TAKS JEOPARDY WWII to the 1960s

Achieving Equal Rights The Constitution Origins of the Cold War Impact of WWII War Comes to America

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

What were Germany and Italy?

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

What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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.

What is the Pacific?

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

What were the battle of Midway and the Invasion of Normandy?

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

What was the Manhattan project?

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

Who were the Japanese- Americans?

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

What was the Holocaust?

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

What is rationing?

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

Who were women?

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

What was the GI Bill?

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.

What was the Marshall Plan?

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.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

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

What was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

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

What is McCarthysim?

These articles were distributed to persuade readers to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

What were the Federalist Papers?

The principle that each branch of government has its own responsibilities and limitations

What is “separation of powers?”

The belief that the authority for government flows from the people to their representatives.

What is popular sovereignty?

The idea that each branch of government exercises some control over the others

What is “checks and balances?

The belief that power should be divided between the national and state governments, limiting central power.

What is Federalism?

The idea that voters hold the power, but that they elect representatives to exercise that power

What is Republicanism?

“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” are examples of these.

What are “unalienable rights”?

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called this…

What is the Bill of Rights?

Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, of assembly, and to petition the government are all guaranteed by this….

What is the First Amendment?

In order for democracy to survive, the founding fathers believed these two rights were essential.

What are “freedom of speech and freedom of the press”?

This constitutional amendment banned slavery in the United States

What is the 13th Amendment?