Unit 5 (WWII)
Unit 6 (Early Cold War)
Unit 7 (Civil Rights/JFK)
Unit 8 (Vietnam & the 70s)
Unit 9 (Modern America)
100
Name given to Germany's "lightning war".
What is BLITZKRIEG
100
Fear of communists, both outside and within the United States.
What is THE RED SCARE
100
Elected President in 1960.
Who is JOHN F. KENNEDY
100
Guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in Vietnam.
Who was the VIETCONG
100
An Afghanistan Islamic fundamentalist government.
What is the TALIBAN
200
Strategy used for capturing strategic Pacific locations.
What is ISLAND HOPPING
200
A weaker country under the control of a stronger country.
What is A SATELLITE STATE
200
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow who?
Who is FIDEL CASTRO.
200
The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
What is THE DOMINO THEORY
200
Republican who opposed President Clinton & helped create the "Contract with America."
Who is NEWT GINGRICH.
300
U.S. organization designed to aid Eastern European Jews
What is THE WAR REFUGE BOARD
300
Julius and Ethel __________ were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets.
What is ROSENBERG
300
Which civil rights organization won a number of important court cases against segregation in the 1950s?
What is THE NAACP
300
The ____ Offensive damaged American morale because it demonstrated that the communists had not lost the will or ability to fight.
What is TET.
300
An agreement designed to reduce tariffs and promote free trade with many countries around the world.
What is GATT
400
Germany’s peaceful union with Austria was known as the
What is the ANSCHLUSS
400
U.S. policy to use force to help countries in the Middle East fend off communism.
What is THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE
400
He helped NAACP win desegregation case against “Ole Miss”.
Who is JAMES MEREDITH
400
A classified government history of American involvement in Vietnam
What is the PENTAGON PAPERS
400
Dictator who invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Who is SADDAM HUSSEIN
500
General who staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who is HIDEKI TOJO
500
Where did Senator McCarthy first announce that the State Department was infested with communists?
What is at a campaign rally
500
Case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What is BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION
500
A Vietnamese village attacked by American troops.
What is MY LAI
500
The first leader elected in free elections in his country.
Who is NELSON MANDELA
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