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| Which fascist dictator rose to power in Italy during the 1920s? | Benito Mussolini |
| Which communist dictator rose to power in the Soviet Union during the 1920s? | Josef Stalin |
| Which totalitarian dictator established "Third Reich" in Nazi Germany? | Adolf Hitler |
| What foreign policy were the Neutrality Acts during the 1930s an example of? | isolationism in the United States |
| What exemplified the genocide committed against Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II? | the "Final Solution" or Holocaust |
| Which policy did the British and French use in the Munich pact to avoid war with Nazi Germany? | appeasement |
| What alliance did Josef Stalin make with Adolf Hitler to avoid war with Nazi Germany? | non-aggression pact |
| What was Nazi Germany's military conquest of western Europe called during World War II? | blitzkreig |
| What acts allowed the United States to aid Britain with military supplies? | Lend-Lease |
| During World War II, which nations formed the Axis powers? | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Which event resulted in the beginning of World War II in Europe? | Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland |
| Which leader prevented Nazi Germany's victory in the Battle of Britain? | Winston Churchill |
| Which political leader led efforts to expose communist influence in American government and society during the Red Scare? | Senator Joseph McCarthy |
| What event brought the U.S. into World War II? | Pearl Harbor |
| What was the U.S. military strategy in the Pacific against the Japanese during World War II? | island hopping |
| Who commanded American forces in the Pacific during World War II? | General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz |
| Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II? | General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Which battle was the turning point that stopped Japanese expansion in the Pacific during World War II? | Midway |
| Which battle was the turning point that resulted in Nazi Germany's defeat on the eastern front in the Soviet Union? | Stalingrad |
| Which battles were part of the island-hopping campaign to defeat Japan during World War II? | Iwo Jima, Okinawa |
| Which military campaign was the turning point that resulted in the Allies' invasion of France during World War II? | D-Day (Operation Overlord) |
| Which battle was the final offensive by Nazi Germany during World War II? | Battle of the Bulge |
| U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey during the Cold War was a result of which anti-communist policy? | Truman Doctrine |
| What scientific project resulted in the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II? | Manhattan Project |
| Who became the president of the United States after the death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945? | Harry Truman |
| What did President Truman do during World War II to force Japan to unconditionally surrender? | atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| What event is an example of the war-crimes trials of Axis leaders after World War II? | Nuremberg trials |
| Which act provided low-cost home loans and free college tuition to World War II veterans? | the G.I. bill |
| Which war-time policy was challenged in the case of Korematsu v. United States (1944)? | Japanese internment camps |
| What war-time policy affected American's daily ability to acquire food and fuel on the Homefront during World War II? | rationing |
| What important contribution did women make to the war effort during World War II? | war production---working in weapons and war material factories ("Rosie the Riveter" |
| What term is used to describe the large generation of Americans born in the decade after World War II? | Baby boomers |
| The mass-production of affordable homes in the suburbs after World War II began with the construction of which development? | Levittown |
| What international organization was established after World War II to maintain world peace? | United Nations |
| Which war-time conference resulted in the Allied occupation of Germany and Berlin that led to the Cold War? | Yalta |
| What was the long period of confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union called after World War II? | the Cold War |
| Which plan was developed to provide aid for rebuilding Europe after World War II? | the Marshall plan |
| What strategy was used by the Truman administration to stop the spread of communism? | containment |
| What was the Truman administration's goal in the Korean War? | containment |
| What was President Eisenhower's strategy for containment of communism? | brinkmanship |
| Which incident damaged President Eisenhower's opportunity to improve U.S. relations with the Soviet Union? | U-2 incident |
| Which event damaged the Kennedy administration's attempt to contain communism during the Cold War? | Bay of Pigs |
| Which event nearly resulted in the Kennedy administration's use of force against the Soviet Union during the Cold War? | Cuban Missile Crisis |
| What symbolized Soviet communist control in Berlin during the Cold War? | Berlin Wall |
| Which conflict was an example of a UN police action to contain communism? | Korean War |
| What international alliance was created during the Cold War to defend western Europe against Soviet aggression? | N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
| What was the result of the investigations done by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during the Red Scare? | Hollywood blacklists |
| What feature of American social life was a response to the threat of nuclear attack during the Cold War? | bomb shelters and "duck and cover" drills |
| What was the goal of President Truman's "Fair Deal"? | progressive reforms---national healthcare, federal support for education, civil rights |
| Which act was passed to limit strikes and weaken labor unions like the AFL-CIO? | Taft-Hartley Act |
| What event resulted in new legislation to improve science and math education for national defense during the Cold War? | Sputnik |
| What technology had the greatest impact on American social life during the 1950s? | television and automobiles |
| What action was led by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. to protest segregated busing? | Montgomery bus boycott |
| What ended segregation in public schools? | Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
| Which group's action resulted in the Eisenhower administration's use of troops to integrate the public schools? | the Little Rock Nine |
| What method did C.O.R.E. and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (S.N.C.C.) use to protest segregation in restaurants and lunch-counters? | sit-ins |
| What was the goal of the "Freedom Riders"? | end segregation in interstate busing |
| The "March on Washington" was an event to support which cause? | civil rights for African-Americans |
| What was the civil rights campaign to increase black voter registration in Mississippi called? | Freedom Summer (1964) |
| Which legislation banned segregation in public accomodations and discrimination in the workplace? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Which legislation resulted in more federal protection for African-American suffrage? | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| Which African-American leader is an example of radicalism in the civil rights movement? | Malcolm X |
| Stokely Carmichael of SNCC is associated with promoting which radical civil rights movement? | Black Power |
| Which civil rights group promoted militant actions against racism and police brutality? | Black Panthers |
| Which book did Betty Friedan write to criticize the limits placed on women by society? | The Feminine Mystique |
| Which reform movement are Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem associated with? | Women's liberation/Feminism |
| Which organization played a leading role in the women's liberation movement? | National Organization for Women (NOW) |
| Which Supreme Court decision supported the constitutional right to have an abortion? | Roe v. Wade |
| Which constitutional amendment did the women's liberation movement support? | Equal Rights Amendment |
| Which federal law requires schools to provide equal access for women to educational and athletic opportunities? | Title IX |
| Who led the movement to improve the lives of Latino farm workers? | Cesar Chavez |
| What were some of the results of environmentalism in the 1960s and 1970s? | Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| What was the goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society? | end poverty and racial discrimination |
| What programs were created under Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" legislation to aid the poor? | Medicaid, VISTA, Medicare, Food stamps, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Head Start |
| What were the results of the decisions made by the Supreme Court under Earl Warren? | expanded civil rights, rights of the accused, and ban on official prayer in schools |
| What was the goal of American military involvement in Vietnam? | containment |
| Which resolution enabled President Lyndon Johnson to increase America's involvement in Vietnam? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Which nuclear arms reduction treaty was signed between Richard Nixon and the Soviet Union in 1972? | SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement) |
| What was the turning point that resulted in a loss of public support for President Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War? | Tet Offensive |
| Which group organized protests against U.S. military involvement in Vietnam? | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) |
| Which 1960s social movement is associated with the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco, sex, drugs, and rock music? | counter-culture or "hippies" |
| Which event is associated with the counter-culture? | Woodstock |
| Riots at which event demonstrated the division in American society created by the Vietnam War? | the Democratic National Convention of 1968 |
| Which presidential candidate was elected in 1968 by promising "peace with honor" in Vietnam and "law and order" at home? | Richard Nixon |
| What was President Richard Nixon's strategy in Vietnam? | Vietnamization |
| What military action did Richard Nixon take that resulted in massive anti-war protests in the United States? | invading Cambodia & Laos |
| Which incident did the anti-war movement use to focus on atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam? | My Lai Incident |
| Which war-time issue was involved in the case of NY Times v. U.S.? | freedom of the press (to publish the Pentagon Papers) |
| Which classified documents damaged American credibility in the Vietnam War after they were released to the public? | Pentagon Papers |
| In which event did anti-war protests against Nixon's invasion of Cambodia result in the killing of student protestors by Ohio national guardsman? | Kent State |
| Which constitutional amendment resulted in suffrage for 18-year olds? | 26th Amendment |
| Which agreement resulted in the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Vietnam? | Paris Peace Accords |
| Which act was passed by Congress to limit President Nixon's ability to use the U.S. military in Vietnam? | War Powers Act (1973) |
| Which theory resulted in U.S. military involvement in Vietnam? | Domino theory |
| What was President Nixon's foreign policy to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China called? | Detente |
| What event symbolized the failure to prevent the spread of communism in Vietnam? | Fall of Saigon (1975) |
| Whose policy is associated with "New Federalism" involving the return of some powers to the states? | President Richard Nixon |
| Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court's decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1971)? | forced busing/integration programs |
| Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of Bakke v. University of California Board of Regents (1978)? | affirmative action |
| Which movement was a result of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"? | environmentalism |
| What economic problems did the United States face during the 1970s? | energy crisis, stagflation |
| What problem was President Ford addressing with his WIN program? | inflation/stagflation |
| What was a result of the energy crisis during the 1970s? | high energy prices, energy conservation |
| Which incident resulted in increased fears of using nuclear power in the United States? | Three Mile Island |
| Which scandal resulted in the resignation of President Nixon? | Watergate |
| Which court decision ordered President Nixon to release the White House tapes to the Senate Watergate committee? | U.S. v. Nixon |
| Who became the president of the United States after Nixon resigned from office? | Gerald Ford |
| Which candidate won the presidential election of 1976 by promising to restore faith and honesty in government again? | Jimmy Carter |
| What peace treaty was negotiated between Israel and Egypt by President Jimmy Carter? | Camp David Accords |
| Which event resulted in a loss of public confidence in President Carter's foreign policy? | Iran Hostage crisis |
