CATEGORY 1
What island did American forces capture as final preparation for the invasion of Japan?
Okinawa
The United Nations intervened against the Communists in Korea by
acting when the Soviets were temporarily absent from the UN
What rationale was primarily responsible for America's aid to South Vietnam?
domino theory
What term was coined the describe accusations based on lies, distortion, and innuendo?
McCarthyism
Before becoming president, Johnson served as
Senate majority leader
Who was the famous German "Desert Fox"?
Erwin Rommel
The objective of the Taft-Hartley Act was to
weaken unions
Postwar America was marked by
an increasing involvement in foreign affairs
What was the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
outlawing literacy tests for voters
The main "rallying point" of the disaffected youth in the 1960s and early 1970s was
the antiwar movement
What country was forced to give Germany some of its territory as a result of the Munich Conference?
Czechoslovakia
The Truman Doctrine was developed when the Soviets attempted to gain control of Greece and
Turkey
What is a "right-to-work" law?
a ban of the union shop
For what crime was William Calley court-martialed?
massacring Vietnamese civilians
What happened at Selma, Alabama, that encouraged the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
deaths of three white civil rights activists
Which American politician was involved in the congressional investigation of Alger Hiss?
Richard Nixon
"Frozen Chosin" was a
brave fight near a reservoir where American soldiers were attacked by the Chinese
Which modern president was the first to give considerable attention to civil rights for African Americans?
Harry Truman
A factor in Barry Goldwater's landslide defeat was his
strong prowar language
George Wallace was the governor of
Alabama
What event caused Stalin to blockade West Berlin in 1949?
Allied attempts to unify West Germany
What event prompted MacArthur to say of the Korean War, "We face an entirely new war"?
China's intervention
Where was the most dramatic standoff over the desegregation of public schools?
Little Rock, Arkansas
Where did the worst urban riot during the 1960s occur?
Detroit
What was the main reason for the Arab oil embargo on the United States in 1973?
American support of Israel in war