America in WWII
This U.S. policy tried to keep America out of foreign wars before WWII.
What is Isolationism?
During WWII American citizens were taken from their homes and placed in camps because they were considered a potential threat to America.
What is Japanese-American Internment?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This mass movement of families from the city to these neighborhoods outside cities was called "White Flight." These neighborhoods were called what?
What are suburbs?
Laws separating people by race were called this.
What is segregation?
This movement was influenced by the Civil rights movement in defense of greater equality and opportunities for women.
What is Women’s Liberation?
The government sold these to citizens to help pay for WWII.
What are war bonds?
During WWII there was a rise in groups fighting for their civil liberties. What are civil liberties?
What are rights and freedoms protected by the Constitution.
Winston Churchill used this phrase to describe the division between communist and democratic Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Stores creating parking lots and the establishment of the interstate are all examples of what?
What is care culture?
This movement fought for equal rights for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The U.S. became heavily involved in this Southeast Asian conflict during the 1960s in order to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Vietnam War?
The U.S. government limited goods like sugar, gas, and meat during WWII through this system.
What is rationing?
Many people argued internment camps violated these constitutional freedoms.
What are civil liberties?
This military alliance included the U.S., Canada, and Western European nations.
What is NATO?
This senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists without strong evidence.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
Peaceful protests where people sat at segregated lunch counters were called these.
What are sit-ins?
Young people who rejected traditional culture in the 1960s were often called these.
Who were hippies?
These economic penalties were used to punish countries without going to war.
What are sanctions?
Native American soldiers who used their language to send secret military messages that Germany and Japan were unable to decipher.
Who were the Code Talkers?
This Cold War idea meant both sides had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)?
What was the primary goal of most Americans in the 1950s because of the Red Scare?
To fit in and represent American ideals.
This leader encouraged Black pride and argued for African Americans to defend themselves against violence.
Who was Malcolm X?
The antiwar youth movement of the 1960s became known as this.
What is counterculture?
What resources were sanctioned by the US against Japan in order to prevent them from establishing an empire in the pacific ocean?
Oil
The Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 is better known by this name.
What is D-Day?
Fear of communism spreading in America during the 1950s was called this.
What is the Red Scare?
Television, cars, and household appliances increased because of this postwar trend.
What is consumerism?
This leader focused on pacifist protest encouraging others to protest with sit-ins and boycotts.
Many Americans protested this war because they believed the U.S. should not be involved.
What is the Vietnam War?