World War II
Severe economic issues after WWII led to the rise of totalitarian governments in this country
Germany
Italy
This alliance was created in response to N.A.T.O
The Warsaw Pact
This civil rights leader advocated for the use of Civil Disobedience and nonviolent methods of resistance
Martin Luther King Jr
This organization was created after World War II to prevent future conflicts and promote peace
The United Nations
This popular form of entertainment reinforced consumerism and conformity in Americans throughout the 50s
T.V
Turman approved the use of the atomic weapon on this city in order to save American lives
Hiroshima
The policy that stated communism should not expand further than where it already exists
Containment
This Civil Rights leader advocated for equality "by any means necessary"
Malcom X
Pushing another country close to war in hopes they will back down
Brinkmanship
The U.S Strategy of capturing islands in the Pacific to reach Japan for a land invasion
Island Hopping
What event was FDR referring to when he called December 7th, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy"
This policy provided aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII
The Marshall Plan
This ended Jim Crow laws
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This provided veterans with low interest loans, reduced education costs, and unemployment benefits
GI Bill
This policy provided aid to Greece and Turkey
The Truman Doctrine
An increase in employment and wartime industries pulled the United States out of this major conflict
The Great Depression
This country fell to communism in 1949. The United states feared other nations would then fall to communism.
China
This campaign in Mississippi helped register African Americans to vote and increased voter participation
Freedom Summer
The Great Society
This Great Society program provides medical care to disadvantaged Americans
Medicaid
A segregated group of highly successful fighter pilots that sered in World War II
The Tuskegee Airmen
To end the Cuban Missile Crisis, missiles were removed from these two countries
Turkey and Cuba
The ruling of Brown V. Board overturned this court case
Plessy v. Ferguson
This U.S. senator led a "witch hunt" in search of communists during the 1950s
Joseph McCarthy
This minority group created an unbreakable code that was successful during the war in the Pacific
Navajo code talkers
or Native Americans