In 1940, in exchange for American destroyers, the British gave the United States _______
What is eight valuable naval bases in the Western hemisphere.
100
Executive Order 9066 targeted what group of people?
What were Japanese-Americans
100
When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain, and France access to _____ in 1948, President Truman responded by responding with a massive airlift.
What is BERLIN
100
President Harry Truman relieved General _____ from command of United Nations troops in Korea when his open insubordination and criticism of Truman's orders on military policy in Korea prompted his firing by the president.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
100
Many Americans moved to the _______ after WWII.
What is SUBURBS
200
Arrange the following events in chronological order:
(A) fall of France,
(B) Atlantic Conference, and
(C) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.
What is A, C, B
200
The first naval battle in history in which all the fighting was done by carrier-based aircraft was the Battle of
What is Coral Sea
200
Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of
What is CONTAINMENT
200
Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on spending on __________
What is the military
200
Many Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring the return of _______
What is THE GREAT DEPRESSION
300
The nation that, when invaded in 1939, touched off the formal onset of World War II.
What is POLAND
300
Until spring 1943, perhaps Hitler's greatest opportunities of defeating Britain and winning the war was defeating the Allies with what weapon?
What is the U-Boat (Submarine)
300
The tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle of __________
What is Midway
300
The majority of the new jobs created in the postwar era went to
What is WOMEN
300
The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in
What is Greece and Turkey.
400
Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in what part of the world?
What is LATIN AMERICA
400
The cross-channel invasion of Normandy to open a second front in Europe was commanded by General
Who is Dwight Eisenhower.
400
Under the ____ Doctrine, the United States pledged to support those who were resisting subjugation by communists.
What is Truman
400
U.S. President #32 & his political party.
Who is FDR/DEMOCRAT
400
U.S. President #33 & his political party
Who is HARRY TRUMAN/DEMOCRAT
500
Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____, Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.
What is Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain
500
Hitler's advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ____, after which his fortunes gradually declined.
What is STALINGRAD
500
The _____ Act delivered a major blow to labor by outlawing closed (all-union) shops.
What is Taft-Hartley
500
US President #34 & his political party.
Who is EISENHOWER/REPUBLICAN
500
Republican nominee for the 1948 Presidential election.