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These acts were passed to indicate that the US would not take any side when WW II began.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
100
These three countries made up the Axis powers.
What are Italy, Germany, and Japan.
100
This program gave US support to rebuild European economies.
What is the Marshall Plan?
100
Returning WW II Veterans received support with their education and housing through this bill.
What is the GI Bill?
100
This was a major spike in births that occurred at the end of WW II.
What is the baby boom?
200
This woman became a symbol for women entering the workforce during WW II
What is Rosie the Riveter?
200
The D Day attack led to the liberation of this country.
What is France?
200
This policy focused on preventing the spread of Communism.
What is containment?
200
This man sought out Communists in the government, entertainment industry and other areas.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
This 1956 law provided funding for over 41,000 miles of road.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
300
Mexicans and Mexican Americans were attacked by US Sailors during this 1943 event.
What are the Zoot Suit Riots?
300
The atomic bomb was dropped on these two cities, ending WW II
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
300
North and South Korea were divided along this line.
What is the 38th Parallel?
300
This group included Jack Kerouac and Alan Ginsberg and rejected the conformist ideas of the 1950s.
Who are the Beats/Beatniks?
300
This was the most popular television series of the 1950s.
What is "I Love Lucy"?
400
This law led to the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans across the US.
What is Executive Order 9066?
400
This General and future president led the D Day invasion.
Who is Dwight D Eisenhower? (IKE)
400
This man led the US and United Nations forces during the Korean War
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
400
This town was the idealized suburb. There, they could build a house in only one day.
What is Levittown?
500
List three major items that were rationed during WW II
Choices can include- sugar, butter, meat, gasoline, and pantyhose.
500
The strategy the Allies used in their fight in the Pacific was called this.
What is Island Hopping?
500
This organization was formed in the Soviet Sphere as a counter to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
This strategy was used by manufacturers to intentionally make products obsolete so people would have to buy new ones.
What is planned obsolence?
500
This man revolutionized parenting and encouraged parents to trust their instincts.
Who is Dr. Spock?