Holocaust
Hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews.
What is antisemitism?
Country that was considered the Second World after World War II
What is the Soviet Union?
It began with the launch of the first satellite and culminated with a joint mission between the two superpowers.
What is the Space Race?
The Cuban Missile Crises and the Bay of Pigs were disasters for this president.
Kennedy
Conflict between the Allies and the Axis
What is World War II?
True or false. Antisemitism was only found in Europe.
False
A major proxy war waged between 1950 to 1953, which ended in stalemate.
What is the Korean War?
First man in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
She married JFK
Jackie Kennedy
***DAILY DOUBLE**** Became the 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945
Who is Harry S Truman?
True or False. Jews were the only ones killed in the Holocaust
False
This was a promise that the United States would do whatever was necessary both economically and militarily to contain the spread of communism around the world.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
It was the American's goal in order to win the Space Race
What is to land a man on the moon?
Member of a countercultural movement that rejected the mores of mainstream American life. Their name derives from "Hip"
Hippies
This country expanded north into China to get more natural resources.
Japan
****DAILY DOUBLE**** He was known as the "Angel of Death" at Auschwitz
Josef Mengele
In 1948 the Soviet Union blocked the western allies’ railway, road and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. This started the _____.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This Apollo 11 astronaut studied at our school
Who is Michael Collins?
Became president of the United States when Kennedy was assassinated.
LBJ or Johnson
Last James Bond
Daniel Craig
Under the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, anyone with three or four Jewish grandparents was considered a_____
Jew
Its primary intention was to prevent East German citizens from fleeing to the West.
What is the Berlin Wall?
First woman in space
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
"I Have a Dream"
MLK jr
Died on April 12, 1945
FDR