WWII
The name for Germany, Italy, and Japan during the war.
Person who refused to give up a seat on the bus, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
If one country converts to communism, neighboring countries will follow and convert to communism as well.
What is the Domino Theory?
Incident that provided a pretext for American military involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Immigrants arriving in New York were processed at this location starting in 1892
What is Ellis Island
The "date that will live in infamy". AKA Pearl Harbor
What is December 7th, 1941?
The social protest of the public transit system in order to fight racial segregation.
What is the Montgomery bus boycott?
Confrontation between the US and USSR over ballistic missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A person who illegally avoids joining the armed forces.
Who are draft dodgers?
This U.S. president was known for his "Square Deal" and trust-busting policies.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
United States offensive on the European Theater. Storm the beaches of Normandy
What is D-Day?
Speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 'March on Washington'.
What is the 'I have a dream speech'?
Stopping the spread of Communism, but not eliminating it from already communist countries.
What is Containment?
Communits rebels in south Vitnam that were supplied by the Ho Chi Mihn Trail.
Who are the Viet Cong?
FDR’s radio addresses that reassured Americans were known as this.
Fireside Chats
A diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict
What is appeasement?
Supreme Court case that desegregated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Name of first USSR satellite put into space
What is the sputnik ?
A herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War known for its damaging environmental and health effects.
What is Agent Orange?
What are the reasons World War 1 began for the United States?
Sussex pledge
Lusitiania, Unrestricted sub warfare, Zimmerman telegram
Hitler's Last military attempt.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Phrase coined by Winston Churchill labeling the divide between East and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
An unusual form of military combat used during the Vietnam War that utilized raids, ambushes, sabotage and other irregular tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
What economic event led to the rise of dictators that started wold war 2?
The great depression