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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 by restricting production was the

goal of this

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment

Administration)

The AAA helped agriculture but actually harmed this group

Sharecroppers and tenant farmers

This set the benchmark for electricity rates

The TVA

This was an mutual defense pact 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

In 1942, America invaded here first

North Africa

On 6 June, 1944, the Allies invaded here

Normandy, France

This was the first island taken by the United States after

Pearl Harbor

Guadalcanal

In December, 1944, 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 beginning with Greece and

Turkey

Truman Doctrine

The first test of wills between the US and the USSR occurred when the USSR closed off this

Berlin

This plan was enacted to rebuild Europe and keep out

communism

The Marshall PlanWhat are

you frickin’ lookin’ at?

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 – a “blank check” as

it were

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 Muslim separatist, his spiritual

change caused his assassination

Malcolm X

By ending racial discrimination in employment, this was

arguably the most important civil rights legislation in the

twentieth century

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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As a clash between democracy and fascism, 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 land 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 replaced Vice President Spiro Agnew who resigned

after his conviction for income tax evasion

Gerald Ford

This term means “to lessen tensions” politically

detente

He was Nixon’s closest advisor

Henry Kissinger

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

(increasing the number of justices)

This Second New Deal program gave workers the right to bargain collectively

and prohibited employers from interfering with union activities

National Labor Relations Act

Aka Wagner Act

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 an

increase of 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 - 1955

Kennedy reacted to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis by doing

this

Naval blockade of Cuba

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 in Los Angeles gave Humphrey

the 1968 Democratic nomination

Robert F. Kennedy

Nixon’s visit here in 1972 dramatically reversed

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 American diplomat, his writings shaped the Containment Policy

George Frost Kennan

He was the leader of China’s Nationalist Party and first

president of Taiwan and was America’s ally during and

after WWII

Chiang Kai-Shek

He was the Chicano leader of the migrant workers’

movement

Cesar Chavez

She wrote the Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

During the Korean War, President Truman removed

him from command

General Douglas MacArthur

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 for over a

year

This was the primary organization in pursuit of Native-American rights

AIM

(American Indian Movement)

This president made a speech saying that

Americans were suffering from malaise by focusing on

materialism

President Carter

In 1948, the US attempted to mend fences with Latin

America through this organization

OAS

(Organization of American States)

Until his assassination in 1963, his leadership of

South Vietnam was supported by the US

Ngo Din Diem

The real center of authority in the United Nations is this

Security Council

This law passed in 1947 authorized the president to

obtain injunctions to prevent strikes that might harm the national interest

Taft-Hartley Act

This was established to create jobs for the

unemployed during the New Deal

CWA

(Civil Works Administration)

Reagan sought to overthrow left-wing

governments in these two places

Nicaragua and Grenada

During FDR’s first two terms, this group went from the Republican to the Democratic party

African-Americans

Eisenhower’s contribution to public transportation was

this

Interstate Highway System

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

At the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the

Allies decided this

To divide Germany into four occupation zones

George Wallace ran for president in 1968 on this

platform

He wanted to end the forced desegregation of schools

This labor organization was founded by John L.

Lewis

CIO

(Committee for Industrial Organization)

The Watergate Scandal began with

this

The capture of burglars breaking into Democratic Party HQ at the Watergate

Hotel

These two battles changed the course of the war for

America in the Pacific Theater during WWII

Coral Sea and Midway

During WWII, black males

Allowed to join the services but were segregated

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FDR’s critic who presented a popular scheme for old-age

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At the this Conference, the US and Britain agreed to the Soviet annexation of

large parts of Poland

Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X of the Black

Muslims urged solving racial turmoil this way

Rejecting white American society

By November 1941, the US was in an undeclared naval

conflict with them

Germany

Clinton’s impeachment for perjury was due to his involvement with her

Monica Lewinsky

What were male reactions to female workers in WWII?

They resisted at first but soon accepted them due to

the wartime crisis

Bus boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides were

attempts to promote this

Racial Integration

He was the upset winner of the 1948 presidential election

Truman

FDR hoped to stimulate business recovery by partially

suspending anti-trust laws with this act

National Industrial Recovery Act

(NIRA)

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