WW2 Part 1
What is a dictator?
Leader with absolute power
How did children get involved in the war effort?
collecting scraps, knitting, eliminating waste
When did the Cold War officially begin?
1945 or 1947
What did the GI Bill do?
Provided aid to veterans
What is the process of separating groups of people?
segregation
What does blitzkrieg mean?
lightning war
What car company built thousands of bombers during WW2?
Ford
What was the Iron Curtain?
The divide between democratic and communist nations in Europe.
What is it called when neighborhoods were graded on loan lending risk?
Redlining
Who is the "Mother of the modern Civil Rights Movement"?
Rosa Parks
What was the Political ideology of Hitler?
Fascist
What was the nickname of the Tuskegee Airmen?
Red tails
Who made accusations about communist being in the U.S. government and Hollywood?
Joseph McCarthy
How many babies were born per year during the baby boom?
4 million
What is a lynching?
The killing of someone without a trial
What country lost the most men in WW2?
Soviet Union
What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
Develop an atomic weapon
Who was the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
What is the emphasis by society on purchasing goods and services?
consumerism
Who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who did Hitler target on the Night of the Long Knives?
Political Rivals
In what battle did the U.S. sink four Japanese carriers?
Who was the Soviet Union's last leader?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who designed the first suburb in the U.S.?
William Levitt
When was KKK membership the highest?
1920s.