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This was established by the New Deal to give young men jobs in conservation areas and national parks
The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
Raising agricultural prices was the goal of this
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
This became a competitor to the AFL under the leadership of John Lewis
CIO
This set the benchmark for electricity rates
The TVA
This was an alliance established in response to Soviet aggression in Europe
NATO
At the war’s beginning, Britain and the US decided to focus here first
European Theater
America invaded here first
North Africa
The battle considered the turning point in Europe was this
D-Day
This was the first island taken by the United States after Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
This was Hitler’s last counterattack on the Western Front
The Battle of the Bulge
This was the policy of the US in response to Soviet expansionism
Containment
This doctrine was based on fighting communist expansion by giving money and weapons
Truman Doctrine
This was the first test of wills between the US and the USSR
Berlin Blockade / Airlift
This plan was enacted to rebuild Europe and keep out communism
The Marshall Plan
They were executed for giving atomic secrets to the Russians
The Rosenbergs
Passed by Congress, this allowed LBJ to dramatically increase troop levels in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The communist North resupplied communists in South Vietnam using this
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
This 1968 event turned many in America against the war
The Tet Offensive
This event was a true black mark against the US military
My Lai Massacre
This was Nixon’s plan to remove America from Vietnam honorably
Vietnamization
This court case established segregation in the US
Plessy v. Ferguson
This court case removed segregation in schools
Brown v. Board of Education
He was the most influential of all the Civil Rights leaders
Martin Luther King
Once a black separatist, his spiritual change caused his assassination
Malcolm X
This was arguably the most important civil rights legislation in the twentieth century
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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This was seen by many as a dress rehearsal for WWII
Spanish Civil War
Passed by Congress, this allowed the US to arm Britain and Russia prior to Pearl Harbor
Lend-Lease
FDR outlined what the US would be fighting for in war in this speech
The Four Freedoms Speech
Prior to Pearl Harbor, Japan informed America that this trade policy was no longer recognized
The Open-Door Policy
Until Pearl Harbor, the American outlook towards the world was this
Isolationist
They were considered a danger and placed in internment camps
Japanese-Americans
WWII officially began with this event
German invasion of Poland
America’s strategy in the Pacific was this
Island-Hopping
He commanded US forces in the Pacific
General MacArthur
This secret project developed the A-Bomb
The Manhattan Project
Though fought by the US, this war was actually between North Korea and them
The UN
Truman fired this general for insubordination
MacArthur
The Korean War brought him to the Presidency
Eisenhower
McCarthy got away with many of his accusations due to this
The Big Lie
Kennedy faced his first defeat in his war on communism here
Bay of Pigs
He won the 1968 presidential election by promising to end the Vietnam War honorably
Nixon
He was Nixon’s most influential advisor
Henry Kissinger
This term means “to lessen tensions” politically
detente
Nixon’s VP, he had to resign for crimes he had committed while governor of Maryland
Spiro Agnew
War protests here resulted in four student deaths
Kent State University
FDR’s first burst of New Deal programs became known as this
The Hundred Days
The weakness of the AAA was this
It hurt sharecroppers and tenant farmers
Faced with some programs being ruled unconstitutional FDR came up with this idea
Court-packing
This Second New Deal program has had the most lasting impact on the US
Social Security
FDR communicated directly with the American people in this way
Fireside Chats
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This New Deal program was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Schecter v. United States
The NIRA
Steinbeck’s book told the story of a family migrating to California
Grapes of Wrath
This New Deal program hired artists, writers, and actors
WPA
She was a big supporter of civil rights for blacks during the Depression
Eleanor Roosevelt
Of the three extremists, he was the biggest political threat to FDR
Huey Long
WWII changed standards of living in this way
Very little
40% of the war effort was financed through this
Taxes
Family demographics changed in this way
Increased marriage, birth, and divorce rates
Tensions between young Hispanics and servicemen erupted into this days after Pearl harbor
Zoot Suit Riots
This program helped servicemen with education and other types of loans after the war
The GI Bill
His revolution established a communist state 90 miles from Florida
Fidel Castro
This was the world’s first man-made satellite
Sputnik
Eisenhower was forced to send US troops here to protect black students
Little Rock
He changed American music
Elvis
His birth in this year was unequaled in magnificence and caused the angels to sing
Mr. Marshall
This 1962 event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This was the biggest issue of the 1960 election
Kennedy’s Catholicism
LBJ attempted to end poverty in America with this huge program
The Great Society
He sought the Democratic nomination as a peace advocate
Eugene McCarthy
His assassination gave Humphrey the 1968 Democratic nomination
Robert F. Kennedy
Nixon’s visit here in 1972 changed American political policy
China
Most of the evidence against Nixon came on these
Tape-recordings
The resignation of Nixon’s Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General after refusing to fire the special prosecutor was called this by the press
The Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon did this rather than submit to impeachment
Nixon resigned
He was Nixon’s successor
Gerald Ford
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An ambassador to the USSR, his writings led to the Containment Policy
George Frost Kennan
He was the leader of China’s Nationalist Party and first president of Taiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek
He was the primary leader of the migrant workers’ movement
Caesar Chavez
She wrote the Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
He conducted controversial sex surveys and studies
Alfred Kinsey
President carter’s greatest achievement was this peace between Egypt and Israel
The Camp David Accords
After the Iranians won their revolution, they did this to the American Embassy
Seized it and held all Americans hostage
This was the primary organization in pursuit of Native-American rights
AIM
This was the American response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The arming of the Muhujadin
The US attempted to mend fences with the Americas through this organization
OAS
This was President Reagan’s response to an illegal strike by America’s air-traffic controllers
He fired all of them
This group took over some university offices and sought more power for students
SDS
This section of LA experienced traumatic race riots in 1965
Watts
This became the slogan for black radicals
Black Power
He created this
Andy Warhol
In what way did black voting shift during FDR’s presidency
Blacks began voting for Democrats
He ran against Truman in the 1948 election
Thomas Dewey
FDR first helped Britain in WWII by trading these for bases in the Caribbean
50 destroyers
Truman gave this as his reason for dropping the atomic bombs
He wanted to save American and Japanese lives and end the war quickly
The Soviets saw their domination over Eastern Europe as no different than America’s domination here
Latin America
George Wallace ran for president in 1968 on this platform
He wanted to end desegregation
This president recognized and supported the new state of Israel
Truman
The Watergate Scandal began with this
The capture of burglars breaking into Democratic Party HQ at the Watergate Hotel
The Kent State incident was caused by protests against Nixon’s invasion here
Cambodia
Though Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy ran for the nomination in 1968, he was the eventual Democratic nominee
Hubert Humphrey