WWII (European Theater)
To show unwavering loyalty and support to one's nation
What is nationalism?
The head of the Manhattan Project
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
The forced military conscription of Americans during the Vietnam War is known as
What is "The Draft?"
The right to a speedy and public trial is enshrined in this amendment
What is the 6th amendment?
The fascist leader of Italy during WWII
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This event on December 7th, 1941 was referred to by FDR as "the date that will live in infamy." The US joined the war the next day.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated.
What is mutually assured destruction?
What is state and federal?
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to loan war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States." It helped a besieged and depleted Britain get new military equipment in exchange for leasing out land to the US for military bases.
What is the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
The forced relocation of these Americans, many of them US citizens, resulted from paranoia after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Anti-Asian racism, and fear they could be spies.
What are Japanese Internment Camps?
The President of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Legislation passed in the House this week to ban this app
What is TikTok?
Also known as Economic Recovery Act of 1948, this was a plan by the US to fund the rebuilding of European countries after the war
What is the Marshall Plan?
True or False: Scientists unanimously agreed that bombs should be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is false?
The Communist-led military branch of the National Liberation Front fighting against South Vietnam
Who were the Viet Cong?
The two chambers or parts that makeup Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
A series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youth over clothing
What are the Zoot Suit Riots?
Native Americans who created an unbreakable code based on their unwritten language, which was crucial to winning the war in the Pacifica.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
A committee in Congress created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
What is HUAC? Or the House Un-American Activities Committee
This politician is leading in the California primary for San Diego Mayor.
Who is Todd Gloria?