1. 1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt War Comes to America Impact of WWII Origins of the Cold War The Cold War in Asia Achieving Equal Rights

2. 2 These two countries’ fascist dictatorships launched wars of expansion which started WWII in Europe

3. 3 What were Germany and Italy?

4. 4 This event shattered U.S. hopes of staying neutral in WWII

5. 5 What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

6. 6 While torn between a desire for revenge against Japan and concerns for our European allies, America chose to go on “active defense” in this region

7. 7 What is the Pacific?

8. 8 These two battles were the major turning points in the Pacific war and in the war to liberate Europe

9. 9 What were the Battle of Midway and the Invasion of Normandy?

10. 10 This was the code name for the U.S. efforts to develop the atomic bomb in WWII

11. 11 What was the Manhattan project?

12. 12 Claiming national security concerns, the U.S. government made the controversial decision to relocate and detain this group in the first months of 1942.

13. 13 Who were the Japanese-Americans?

14. 14 Until the end of the war, the allies did not know the extent of the killings and the brutality that had occurred in what we now refer to as this

15. 15 What was the Holocaust?

16. 16 During WWII, the U.S. government instituted this mandatory program to conserve scarce food and fuel resources

17. 17 What is rationing?

18. 18 During WWII it was common for this group to take non-traditional jobs in heavy industry

19. 19 Who were women?

20. 20 This measure gave WWII veterans funds to go back to college and provided low-interest mortgages for them to purchase new homes.

21. 21 What was the GI Bill?

22. 22 This U.S. program sent $13 billion dollars in American goods to Western Europe to help them recover from WWII and to help them resist communism.

23. 23 What was the Marshall Plan?

24. 24 This stated that the U.S. should support free peoples who are trying to resist a communist takeover, and it became our foreign policy after WWII

25. 25 What was the Truman Doctrine?

26. 26 This collective security alliance was formed in 1949 to prevent communist aggression in Western Europe

27. 27 What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

28. 28 This term came into use to describe the irrational fear of communism and the communist “witch hunt” during the early 1950s

29. 29 What was McCarthyism?

30. 30 In response to this surprising event, Congress created NASA and the National Defense Education Act was passed.

31. 31 What was the Soviet launching of Sputnik?

32. 32 This new organization passed a resolution to aid South Korea resist a take-over by communist North Korea

33. 33 What was the United Nations?

34. 34 After criticizing President Truman’s decision-making in the Korean Conflict, this person was removed from his position

35. 35 Who was General Douglas MacArthur?

36. 36 This was the longest war that the United States was ever involved in and yet it was never officially declared a war

37. 37 What was the Vietnam War?

38. 38 The U.S. involvement in Vietnam became far less supported after this 1968 battle

39. 39 What was the Tet Offensive?

40. 40 In the end, South Vietnam was controlled by this group

41. 41 Who were the Vietnamese Communists?

42. 42 This Reconstruction Era amendment sought to extend voting rights to former slaves

43. 43 What is the 15th Amendment?

44. 44 He led the Montgomery bus boycott, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

45. 45 Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

46. 46 This landmark Supreme Court decision banned segregation in the public schools

47. 47 What is Brown v. the Board of Education?

48. 48 This Great Society civil rights legislation eliminated “whites only” public facilities

49. 49 What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

50. 50 This method of preventing certain people from voting was banned by the 24 th Amendment

51. 51 What are poll taxes?