World War II
What was Executive Order 9066?
Interment of Japanese Americans
(1)
This brought the United States all the way out of the Great Depression?
World War II.
What was executive order 8802?
Banned racial discrimination in defense industries and government jobs during WWII. (6)
A peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development. Was the United States a member?
United Nations/Yes (8)
The division between North Korea and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel? (10)
The reason the United States joined World War II.
Attack on Pearl Harbor. (2)
What is the name of the woman on the poster above? What did she represent?
Rosie or Rosie the Rivetor. Wartime mobilization of women in defense industries/sacrifices needed by all Americans.
Name two medical advancements that helped increase life spans and lead to lower infant mortality rates?
Penicillin/Antibiotics/Vaccines/Surgical Practices
Why was NATO formed
to form an alliance of countries against the Soviet Union and communism.
Policy used by America to stop the influence of communism from spreading.
Containment (11)
What was President Truman's justification for dropping two atomic bombs on Japan?
Save American lives and bring an immediate end to the war. (3)
The conference where the Big Three agreed to temporarily divide Germany and to go to war against Japan.
Yalta Conference? (5)
The baby boom and the interstate highway system led to what?
Suburbs (7)
This program supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild following WWII.
Marshall Plan
These were attacks on people who were suspected of being communists in the early 1950s.
McCarthyism
Define the Lend Lease Act? What foreign policy did this action lead the United States into?
Providing military and financial aid to countries fighting the AXIS Powers. Moved from isolationism to interventionism.
This campaign was created to win a victory at home regarding equity for African Americans as well as abroad.
Double Victory Campaign or Double V.
List two ways the GI Bill could benefit veterans.
Educational assistance/home ownership/opening a business.
List two things the United States did in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik?
Creation of NASA/increased focus on math and science.
13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The Soviets placed missiles in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis (9)
Why were many Jewish refugees during WWII not allowed in the United States?
Immigration quotas set by earlier laws in the 1920s. (4)
This Supreme Court Case allowed the government to limit the civil rights of Japanese-American internment camps.
Korematsu vs the U.S.?
Describe how the Marshall Plan was used to stop the spread of Communism in Western Europe following WWII.
Providing reconstruction funds helping strengthen nations to fend off Communist threats.
This policy provided economic and military aid to FREE nations threatened by internal and external opponents.
Truman Doctrine
What was the primary cause of the Cold War?
Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism and the United States wanted to promote democracy. (12)