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a fervent anticommunist and an admirer of Mussolini. He wrote Mein Kampf while in prison.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
Germany invaded this country on September 1st, 1939, marking the start of world war II
What is Poland?
100
this act meant that the United States could send much needed weapons to Britain without cash payment if Britain promised to return or pay rent for them after the war.
What was the Lend Lease Act?
100
President Roosevelt believed in this policy that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war, following the belief that the US should try to preserve peace in the world.
What is internationalism?
100
A form of protest first used by union workers in the 1930s. it aimed to non-violently stand ground.
What is a sit-in?
200
Replacing Neville Chamberlain, this British Prime Minister helped Britain stay strong and positive during the war.
Who was Winston Churchill?
200
The germans used this new type of warfare which included large numbers of massed tanks to break through and rapidly encircle enemy positions.
What is Blitzkrieg?
200
Congress passed this act because the US was worried that growing German and Italian aggression might lead to war.
What was the Neutrality Act of 1935?
200
the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace. Britain and France tried to practice this policy on Germany, but failed.
What is appeasement?
200
a movement which challenged the American political and social system and conventional middle-class values.
What was the Youth Movement?
300
this board received authority to set priorities and production goals and to control the distribution of raw materials and supplies.
What was the War Production Board?
300
Japanese military leaders and the civilians who supported them argued that the only way for Japan to get needed resources was to seize this territory.
What is Manchuria?
300
these laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans.
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
300
African Americans should control the social, political, and economic direction of their struggle.
What is Black Power?
300
led by Mario Savio and others at the University of California at Berkeley, this movement emphasized the rights of college students against authority.
What was the Free Speech Movement?
400
a brilliant African American attorney who fought to challenge segregation.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
In June 1940, the German air force, called the Luftwaffe, began to attack British shipping in the English Channel. In mid-August, the Luftwaffe launched an air battle to destroy the British Royal Air Force. This battle is known as _____.
What was the Battle of Britain?
400
on July 2nd, 1964, President Johnson signed this act into law. it gave the federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimination in a number of areas, mostly public places.
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
the belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially.
What is feminism?
400
the youth rejected materialism and embraced spirituality, which included a broad range of beliefs from astrology and magic to eastern religions and new forms of Christianity.
What were the new religious movements?
500
a group of African American ministers led by Martin Luther King Jr. which set out to eliminate segregation from American society and to encourage African Americans to register to vote.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? (SCLC)?
500
the anti-Jewish violence that erupted throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9th, 1938.
What is Kristallnacht?
500
this act authorized the attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified voters, bypassing local officials who often refused to register American Americans.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
a policy that called from companies and institutions doing business with the federal government to actively recruit african american employees with the hope that this would lead to improved social and economic status for minorities in America.
What is affirmative action?
500
a movement practicing feminism - the belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially.
What was the Women's movement?