history

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