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| ________ took place on December 7, 1941. | Pearl Harbor |
| The extreme hatred of Jewish people is known as _______. | anti-semitism |
| _______ was the prime minister of Great Britain during most of World War II. | Winston Churchill |
| Hitler believed that the ______ were the superior race. | Aryans |
| _______ commanded the Allied forces during the Normandy invasion. He went on to win the presidential elections of 1952 & 1956. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries is called a _______. | conglomerate |
| A strategy of companies to purposely make items that would need to be replaced quickly so that people would go out & buy more things. Items would wear out or be outdated quickly & people would want the newer, better model. This strategy was called _______. | planned obsolescence |
| In 1947-1948, the U.S. gave away $12.5 billion to European countries in need. If we helped them recover from the war, they would like us more & communism would be less appealing. This strategy was known as the ______ and it was considered a success. | Marshall Plan |
| The demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea is commonly called the _______. | DMZ |
| The ________ was a declaration of principles that spelled out the causes for which World War II was fought. It was signed by FDR & Winston Churchill. | Atlantic Charter |
| _______ became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was from Independence, Missouri. | Harry S. Truman |
| Under the _______, the United States would loan or finance arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States". | Lend-Lease Plan |
| With the passage of the ________, 16 million American men between the ages of 21-35 became registered with the military. | Selective Service Act |
| _______ was a French general who fled to England during World War II to set up a French government in exile. | Charles de Gaulle |
| _______ was known as "Dr. Death". He conducted cruel medical experiments to prisoners at concentration camps. | Josef Mengela |
| The Battle of ________, although a humiliating experience for Allied troops, was considered a success because the Allied troops acted quickly and rescued their soldiers by sending over boats and ships to the Belgian port city. | Dunkirk |
| The______ was a list of people who were accused of having a communist background. Approximately people 500 made the list. Their careers were ruined & they could no longer work in Hollywood. | blacklist |
| The _______ was 67 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. We tested one in the South Pacific on November 1, 1952. | h-bomb |
| ________ were Southern democrats who opposed civil rights & sought to protect “the Southern way of life” from the federal government They did not like Truman because he was in favor of civil rights. | Dixiecrats |
| This agency, the _______, used spies to gather information abroad. They also tried to carry out secret missions to weaken &/or overthrow governments we didn’t like. This agency was created in the height of the Cold War. | CIA |
| The ________ was an attempt for racial purity that called for the systematic murder of 11 million people, more than half of whom were Jews. | Holocaust |
| Under the _______, each Axis nation agreed to come to the defense of the others if any of them were attacked. | Tripartite Pact |
| This New Deal program, the ______, guarantees the money you put in the bank. This helped to restore raith in the banking system. It still exists today. | FDIC |
| The state of hostility between superpowers that is just short of direct military confrontation is known as the _______. It lasted from 1945-1991. | Cold War |
| The _______ was passed by Congress in 1944. It paid part of the tuition | GI Bill |
| ________ was a Senator from Wisconsin who claimed that communists were taking over our government. He helped to create the Red Scare of the 1950's. | Joseph McCarthy |
| The _______, a New Deal program, was aimed at helping young people. The program allowed students the opportunity to work part-time in positions at their schools. | NYA |
| ________ was the name of the first of the communities/towns built using assembly line methods and techniques in the home building process. It was in Long Island, NY. | Levittown |
| The _______, a New Deal program, brought electricity to rural areas that did not have electricity and were isolated. | REA |
| _________ opened in July of 1955 in Anaheim, California. In the first year alone, it attracted 3 million visitors! | Disneyland |
