Final countdown
The United States entered WWII as a direct result of what?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Define appeasement
The foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war.
This region of France was chosen for the D-Day invasion.
What is Normandy
Cities targeted by the United States in Japan with the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What nations became known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What American President made the famous quote "Gorbachev, tear down this wall".
What is the Truman Doctrine
This is the number of zones Germany was broken into after WWII.
What is 4
This scientist created theories that lead to the Atomic Bomb and the United States' creation of the Manhattan Plan.
Who is Albert Einstein
The unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs
President Lyndon B Johnson pushed legislation to increase the involvement in Vietnam by providing limited information about the incident that took place called the "Gulf of _________".
Tonkin
The philosophy or thought that communism would spread if one country fell, then another, then another.
What is the Domino Effect
Japan sought to solve its economic problems by invading this place in Asia.
Manchuria
Ho Chi Min
Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese
The proposed plan to rebuild European countries after the war was called the ______________ plan
Marshall
This technology gave the British an advantage in fighting the Battle of Britain.
This ship serves as a memorial to honor those that died during the attack on Pearl Harbor
The leaders of the Axis countries
Japan - Hideki Tojo
Germany - Adolf Hitler
Italy - Benito Mussolini
The tension between Russia and the United States over the placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba and Turkey
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis