World War II
What was Executive Order 9066?
Interment of Japanese Americans
(1)
This brought the United States all the way out of the Great Depression?
World War II.
The Allied Invasion of France that led to the end of the War
D-Day
A peacekeeping organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development. Was the United States a member?
United Nations/Yes (8)
The division between North Korea and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel? (10)
The reason the United States joined World War II.
Attack on Pearl Harbor. (2)
What is the name of the woman on the poster above? What did she represent?
Rosie or Rosie the Rivetor. Wartime mobilization of women in defense industries/sacrifices needed by all Americans.
The US strategy in the Pacific
Island Hopping
Why was NATO formed
to form an alliance of countries against the Soviet Union and communism.
Policy used by America to stop the influence of communism from spreading.
Containment (11)
What was President Truman's justification for dropping two atomic bombs on Japan?
Save American lives and bring an immediate end to the war. (3)
What is the turning point of the war in Europe?
Stalingrad
Native American (Navajo) soldiers who used their native language as a code
Code-Talkers
This program supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild following WWII.
Marshall Plan
These were attacks on people who were suspected of being communists in the early 1950s.
McCarthyism
Define the Lend Lease Act? What foreign policy did this action lead the United States into?
Providing military and financial aid to countries fighting the AXIS Powers. Moved from isolationism to interventionism.
This campaign was created to win a victory at home regarding equity for African Americans as well as abroad.
Double Victory Campaign or Double V.
Extended the policy of containment to the Middle East during the Suez Crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine
List two things the United States did in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik?
Creation of NASA/increased focus on math and science.
13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The Soviets placed missiles in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis (9)
Why were many Jewish refugees during WWII not allowed in the United States?
Immigration quotas set by earlier laws in the 1920s. (4)
This Supreme Court Case allowed the government to limit the civil rights of Japanese-American internment camps.
Korematsu vs the U.S.?
Following the war the USSR wanted a ____ ____ of countries to protect itself from future invasion.
North/South Korea
This policy provided economic and military aid to FREE nations threatened by internal and external opponents.
Truman Doctrine
What was the primary cause of the Cold War?
Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism and the United States wanted to promote democracy. (12)