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4. | Ideas that are spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. It was used a lot in World War I and World War II. Political cartoons are an example of how this was used. |
8. | Also known as the Desert War, this took place in the North African desert. It was fought between the Allied and the Axis forces for the Suez Canal and the Middle East oil resources |
9. | The last major European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin and of Germany. The Allies divided Germany as a symbol of Germany’s defeat. This was one of the most important symbols of the Cold War. |
13. | Opposed to war or any part of that. It succeeded in limiting violence and eventually forcing the Nixon administration to make peace. |
14. | A meeting between US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. This meeting set basis and direction for the rest of the war. It established terms of unconditional surrender. |
17. | Broad-based rights and freedoms that are guaranteed at the federal level by the Constitution and other federal law. They guard citizens’ rights and freedoms. |
18. | A social, political, and economic ideology that put the government over the individual. Productions are collectively owned and directed by the state. |
20. | Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. It was the first day of a military attack. It was also the turning point of World War II. |
21. | Supreme commander of Allied forces in Western Europe during World War II. He led the massive invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. |
22. | A war between North Korea and South Korea. The North invaded the South in June of 1950. This was the start of the war. |
23. | A meeting attended by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. |
26. | The Supreme Court of the United States between 1953 and 1969. Important decisions were made about unconstitutional segregation policies during the Civil Rights Movement. |
27. | President Harry Truman established this so that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal forces. Truman wanted to contain Communism threats in Greece and Turkey. |
28. | The practice of making accusations of treason without proper evidence. It showed the extreme anti-Communist movement that occurred in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. It also brought the Second Red Scare in the United States. |
29. | A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. It provided a variety of benefits for veterans. |
30. | A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for authority in spaceflight. It was a representation of communism vs capitalism. |
31. | Also known as the European Recovery Program, was an American plan to aid Western Europe. The United States gave $13 billion to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. |
32. | The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. It is so that individuals receive equal treatment in a number of setting and regardless of race, gender, age, disability, national origin, religion, or certain other characteristics. |
33. | The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. The threat of this has been with us for several decades. It has become an urgent national problem. |
34. | Cuban refugees and CIA launched an invasion on the south coast of Cuba. The attack was an attempted failure to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. |
35. | A Republican Senator of Wisconsin. He tried in to expose communists in the US government. He was the most enduring symbol of the “Red Scare.” |