WWII
Jumping from one Pacific island to another to gain territory and deny the Japanese that territory.
What is "island hopping"?
Located entirely in East Germany, but split into eastern and western districts.
What is "Berlin"?
Ideological and political conflict between Soviet communism and U.S. capitalism and democracy.
What was the Cold War?
The capital of South Vietnam
What is Saigon?
The struggle for African Americans to gain equal rights in the U.S.
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
"A date which will live in infamy"
What did President Roosevelt call December 7, 1941 (bombing of Pearl Harbor)?
Presidential policy to stop the spread of communism
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Eastern nations that formed an alliance during the Cold War under the leadership of the Soviet Union.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
South Vietnamese who fought as guerillas alongside the North Vietnamese against South Vietnam and the U.S.
What was the Viet Cong?
Ordered the immediate desegregation of public schools in America.
What was Brown v. Board of Education decision?
The Treaty of Versailles imposed economic penalties and other restrictions on Germany.
What was a main cause of WWII (or Hitler's rise to power)?
Attempt to help European nations recover economically after WWII and contain the spread of communism.
What was the Marshall Plan?
Competition between the superpowers to develop the most powerful weapons.
What was the Arms Race?
The gradual turning over of the war back to the South Vietnamese as America slowly exited.
What was Vietnamization?
This type of non-violent protest was a key tactic of the Civil Rights Movement, where protesters would occupy public spaces, like lunch counters, to challenge segregation and discrimination.
What were sit-ins?
May 8, 1945
When was V-E Day?
systematic genocide of Jewish people by the Nazis
What was the Holocaust?
Competition between the superpowers in the effort to control the moon, satellites and orbital structures.
What was the Space Race?
Four students were killed and 9 others wounded when the National Guard was mobilized to stop riots and protests.
What was the Kent State Shootings?
Effort by civil rights groups, led by Martin Luther King, Jr, to integrate public transportation in an Alabama city.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Last major offensive by the Germans; also known as the Ardennes Offensive meant to split the Allies and reach the coast.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
U.S. attempt to create atomic weapons in order to end the war in the Pacific.
What was the Manhattan Project?
"Hot spot" conflict between allies of the superpowers in which the U.S. assisted an ally in trying to prevent the spread of communism from its northern neighbor.
What was the Korean Conflict?
How did the War End?
Bus trips meant to challenge segregation that led to violence.
What were Freedom Rides?