Constitutional Issues
In this court case Americans learned that during times of war you are not free to say anything that "presents a clear and present danger" to the country's interests.
What is Schenck v. United States
American policy created by George Kennan and adopted by President Truman in the 1950s.
What is containment
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy."
Who is Franklin Roosevelt in response to the attack at Pearl Harbor.
The irrational belief that Communists had infiltrated the US government and needed to be wiped out.
What is McCarthyism
The Axis Powers and the Allied Powers
What is World War II
In this court case Americans learned that ethnic groups could be discriminated against if the government deemed them a threat to national security.
What is Korematsu v. United States
Foreign policy adopted by Great Britain and the US in the 1930s. This policy encourages nations to give in to an aggressor to avoid war.
What is appeasement.
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
Who is Winston Churchill at the beginning of the Cold War.
The government system created by Benito Mussolini in the 1930s.
What is fascism
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What is World War I
In this period American citizens were brought before Congress and forced to denounce other Americans who were thought to be Communist sympathizers.
What was the McCarthy Era
"The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty."
Who is Woodrow Wilson to Congress asking for a declaration of war in 1918.
A government system with a single strong man leader, a secret military policy and government control of the media. This system can take many forms.
What is totalitarianism
The Berlin Blockade
What is the Cold War
This Amendment restricted an American citizens right to purchase and consume alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment.
Foreign policy decision made against Japan in the 1930s in response to the invasion of China.
What is the embargo.
"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world."
Who is Calvin Coolidge during the prosperity of the 1920s.
The conflicting foreign policy isms that divided Americans during the 1930s. Roosevelt belongs to one group and Lindbergh belong to the other.
What are interventionism and isolationism
Poetry like Dulce et Decorum Est.
What is World War I
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
Economic foreign policy imposed during the 1920s that slowed trade and contributed to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
What are tariffs.
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time...Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."
Who is Neville Chamberlain after the Munich Agreement.
The belief that America must be protected for those who were born here.
What is nativism
What is World War II