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