People America in the 50's and 60's WWII Cold War Vietnam War
100
Who is Adolf Hitler
This man rose to power in Germany before WWII and is responsible for the death of 6 million European Jews.
100
What is the suburbs
Where most people lived during this time period
100
What is the Lend-Lease Act
The process of giving the Allies weapons with the promise to have them returned or paid for after the war
100
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
Event in Cuba which nearly brought the US and the USSR to war
100
What are doves
Name given to people who opposed the war in Vietnam
200
Who is Joseph Stalin
This man was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
200
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
200
What is the Battle of Midway
The turning point of WWII in the Pacific
200
What is the iron curtain
An imaginary line separating Capitalism and Communism
200
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The incident that led to the US being involved in the Vietnam War
300
Who is Joseph McCarthy
This man used scare tactics to frighten Americans about possible Communists in the US Government
300
What is the New Frontier
The name of JFK's policy for the United States
300
Where the US dropped the atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
What is the arms race
The process of making as many weapons as possible
300
What is search and destroy
The strategy used by the US military in the Vietnam War
400
Who is Douglass MacArthur
The man was in charge of the US military in the Pacific theater during WWII
400
What is the Great Society
The name of LBJ's policy for the United States
400
What is Normandy Beach
Where the US invaded Europe
400
What is the domino theory
If one country becomes communist all of the countries around it will become communist as well
400
What is Vietnamization
The gradual withdraw of American troops from Vietnam
500
What is Fred Korematsu
This man sued the US government for placing him in an internment camp
500
What is the DMZ
Another name for the 38th parallel on the Korean Peninsula
500
What is the United Nations
An international organization created after WWII to prevent future war
500
What is the HUAC
A committee that investigates the film industry to determine if it has socialist or communist themes
500
What is Kent State University
Location where four protestors were killed and 9 were wounded






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