women are minorities made economic gaines mainly because
a shortage of traditional labor and new opportunities in the work place
a major cause of the internment of japanese americans during WW2 was
social prejudice
the lend-lease act and the destroyer for bases deal were adopted prior to WW2 primarily because these actions would
help allied nations without the us entering war
to help pay for WW2, the us government relied heavily on the
sales of war bond
shortly after entering WW2 the us began the manhattan project to
work on the development of an atomic bomb
president harry truman's decision to use atomic bombs against japan was primarily based on his belief that
an invasion of japan would result in many casualties
after WW2, the us was better able than its allies to adjust its economy from wartime to peacetime because the us..
had suffered to wide spread war time destruction
the primary purpose for the creation of the united nations was to
promote world peace
the truman doctrine and the marshall plan represented attempts by the is to deal with the
preventing the spread of communism
the major reason the us became involved in the korean war was the
truman doctrine, us would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
during the 1950s' the maine goal of the civil rights movement was to
to create equality between races so that no race was treated differently
in the 1950's, senator joseph mccarthy was most closely associated with issues related to
communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties
a constitutional issue that was frequently raised about us involvement in the korean conflict and the vietnam conflict was the
lack of a formal declaration of war by congress.
the primary purpose of the war powers act (1973) is to
limit presidential power to send troops into combat
from the end of WW2 until the 1980's, the us carried out its foreign policy mainly by
soviet domination of eastern europe
which event led directly to the end of the cold war
break up of the soviet union
bastista driven from power" "bay of pigs invasion fails" "U-2 Planes reveal soviet missiles" these headlines refer to the relationship between the us and
cuba
when necessary to achieve justice which method did martin luther king jr., urge his followers to employ?
engaging in civil disobedience
in 1954, the supreme court decision in brown v. board of education of topeka advanced the civil rights movement by
declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th amendment
in 1957, president dwight d eisenhower sent federal troops to little rock, arkansas, to
enforce a supreme court decision to desegregate public schools
lunch counter sit-ins and the actions of freedom riders are examples of
nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation
the civil rights act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct
racial and gender discrimination
the headlines illustrate and action of a president fulfilling his role as
chief diplomat
the main significance of the watergate affair was that it
showed that the laws of the us are superior to the actions of a president
the beginning of the collapse of Communism in eastern europe is most closely associated with the
fall of the berlin wall
a major policy of the republican president ronald regan's administration was to
lower federal income tax rates, reduce defense spending