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Where did President Truman ban discrimination?

the military

100

Where did the D-Day invasion take place?

Normandy, France

100

Hitler's plan to eliminate all Jews (& others) 

the Holocaust

100

Where did the Allies meet to finalize the details of post WW2 Europe

Potsdam

200

Explain the Cuban Missile Crisis

the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba-the U.S. put a quarantine/blockade in place-eventual agreement for removal....

200

Name of the first Soviet satellite

Sputnik

200

Federal program aimed at providing free health care to the poor

medicaid

200

Competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was called

the Cold War

300

What did the Freedom Riders do?

rode buses through the south promoting desegregation laws

300

President Johnson's vision for America was called 

the Great Society

300

What does Title 9 outlaw?

sexual discrimination in public schools

300

The most catastrophic attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor 

attacks on 9/11

400

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

proposed a steady buildup of nuclear warheads in strategic locations around the country.

400
What international crisis caused Carter's approval rating to slide toward the end of his term?

Iran Hostage Crisis

400

Explain the Domino Theory

if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will fall to communism

400

Nixon & Kissinger's plan for de-escalation in Vietnam

Vietnamization

500

Describe how the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany

reparations, war guilt clause, demilitarization, giving up territories outside of their borders

500

Explain the Non-Aggression Pact

treaty between Poland and Germany-they agreed to split Poland----and not attack each other

500

What was the Marshall Plan

a plan to economically help European countries rebuild after the war

500

What did the War Powers Act do?

limited the President's power to engage in military action to 60 days without congressional approval