WWII Leaders and Battles
WWII:Impact on the US
Origins of the Cold War
The Cold War in Europe and Asia
The 1950's in the US
Civil Rights and the Red Scare
100
Leader of the USSR during WWII
Who is Joseph Stalin
100
How did the US change socially during WWII?
What is more women and African-Americans were employed in defense industries.
100
How many Russians were killed in WW II?
What is 27 million
100
Why did Truman decide to implement the Berlin Airlift?
What is Stalin's blockade of Berlin could have escalated into WWIII.
100
Define McCarthyism
What is the term referring to accusing people of disloyalty without producing evidence.
200
Two fascist leaders in Europe during WWII
Who are Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini
200
When US citizens were issued coupons for scarce items that needed to be used during WWII.
What is rationing
200
What is considered the first declaration of Cold War?
What is Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech.
200
What was the Marshall Plan?
What is the US giving 13 billion in aid to Western European nations to promote capitalism and democracy.
200
Define a black list
What is a list of people who were not allowed to work in Hollywood during McCarthyism.
300
The name of the systematic destruction of a group of people.
What is genocide
300
Secret US project to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project
300
What is considered the second declaration of Cold War?
What is Stalin's response to the Iron Curtain Speech.
300
Define a proxy war
What is a war that has other nations fighting to avoid a possible escalation to MAD.
300
What was the Double V campaign?
What is a group of veterans who fought for civil rights after WWII.
400
The battle that convinced the US that an invasion of japan would be too costly.
What is Okinawa
400
The formal declaration of alliance between the US and the British.
What is the Atlantic Charter
400
What is the US foreign policy throughout the Cold War?
What is containment.
400
Who becomes the communist leader of the People's republic of China in 1949?
Who is Mao Zedong
400
What event brought Martin Luther King into the leadership of the Civil Rights Movement?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
500
The last German offensive in the European theater. The US suffers 19,000 deaths.
What is the Battle of the Bulge
500
What was the impact of WWII on Japanese-Americans?
What is they were placed in internment camps losing their homes and businesses.
500
What was the US #1 in terms of military? What was the USSR #1 in terms of military?
What is US=#1 air force USSR= #1 land force
500
Who wanted a limited war in Korea and who wanted a regional war?
Limited war= Truman regional war= MacArthur
500
Why was the integration of Central High School a standoff between state and federal governments?
What is the fact that Gov. Faubus refused to integrate Central High while President Eisenhower sent in the US Army to insure the integration of the school.
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