World War II
What was the cause of US entry into World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
What is the policy of Containment?
Stopping the spread of Communism
What was planted inside the Democratic National Committee's headquarters by the five men who broke in on June 17th, 1972?
Listening devices
Why did the US become involved in Korea?
To prevent the spread of communism (Containment)
What year did the USSR test their first atomic bomb?
1949
How did the switch to making war supplies for US allies affect the US economy?
The high unemployment rate from the Great Depression decreased.
What is the name of the US Senator who held investigations and hearings in an effort to expose supposed Communist infiltration of various areas of the US government?
Joseph McCarthy
Watergate is an example of which key Constitutional principle?
Checks and balances
At what college did the National Guard kill 4 protestors and wound 9 over the Vietnam War?
Kent State
What is Cash and Carry?
Allowed the President to allow nations at war to acquire any items except arms so long as they paid for the items and carried them on non-Americans ships ("cash-and-carry" clause).
What was the purpose of FDR's "arsenal of democracy" speech?
Provide the allies with war materials
What happened to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg during the Red Scare?
The Rosenbergs were the first US citizens to be convicted and executed (by electric chair in 1953) for espionage during peacetime.
Who became the President AFTER Nixon resigned following the Watergate affair?
Gerald Ford
What is Detente?
The deliberate reduction of Cold War tensions.
What was the name of the first man-made satellite sent into space?
Sputnik
What decision was made by the Supreme Court in Korematsu v. US?
The Court stated that the 14th amendment did not apply since the US was at war, and because Japanese Americans were viewed as a threat, the national security demanded such measures.
The Court ruled that national security was more important than the protection of individual rights when the country is at war.
Most anti-Vietnam protesters were who?
College students
What committee were the five men that broke into the DNC apart of?
Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP)
Which US President began the process of "Vietnamization?"
Richard Nixon
What is Glasnost?
The policy of more open government and wider dissemination of information in the USSR; created by Mikhail Gorbachev
What is Lend Lease?
Policy during WWII that stated the US could lend military supplies to any nation deemed as “vital to the defense of the US."
The Truman Doctrine provided economic and military aid to assist which two countries?
Turkey and Greece
Name the three impeached presidents from US History.
What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1962
Around how much did the Vietnam War cost for the United States?
$150 billion