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This caused the Great Depression

The Stock Market Crash

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The Japanese saw this action as "Stealing their money"

President Roosevelt froze Japanese assets.

100

It was important for Russia to defend this Capital city.

Moscow

100

Wall built by Khrushchev to stop communists from leaving East Berlin.

Berlin Wall

100
WWII was beneficial to the American economy because it ended this.

The Great Depression

200

British Policy to let Hitler take land

Appeasement

200

This outraged Americans and ultimately caused them to declare war against Japan.

The attack on Pearl Harbor

200

Important allied victory at Eastern Front that caused Germany to retreat

Battle of Stalingrad

200

Truman did this every day for a year.

Flew in supplies to West Berlin

200

Way for the US to finance the war besides war bonds.

Raising taxes

300

Alliance made with the intention to keep peace

League of Nations

300

Why does Germany declare war on the United States?

America declared war on Japan, an ally of Germany.

300

America did this to Alleviate pressure on Stalin from the Eastern Front

Occupied North Africa
300

Communists in East Berlin wanted to escape to West Berlin because of this.

West Berlin was Capitalist.

300

Promises of payment from the government.

Bonds

400

The belief that communism was an evil force that needed to be stopped from spreading

Containment

400

Japanese Cities Bombed by America

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

400

After this event, Germany continued to stubbornly fight Americans and refuse to give up.

Italian surrender

400

The result of China's Civil War which sparked uneasiness in America.

China was now Communist, meaning Communism was spreading.

400

War materials first, consumer goods second

Rationing

500

Alliance created with the intention to keep peace, except the countries running it were allowed to use force to stop a country if necessary.

United Nations

500

Operation launched against Germany in June of 1944.

D-Day

500

Strategy so that Germany could never fully recover for war.

Strategic Bombings

500

This action by the Soviet Union posed a threat to the power of postwar America.

The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb.

500

By the end of WW2, the encouragement for women to leave their homes and even serve in the military meant a lot to this.

The change in the traditional role of women

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