WWII
Cold War
WWI
1960's ERA presidents
Civil Rights
100

This was a response to WWII Pacific Theater to have more food for troops and civilians

What is rationing?

100

"The policy of the U.S. to support free people who are resisting conquest by armed minorities or by outside pressures"

What is the Truman Doctrine?

100

Newspapers exaggerated details that contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish American War.

What is yellow journalism?

100

Nixon authorizes break-in and wiretapping of Democratic headquarters in Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.

 What is the Watergate Scandal?

100

 Methods used by the SNCC in sit-ins, freedom rides, and the March on Washington

What is resistance through civil disobedience?

200

Systematic elimination of European Jews

What is the Holocaust?

200

The view held by the U.S. during the cold war that if one country  fell to communism, its neighbors would be threatened with a chain reaction of communist takeovers.

What is Domino theory?

200

Proposed as part of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Plan to provide peace in Europe and resolve international disputes.

What is the League of Nations?

200

Standoff between U.S. and USSR after soviets placed missiles in Cuba pointed at the U.S.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

200

A leading voice during the Civil Rights Movement

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?

300

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill meet to discuss the future progress of the war and the post war regarding what type of governments should be created in Eastern Europe.

What is the Yalta Conference?

300

 The "Second Red Scare" that led to the  persecution of innocent people

 What is McCarthyism?

300

These are some of the  decisive weapons used during WWI: Machine guns, Grenades, Poison gas, and Submarines

What is new technology?

300

Legislation Passed to end poverty, abolish inequality, Medicaid, and Headstart

What is the "Great Society" programs?

300

it created momentum for the Civil Rights Act and inspired Americans to fight for equal rights regardless of race

What is the March on Washington?

400

Florida issued this order to protect coastal settlements from German Submarine attacks

What is blackouts?

400

This was a result of the Korean War

What is the DMZ at the 37th parallel?

400

Government persuaded people to help fund military efforts for WWI

What is war bonds?

400

Broaden President Lyndon B. Johnson military powers in Vietnam.

What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

400

A volunteer campaign in the United States to register as many African American voters as possible

What is Freedom Summer ?

500

What was the U.S. government's reaction to this statement, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

What is the passage of the Lend-Lease Act?

500

 A military alliance between 29 different countries in Europe and North America.Initially created in 1949 to prevent the expansion of Soviet influence in Europe.

What is NATO?

500

Although eligible to serve, these soldiers were assigned to labor intensive jobs

Who were African American soldiers?

500

Bans discrimination in education,employment, and public places

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

500

It outlawed segregation in public schools.

What is Brown vs. Board of Education?