World
What is the name of the German military strategy that involved fast-moving planes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces?
Blitzkrieg
Name of the Communist dictator in Cuba
Fidel Castro
The name of the divide that split South and North Korea?
38th parallel
The turning point battle on the Eastern Front, ending in Soviet Victory.
Stalingrad
What was the direct line of communication that was installed between the White House and Kremlin called
Hot line
Line of latitude that separated North and South Vietnam.
17th Parallel
Government spending in excess of revenue of funds raised by borrowing
Deficit Spending
the German democratic state created after World War I
(______ Republic)
Wiemar Republic
What was the main resource that the US embargoed from Japan
Oil
A massacre of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers during the Vietnam War.
My Lai Massacre
What act passed by congress approved almost 1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small business loans and job training?
Economic Opportunity Act
Who was the leader of the USSR (Russia) during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
The name of the American effort to build an atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
What program designed by Kennedy consisted of volunteers who assisted developing countries as teachers, health aids, or whatever else a host country needed
Peace Corps
Under JFK what foreign aid program offered economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries
Alliance for Progress
4–11 February 1945, the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
Yalta Conference
Who was the wartime leader in Japan during WW2?
Hideki Tojo
July 17 to August 2, 1945, Meeting to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Potsdam Conference
The government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, radio and other communication industries
FCC
Federal Communication Commissions