| A | B |
|---|
| Adolph Hitler | leader of Germany |
| U-2 Incident | Gary Francis Powers shot down spying over Soviet Union |
| Munich Pact | Appeasement policy, gave Hitler Sudentenland |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | 1929, meant to prevent war, signed by 64 countries |
| Lend-Lease Act | loaned Allies goods during WWII |
| Non-Aggression Pact | shocked the world, Hitler and Stalin signed 1939 |
| Quarantine Speech | FDR “the world should quarantine belligerent nations” |
| Battle of Britain | Germany bombed London, US adopted Lend Lease |
| Battle of the Bulge | last major German offensive, winter of 1944 |
| blitzkrieg | lightning warfare, Hitler used on Poland |
| D-Day | largest amphibious landing in US history, June 6, 1944 |
| Douglas McArthur | “I shall return” to Philippines |
| Iwo Jima | US conquered this island, would directly bomb Tokyo |
| Robert Oppenheimer | Manhattan Project, developed a-bomb |
| Midway | Turning point of Pacific |
| island hopping | US policy in Pacific, conquer individual islands, get close to bomb Tokyo |
| Stalingrad | turning point of entire war |
| Potsdam | first major conflict between Truman and Stalin, free elections in Poland |
| Fair Deal | Truman’s domestic program |
| GI Bill | low-interest mortgage rates, free college tuition |
| Korematsu v. US | Japanese American internment camps OK |
| Levittown | assembly line houses built after WWII, bought by young families |
| Rosie the Riveter | women who worked in WWII factories |
| rationing | limited consumer opportunities, had to have stamps to buy stuff |
| Bay of Pigs | US supported Cuban exiles in attempted invasion |
| Berlin Airlift | Truman sent supplies to West Berlin after Stalin stopped all land routes in |
| Berlin Wall | Built in 1962 to keep East Berliners in |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Soviets built nuclear launch sites in Cuba, US stopped |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | brinkmanship (Middle East) |
| Geneva Accords | divided Korea at 17th parallel |
| Iron Curtain | Soviet controlled Eastern Europe |
| Korean War | ‘hot spot’ in Cold War, 1950 |
| Marshall Plan | $17 billion in aid to war-torn Europe |
| Truman Doctrine | $300 million in aid to Greece and Turkey, contain communism |
| Benito Mussolini | leader of Italy |
