 1950-1953
What was the Korean War
Integration of this school in Little Rock, Arkansas required the use of US Army soldiers
What was Central High School
Organization that sent young volunteers to impoverished areas for a two year term to help improve the standard of living, and discourage turning to communism.
What is the Peace Corps
The Tet Offensive demonstated political ramifications in the US when this happened
President Johnson's decision to not seek reelection
FDR's EO9066 led to this
What was the internment of Japanese Americans
Provided funding to Europe to rebuild after WWII and discourage those countries from turning to communism
What was the Marshall Plan
The Montgomery Bus Boycott used this kind of pressure to end segregation on public busses
What is economic pressure
As a result of this failed mission, the Soviet Union placed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1963.
What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was President Nixon's plan to gradually withdraw American soldiers from the conflict in Vietnam and bring "peace with honor."
What was Vietnamization