Pre-WWII
In order to stay isolated and out of world affairs, the US passed these acts showing that we weren't on one side or the other
What are the Neutrality Acts?
Japanese Americans were placed here to filter out possible spies against the US government
What are internment camps?
World War II began when Hitler invaded this country
What is Poland?
The US adopted this foreign policy after WWII, which sought to stop the spread of communism
What is containment?
This term was coined by Winston Churchill and was used to describe the fictitious line that split Western and Eastern Europe; anything "behind" this term was considered communist
What is the Iron Curtain?
Germany kept gaining land that it had lost at the end of WWI because Britain and France didn't want to anger Hitler through this policy
What is appeasement?
US citizens would have their resources controlled by the War Production Board and would have to do without so soldiers overseas could have more, otherwise known as this
What is rationing?
This term was a code name for the development of the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
This nation was created by the US and UN for the Jewish people after WWII
What is Israel?
This structure separated West and East Berlin; its purpose was to keep East Berliners from escaping into the West
What is the Berlin Wall?
Although the US wasn't "fully involved" in the war, the US would loan out weapons to allies through this act
What is Lend-Lease?
As men left the US to fight in the war, this lady became a symbol of women stepping up to work in the factories
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This group of people used their ancient and complex language to communicate orders with the Allies
Who were the Navajo code talkers?
This international organization was created by the US and Western European nations to combat communism and provide a mutual defense
What is NATO?
This conflict started at the 38th parallel and ended 3 years later at the 38th parallel; the US was successful in containing communism
What is the Korean War?
The US entered into WWII the day after Dec. 7th, 1941, "day which will live in infamy"
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
This executive order authorized the construction of and population of the Japanese internment camps
What is 9066?
This was Hitler's Final Solution - to destroy the entirety of the Jewish race, otherwise known as this
What is the Holocaust?
This conflict was between the US and Soviet Union, with the Soviet Union putting the first man-made satellite in space
What is the space race?
This failed invasion of Cuba worsened tensions between the US and Soviet Union; US citizens started to question JFK's capabilities of being an effective president
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor was a response to the US's decision to put an embargo on these two resources
What are oil and steel?
This court case argued the violation of rights of Japanese Americans by putting them in internment camps
What is Korematsu vs. the US?
The ending of WWII and, more specifically, the development and dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan began this conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
What is the Cold War?
The space race led to the formation of NASA and put an emphasis on these two subjects in the US
What are math and science?
This event was the closest the world has come to nuclear war; US had missiles in Turkey pointed at the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba pointed at the US
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?