Battles
How was Great Britain able to win the Battle of Britain?
Use of Radar
Who received little compensation for resources mined on reservation lands?
Native Americans
Following the entry of France and Great Britain into the war, what Act required men to register for a military draft?
Selective Training and Service Act
boundary that divided democratic Western Europe & communist Eastern Europe
Iron Curtian
idea that if one country falls to Communism, neighboring countries will as well
Domino Theory
This battle was considered a turning point in WWII
Stalingrad
Members of which minority group were forcibly removed from the West Coast to internment camps?
Japanese Americans
What helped supply Great Britain and the Soviet Union with weapons and materials?
The Lend-Lease Act
agency established by the National Security Act that gathered intelligence and performed covert operations in other countries
CIA
Who became the first person in space
Yuri Gagarin
How did Germany attempt to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union?
The use of U-boats aimed to sink merchant ships carrying vital supplies
How did Dr. Jonas Salk affect life in the 1950s?
Developed the Polio Vaccine
Why did the United States enter WWII?
Pearl Harbor
Soviet military alliance created in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Who became the first person on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Leader of Great Britain/United Kingdom
Winston Churchill
What was the term for the movement of non-minorities to newly built suburbs post-WWII?
White Flight
What started the Korean War?
North Korea Invaded South Korean
What started as a result of the launching of Sputnik?
Space Race
In the 1950s, which country launched the first artificial satellite into space?
Soviet Union/USSR