WWII and the Start of the Cold War

Sputnik was a shock to the US

The invasion of what nation by Hitler begins WWII.

At what conference was the final decision to begin the Western Front established?

The G.I. Bill began the draft for WWII.

What two countries were no longer world powers after the Suez Crisis?

The Korean War was a NATO police action

What policy stated that if one nation in a region fell to communism, the whole region eventually would?

The Munich Conference was were the policy of appeasement towards Hitler was established.

Despite the Yalta Conference agreement, Eastern European elections were rigged for communists to win.

All of the following are a part of Eisenhower's Modern Republicanism EXCEPT.

The Battle of the Atlantic was fought to protect sea shipping lanes.

What country was split North and South at the Geneva conference?

By June of 1940 it was looking like the Allied Powers would be victorious.

The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet response to the creation of NATO?

What does Hitler do to the Rhineland violating the Treaty of Versailles?

From 1949 to 1972 what did the US recognize as China including recognition on the UN Security Council?

What president warned about US spending in regard to the military industrial complex and its influence on politics?

What to countries did the Truman Doctrine prevent communist revolts in?

When the Soviets cut access to West Berlin, what did Truman do in response?

New Look weapons policy focused on Conventional Weapons.

Operation Torch was the US invasion of what?

The Iron Curtain was a literal wall.

What battle is considered the turning point of the Pacific Theater against the Japanese?

The purpose of island hopping was to get within bombing range of Japan.

What country does Italy invade in 1935?

Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communists during their Civil War

All of the following were part of the Big Three EXCEPT

What senator led the false accusations of the Red Scare?

What act of the Roosevelt Administration allowed Britain to gain weapons from the US on credit?

What President was the first to address Civil Rights at the federal level with the Committee on Civil Rights?

Nasser was the leader that tried to nationalize the Suez Canal

What country does Hitler invade to take the Sudetenland?

Corsica was used as the staging ground for the invasion of Italy.

Montgomery was the first test of school intergration after Brown v. Board.

The Manhattan Project was the code name for the planning of D-Day.

Who saved themselves after accusations of corruption with the Checker's Speech on television?

Eisenhower's campaign was the first on TV.

What did the US cut to Japan as they expanded their empire?

What did Truman and McArthur disagree on during the Korean War?

What does Brown v. Board overturn?