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Allied powers in WWII

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U.S.,England,France,Russia,
Syria,Lebanon,Palestine,
Egypt

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Civil Rights Act (1964)

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an act that banned dicrimination in public places, on the job, and at the polls.

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Concentration camps were to Poland as ________ were to the Ukraine.

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Work camps

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Contaiment

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the post-World WarII American foreign policy designed to prevent the spread of communism througout the world

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I was the U.S. president for most of WWII.

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Voting Rights Act

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a law designed to end rules that souther states used to keep Afican Americans from voting

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OPEC

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(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)organization of major oil-producing nations formed in 1960

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Truman Doctrine

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President Truman's 1947 promise that the U.S. would defend people from subversion or outside pressure

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Who was in charge of Japan's military operations?

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General Tojo

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NATO

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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)defesive alliance formed in 1949 by the U.S., European nations, and Canada

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Watergate

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the public exposure of a burglary and its coverup by the Nixon administration that eventually let to Nixon's resignation.

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Marshall Plan

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a massive American aid program to help European nations recover from World WarII

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What is the total amount of undesirables killed by the Germans?

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12 million

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Warsaw Pact

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alliance formed in 1949 by the Soviet Union and nations of eastern Europe

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I was the character created by the American government to persuade women to work in factories during the war.

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Rosie the Rivter

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Four Freedoms

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Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

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Tet Offensive

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the January 1968 surprise attacks by Vietcong forces on cities and towns throughout S.Vietnam

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I was the leader of Japan. I forced my country to surrender, becuase my people would never surrender without my lead.

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Emperor Hirohito

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What was the amount of Jews killed by the Germans?

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6 million

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I developed the atomic bomb.

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John Oppenheimer

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CORE

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the Congress of Racial Equality

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detente

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a relaxing of tensions between nations

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I was the English leader who made convincing patriotic speeches defending th war and denouncing Hitler.

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Winston Churchill

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Vietnam War

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the conflict in which S. Bietnam, supported by U.S., was defeated by communist N. Vietnam

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We signed a nonaggression pact with each other.

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Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler

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Geneva Accords

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the 1954 international agreement that split Vietnam into 2 parts:
North-communist
South-non-communist

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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the resolution passed by Congress that authorized President Johnson to increase American military involovment in Vietnam

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I was the name of the mother whose son dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.

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Enola Gay

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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the 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

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sunbelt

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the sunny states of South and Southwest

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What happened at Stalingrad?

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The German sodiers were surrounded by Russians and killed

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Axix powers in WWII

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Germany, Japan, Italy, and
Spain

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bicentennial

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a 200-yr anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

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Who were the major people involved in WWII and what countries were they involved with?

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Hitler-Germany
Stalin-Russia
General Tojo-Japan
FDR-U.S.
Moussilini-Italy
Churchill-U.K.

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Who was the president who decided to drop the bomb on Japan?

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Harry S. Truman

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What was the turning point of the war for the Allies?

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The Bulge

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Great Society

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President Johnsons's 1964 program to end poverty and racial injustice

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Brown vs Board of Education

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the 1954 Suprememe Court decixion that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional

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What is the United Nations?

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an international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and progress.

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Battle of Midway

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June 1942, the U.S. Navy defeated the Japanese navy.

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I was the fascist dictator of Italy

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Benito Mussolini

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Where and when did the Allied soldier land on D-Day?

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June 6, 1944, 150,00 of them landed in France

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What were the name of the places of where the two atomic bombs were dropped?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Why did Japan invade China?

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They needed to more land. They claimed China bombed them first.

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Korean War

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the cold war conflict in which UN soldiers fought to defend S. Korea from takeover from communist N. Korea, ending in stalemate

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Why did Germany invade their neighbors?

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Germany lost alot of its land and people to nearby countries. Germany's new leader wanted it back along with the rest of the world.

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Japan invaded what probince of China?

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Manchuria

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McCarthyism

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unfairly accusing other of disloyalty and subversion