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Women 1960 to 1975
Cold War Policies Harry Truman
World War II Meetings
Cold War Policies Dwight Eisenhower
U.S.-Soviet Relations 1941 to 1949
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This land mark Supreme Court Case made it illegal for states to prevent all abortions.
What is Roe v. Wade 1973?
100
This assistance spent 400 million dollars to assist Greece and Turkey from fighting off communists insurgents.
What is The Truman Doctrine 1947?
100
This first meeting for this organization took place on April 25, 1945 with five nations holding veto powers in the General Assembly.
What is the United Nations?
100
This philosophy by Eisenhower basically stated that a greater emphasis would be used on air power and nuclear weapons to deal with the Soviet Union and communism.
What is Massive Retaliation?
100
The U.S.S.R. developed this weapon in 1949 which began the arms race with the United States.
What is the atomic bomb?
200
This act forced educational institutions to provide equal opportunities in education and sports to women.
What is Title IX?
200
This formation of a mutual defense agreement between several Europeans countries and the Untied States was formed in 1949.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
200
This agreement between Britain and the United States agreed to protect all nations rights to self-determination.
What is Atlantic Charter of 1941?
200
This agreement between some Asian countries and the United States was formed in 1954 to fight off communism.
What is the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
200
In 1942, President Roosevelt promised to do this which was unrealistic and didn't happen until 1944.
What is a second front?
300
This book written by Betty Friedan, expose the fact that housewives were not happy being homemakers and wished to get out of the house.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
300
This economic aid package of 13 billion dollars was given to European countries to rebuild, but not the Soviet Union or any Soviet satellite states.
What is the Marshall Plan of 1947?
300
Roosevelt agreed to open a second front in Europe within six months of this meeting and Stalin agreed to enter the war with Japan after the war in Europe was over.
What is Teheran Conference?
300
This communist satellite states revolution received no aid from the United States as the Soviet Union rolled in with military power to suppress the revolution.
What is the Hungarian Revolt of 1956?
300
The Soviet blockade of the city of Berlin led to this United States response.
What is the Berlin Airlift of 1948 and 1949?
400
This act was intended to bridge the pay gap between males and females.
What is the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
400
This reshaped the nation's major military and diplomatic institutions, with a Department of Defense and A National Security Council, which would operate out of the White House and would govern foreign and military policy.
What is National Securities Act of 1947?
400
At this conference the Polish issue was left in dispute, but Roosevelt did agree to the Soviet's reclaiming some territory lost in the 1902 Russo-Japanese War.
What is Yalta Conference?
400
This act was passed to assist schools in math, science, and foreign languages to keep American children ahead of communist children in those disciplines.
What is The National Defense Education Act of 1958?
400
Before the end of World War II, the United States cut this economic aid package to the Soviet Union creating a greater degree of mistrust.
What is Lend Lease?
500
This court case implied that barring the use of contraceptives was a violation of the right to privacy.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut 1965?
500
Also known as the National Security Council report, it was issued in 1950 and it outlined a shift in the American position. It called for a military build-up in order to combat communism.
What is NSC-68?
500
Germany was divided up into four zones at this conference and the border between Poland and Germany was readjusted.
What is Potsdam Conference?
500
This incident embarrassed Eisenhower when dealing with the Soviet Union in 1960.
What is the U-2 spy plane incident (Gary Powers Pilot)?
500
This view by communism automatically puts it in conflict with the Atlantic Charter in 1941.
What is world revolution?