Conflict between the Axis and Allied Powers; United States drawn into war after surprise attack against Pearl Harbor

Conflict caused by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, threatening the U.S.'s supply of Middle Eastern oil.

Conflict caused by the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles 90 miles away from the United States; nearly results in nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union

Conflict caused in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks against the United States to capture Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden

Conflict caused by more than 50 Americans being held in captivity by Iranian militants after storming the U.S. Embassy in Tehran; Americans held prisoner for 444 days.

Top-secret American program to develop the world's first atomic bomb by the end of WWII

Largest amphibious invasion in history; Allied forces moved to liberate France from Nazi Germany by storming the beaches of Normandy, France

Ruled that internment of Japanese-Americans was constitutional along the basis of wartime and national security

Constitutional amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol in the United States on the basis of moral integrity

Ruling that segregation of races was constitutional as long as facilities for all races were of equal function

Ruling that segregation in schools was inherently unequal and unconstitutional, outlawing segregation

Law that stated the President must notify Congress within 48 hours of any military action and require Congressional approval for military actions more than 60 days

Law that granted President Johnson virtually unlimited authority and funding to protect American interests in Vietnam

The act of giving into an aggressor's demands in the hope that they will stop; illustrated by the Munich Agreement between the UK and Nazi Germany

Anti-police riots that led to the creation of the modern-day LGBTQ civil rights movement

Considered the contributing causes to the outbreak of World War I

Turning point of WWII in the Pacific; American forces would be on the offensive against Japan

Turning point of WWII in Europe; Soviet forces would be on the offensive against Nazi Germany

The systematic murder of over 6 million Jews and 5 million ethnic minorities at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War II

Saw over 500,000 Americans die and shut down many vital industries in the United States for months

Buying shares of stock using loaned money in order to invest in the stock market

Buying stocks at a low price in the hope of selling them for a profit once the stock price increases

Believed in nonviolent protest and push for societal change and justice to achieve civil rights for African Americans

System of government that exercises complete control over citizens by suppressing any dissent and stripping away individual rights

System of government that sees government control/regulation of business and property with equal distribution of wealth

System of government that called for complete upheaval of capitalism, government control of businesses, and equal distribution of wealth

American policy of directly confronting communism in order to prevent it from spreading

Idea that if one country in a region were to fall to communism, the rest of the countries would as well

McCarthyism

House of Un-American Activities Committee

Massive nuclear disasters that caused Americans to shun the adoption of nuclear power plants throughout the 1980's

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Felt that civil rights for African Americans would best be achieved through direct action of the community, including self-defense and violence if needed

Civil rights protests led by college students against segregation of lunch counters/restaurants in North Carolina

Shocked majority of Americans against the Vietnam War, as they felt lied to by the U.S. government

Americanization movement

Underlying causes of the Great Depression

Caused the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union by December 1941

Terms of the Yalta Conference

Process of handing more warfighting responsibilities to South Vietnam as the United States pulls out of the area