WWII
What is the event that forces the US to join WWII?
Pearl Harbor
The Cold War is the United States fighting against...
Communism
Who controls West Germany in the Cold War?
USA
What was the goal of the Concentration Camps?
Total extermination of Jews
Who is the father of the atomic bomb?
Oppenheimer
What are the 2 powers during WWII?
Allied and Axis
What does the Truman Doctrine state?
The US will fight against the spread of Communism around the World
Who controls the East during the Cold War?
What is the largest Concentration Camp?
Auschwitz
What was the code name for the project to build the atomic bomb?
Manhatten Project
Which countries were represented at the Potsdam Conference?
USA, Britain, Russia
What does the Marshall Plan do?
Sends money to 16 European countries
USA, Russia, Britain, France
What is the longest running Concentration camp?
Dachau
What two cities did we drop A Bombs on?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
What do we call the treaties that ended WWII?
Paris Peace Treaties
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
USA pulls missiles out of Turkey, Soviets pull nukes out of Cuba
Name of the wall that separates Germany? Extra points if you can name the nickname
Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain
Describe Liberation
Giving someone/something freedom
What were 2 things that most countries had to do after WWII?
Pay $$$$, give back land
Why couldn't the Potsdam Conference be held in Berlin?
It was destroyed
What is the name of the dictator who controlled Cuba during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
Why do the Allies decide to NOT leave Germany after WWII?
Don't want to repeat again
What was the name of the train that sat in front of Dachau for days before liberation?
Death Train
What was the name of the first atomic bomb test?
Trinity Test