WWII in Europe
WWII in Pacific
WWII on the Homefront
Cold War
The 1950s
100
What was the policy adopted by the League of Nations that gave into hitler to avoid War?
Appeasement
100
What event got the US involved in WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
100
Women that took male dominated Jobs in the Factories were called this?
Rosie the Riveter
100
What was the divide between communist Eastern Europe and Free Western Europe
Iron Curtin
100
The returning soldiers from WWII increased the birth rate leading to this?
Baby Boom
200
What was the invasion of German Occupied France?
D-Day
200
What was a reason for the Japanese to attack America at Pearl harbor (3 possible Answers, only need 1)
Embargo on Oil & Iron, fear US Naval Power, or Disliked Western influence in Asia.
200
American were asked to do this with their food, fuel and supplies
Ration
200
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the spread of Communism
200
What started the Korean War
North Korea invading South Korea
300
What was the Date of the D-Day Invasion
June 6th 1944
300
What was the strategy used by the Americans to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific
Island Hopping
300
The Selective Services Act called for the 1st peacetime on of these?
Draft
300
The dropping of the Atomic Bomb cause the US and USSR to enter this costly competition
Arms Race
300
These new cities along Highways that boasted better schools and inexpensive housing were called this?
Suburbs
400
After WWII this country was created for the Displaced Jews of Europe
Israel
400
After the attack at Pearl Harbor President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare this.
War
400
What was the name of Program that allowed Mexican manual laborer into America to work.
Braceros Program
400
The launch of Sputnik by the USSR led to the creation of this agency?
NASA
400
What type of Music was created in the 1950s made popular by musicians such as Elvis Presley?
Rock and Roll
500
Name the two Generals in command in the European Theater
Dwight Eisenhower & George Patton
500
Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and not a more populated city like Tokyo?
It was a Military Target and have fewer civilians
500
Executive Order 9066 Interned these people because of fear of spying and helping the enemy
Japanese-Americans
500
In response to NATO what military alliance did the communist countries create?
Warsaw Pact
500
The 38th Parallel in Korea caused the Korean War and showed how the US and USSR disagreed on who should control Korea at the end of this War
World War II
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