Modern US History Final Review, Part 1

The United States and USSR backed down from the Cuban Missile Crisis after

The United States took control of these former Spanish posessions

Sputnik so terrified the US because

The US and its Allies defeated the blockade of Berlin by

Near the end of the War, the Allies formed this organization to keep world peace

The "Permanent Five" of the UN include all, except

The United States entered WWII after

The United States became involved in WWI because of

Kennedy's moved military advisors into this country, despite fearing greater involvement

The Korean War descended into a stalemate after the intervention of this country

The Space Race began because the USSR and USA both had gained rocket tech. from

New Deal Agency hired the unemployed to build infrastructure, make art, and organize relief

The Roaring 20s were "Roaring" because of

The Cold War first became a "hot war" in

The Progressives were a movement

At the start of the 20th century, America faced all of these challenges, except

America's first "imperial" war (1898) was waged against

President Truman's "Truman Doctrine" promised

The Muckrakers were

The "3 Rs" of the New Deal were

the United States' grand strategy in the Pacific

The Great Depression was caused by

During the Great Depression, unemployment hit a high of

Progressive President Teddy Roosevelt used the power of the government to

The President for most of the Great Depression was

The US began to mistrust the Soviet Union when it installed Communist goverments in

The Cuban Missile Crisis was about

NATO stands for

The United States used the atomic bomb on these Japanese cities, to bring the war to an end

On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the Allies launched the largest amphibious invasion in history here

The Marshall Plan fought the expanison of Communism in Europe by

Kennedy's assassination had these consequences

Franklin Roosevelt's plan to fix America during the Depression was called

FDIC was created to