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_______ was a famous Chicago gangster & symbol of the rise of organized crime. He ultimately went to prison for income tax evasion and served his sentence in Alcatraz. His nickname was scarface
Al Capone
The United States, Great Britain, France, Canada, and many others composed the ________ during World War II
Allied Powers
________ was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was from Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart
The extreme hatred of Jewish people is known as _______
Anti-Semitism
The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep peace is known as
Appeasement
Hitler believed that the ______ were the superior race
Aryans
The goal of the top secret Manhattan Project was to develop an ___________for possible use to bring about an end to World War II. The Manhattan Project was successful and developed a uranium and a plutonium version.
Atomic Bomb
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
________________ is the former Nazi German death camp in occupied Poland. Approximately 1.1 million people were killed here. It was the largest of the six death camps. Due to the selection process upon arrival, some were spared initially and used as labor.
Auschuwitz Birkenau
Japan, Germany, and Italy composed the ________ during World War II
Axis Powers
The unprecedented population explosion in the United States after World War II (1946-1964) was called the _______. These people compose the largest generation in our nation’s history
Baby Boom
The ________ was the planned invasion of Cuba. The CIA trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba in the hopes it would create a massive uprising & would overthrow Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
_______ was a famous baseball player from the 1930's. He played for the Boston Red Sox but was traded to the New York Yankees starting the "Curse of the Bambino"
Babe Ruth
Lightning war is known as . It was the military tactic that Hitler used to invade Poland
Blitzkrieg
_______ was the Italian dictator during most of World War II. He joined forces with Hitler during the war
Benito Mussolini
After World War II, Berlin was divided into four parts. The Soviets decided to cut off West Berlin hoping this will force the Western nations to give up the idea of a unified Germany or surrender control of Germany. The response by the United States and Great Britain was called the _______
Berlin Airlift
The _______ was a structure built during the Cold War to separate East Berlin (communist) from West Berlin (non-communist)
Berlin Wall
Followers of the 1950's nonconformist movement who cared little for material goods were called _______
Beatniks
The new U.S. policy under Eisenhower that said we will go the edge, or brink of war was called ________. It said we will keep peace by promising to use all of our force, including nuclear weapons, against any aggressor
Brinkmanship
________ were people who smuggled liquor into the country and sold it illegally during Prohibition
Bootleggers
October 29, 1929 is better known as ________
Black Tuesday
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
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared separate was not equal. It overturned the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. It required public schools to be integrated with "all deliberate speech
Brown v. Board of Education
A ________ is a period of rising stock prices
Bull Market
The __________policy during World War II allowed the United States to sell materials for the war effort to Allied nations at war with Germany. The countries would have to pay cash for the war materials and assume the risk of transporting the war materials back to Europe on their own ships.
Cash and Carry
A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries is called a _______
Conglomerate
_______ was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. He did this in 1927
Charles Lindbergh
The ______ was a New Deal program that hired young men to plant trees, build trails through national parks, etc
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
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 state of hostility between superpowers that is just short of direct military confrontation is known as the _______. It lasted from 1945-1991
Cold War
Buying material goods in mass quantities during the 1950's was known as _______
Consumerism
The U.S. policy of _______ was an attempt to block the Soviet spread of communism and their influence by creating alliances & supporting weaker countries
Containment
The __________ took place in October of 1962. It was when the Soviet Union sent nuclear missiles & other weapons to Cuba and aimed the weapons at the U.S
Cuban Missile Crisis
___________ was the name given to the June 6, 1944 amphibious invasion of the beaches at Normandy in German-occupied France by troops from the United States, Canada, the Great Britain.
D-Day
The demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea is commonly called the _______
DMZ
_________ opened in July of 1955 in Anaheim, California. In the first year alone, it attracted 3 million visitors!
Disneyland
________ 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
_______ commanded the Allied forces during the Normandy invasion. He went on to win the presidential elections of 1952 & 1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
_______ was a famous jazz musician of the 1920's. He led the band at the Cotton Club in Harlem
Duke Ellington
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 "king" of rock and roll is _______
Elvis Presley
This plane, the _______, dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Enola Gay
The ____________were Nazi mobile killing units that murdered Jews and others as Germany advanced east towards Russia. 1.5 million people of the 11 million who died in the Holocaust died this way.
Einsatzgruppen
This plan/policy was an extension of FDR’s New Deal. It included proposals for nationwide healthcare and was created by Harry S. Truman. It was called the ________
Fair Deal
Benito Mussolini established a totalitarian, _______ regime in Italy which featured a strong, centralized government headed by a powerful dictator
Fascist
A company that offers similar products or services in many locations or sells the right to an individual to do business using the parent company name is called a _______
Franchise
________ were women of the 1920's who dressed in short skirts, smoked and drank in public, cut their hair short, and danced the Charleston
Flappers
_________ was a new policy under JFK that would build our nation’s non nuclear forces (the military) so that we would have more options in an international crises
Flexible Response
This New Deal program, the ______, guarantees the money you put in the bank. This helped to restore faith in the banking system. It still exists today
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
______ won the election of 1932 and went on to be elected to an unprecedented four terms as president. He convinced people in the 1932 election that he could help bring the country out of the Great Depression. He advocated for the government to take a leading role in stimulating the economy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR used his ________ as a way to communicate about issues of public concern with the American people
Fireside Chats
The deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group is known as _______
Genocide
Ghettos
A ________________was a place used by the Nazis to forcibly segregate the Jewish population from others. It was a temporary solution until the death camps were operational.
The _______ was passed by Congress in 1944. It paid part of the tuition
GI Bill
The period of literary and artistic creativity celebrating African-American culture in a specific part of New York City
Harlem Renaissance
_______ became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was from Independence, Missouri
Harry S. Truman
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
_______ was president from 1928-1932 and was blamed for the Great Depression. He believed the government should not interfere with the economy and kept waiting for it to correct itself
Herbert Hoover
The first atomic bomb was dropped on _______, Japan on August 6, 1945
Hiroshima
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
The ________ was a congressional committee created to investigate communism in the U.S. They investigated Hollywood & the film industry
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
Eisenhower authorized the building of a nationwide highway network in 1956. The legislation was called the _______
Interstate Highway Act
________ was a policy of the United States after World War I in which we pulled away from involvement in world affairs
Isolationism
This Tennessee teacher, _______, was accused of teaching the theory of evolution to students in his high school science class
John Scope
________ created a vaccine for polio
Jonas Salk
_______ was known as "Dr. Death". He conducted cruel medical experiments to prisoners at concentration camps
Josef Mengele
________ 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
________ was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. He killed 8-15 million Soviets who he saw as "enemies" of the state
Joseph Stalin
The deliberate crashing of a bomb-filled airplane into a military target is known as _________
Kamikaze
The _______ gained enormous popularity, especially in the South during the 1920's & 1930's. The purpose of this group was to purify and glorify the white Anglo-Saxon, Protestant race by criticizing and terrorizing Jews, blacks, and others
KKK
\n ________ translates to "crystal night", or night of the broken glass. It was November 9, 1938. Nazi storm troopers attacked & destroyed Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues across Germany
Kristallnacht
The term ____________is German for "living room/living space" and was one of the primary goals of the Nazi Party...to have more living room/living space for the Aryan people.
Lebensraum
\n 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
\n ________ 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 German air force was called the _______
Luftwaffe
The code name for the secret development of the atomic bomb was the _______
Manhattan Project
After World War II, China was having a civil war. The Communists (in the north) were led by _______
Mao Zedong
In 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
In his book, _______, Hitler divides humans into two categories; the master races and the inferior race
Mein Kampf
The purpose of this Cold War organization, ________ , is to create a defensive military alliance. All countries promised that an attack on one would be regarded as an attack on all. Members of this organization were not communist
NATO
A political philosophy put into place by Adolf Hitler in Germany was known as _______
Nazism
The second atomic bomb was dropped on ______, Japan on August 9, 1945.
Nagasaki
The many programs of the ____________aimed to provide relief, reform, and recovery to the United States during the Great Depression.
New Deal
The ________ were aimed at keeping the United States out of World War II
Neutrality Acts
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 (National Youth Administration)
Poor Midwesterners who fled the Dust Bowl and traveled west to California were known as _______
Okies
U.S. troops faced major German resistance during the D-day invasion at _______
Omaha Beach
_______ was the code name for the planned invasion of Europe by the Allies, organized by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower chose Normandy as the invasion sight, rather than Calais, France
Operation Overload
_______ was the code name for the planned invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa led by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Operation Torch
________ took place on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
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
Germany used the blitzkrieg strategy to invade the country of ________
Poland
The 1896 Supreme Court case, ________, declared “separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson
_____________ is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. The Nazi Party, specifically Joseph Goebbels, were masters of spinning this and using it to influence the people of Germany.
Propaganda
A restriction of people's rights to buy an unlimited amount of food or other goods is known as _______
Rationing
The _______, a New Deal program, brought electricity to rural areas that did not have electricity and were isolated
REA (Rural Electrification Act)
The ______________was widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States, the first in the 1920s and the next in the 1950s.
Red Scare
The term/name, ________, referenced women working in factories on the home front during World War II
Rosie the Riveter
________ refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama to a white man. This act started the boycott of Montgomery, Alabama buses and sparked the civil rights movement in the United States
Rosa Parks
The _______ were an Americans couple who were accused of giving secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviets. They were found guilty & sentenced to death leaving behind two sons
Rosenbergs
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