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Korean War
Red Scare
The Homefront
War in the Pacific
Miscellaneous
100
1950-1953
When was the Korean War?
100
atomic bomb
What the Russians gained after WWII.
100
propaganda
What was the information called that the Office of War Information communicated?
100
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
What is name of the Gen. who left the Philippines and vowed to return?
100
war bonds
What you could buy from the government as an investment to raise money for the war.
200
China
Who supported the N. Koreans?
200
Joseph Stalin
Who is the leader of the Soviet Union
200
internment camps
Where were the Japanese placed during WWII?
200
Bataan Death March
What is the famous march where thousands of U.S. Soldiers died from hunger and fatigue in the Philippines?
200
red scare
What was the scare of communism called?
300
38th parallel
Where did the fighting stop?
300
containment
What was the policy that the U.S. used to contain communism?
300
rationing
What is it called when you limit the amount of a product that is used?
300
Iwo Jima
Where was the famous photo of Marines raising a flag taken?
300
victory gardens
What was planted to save food for U.S. troops overseas?
400
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Who was the General who led the U.S.?
400
China and N. Korea
What other countries became communist?
400
income taxes
What all Americans had to pay because the government needed help paying for the war effort.
400
Battle of Midway
What was the major battle where the Japanese lost a significant amount of ships and turned the tide for the U.S. in the war?
400
Joseph McCarthy
What is the name of the Senator that tried to root out communism in the U.S. during WWII?
500
armistice
What is it called when you are considered to still be at war but the fighting has stopped?
500
Iron Curtain
What was the line of communist countries that the Russians made in hopes to protect Russia?
500
War Production Board
What was the organization that made sure the military got the products and resources it needed for the war?
500
island hopping
What was the U.S. method of getting closer to Japan called?
500
MacCarthyism
What is it called when there are baseless charges against people and it causes fear?...was related to the communist fear.