- From 1969 to 1972, Nixon and Kissinger pursued a three-pronged approach to Vietnam that included
- rise in in military spending and glorification of the military.
- What marked the end of the communist rule in east Germany? (MC)
- Commander of the US Naval forces in the Pacific and brilliant strategist of the "island hopping" campaign
- Leading american industrialist and shipbuilder during World War II
- Year? The US stops the Japanese advance in the Pacific and attacks Germany in North Africa
- Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Cars Porters whose threatened march on Washington opened job opportunities for blacks during World War II
- Controversial US Britain demand on Germany and Japan that substituted for a "second front"
- Year? The United States enters Worl dWar II and begins to "fight Hitler first"
- The major exception to the relatively good American civil liberties record during World War II was the treatment of...
- Tough head of the United Mine Workers whose work stoppages precipitated anti strike laws
- Year? Japan surrenders after two atomic bombs are dropped.
- Inconspicuous former senator from Missouri who was suddenly catapulted to national and world leadership on April 12, 1945
- The December 1944 German offensive that marked Hitler's last chance to stop the Allied advance
- Site of 1943 Roosevelt -Churchill conference in North Africa, at which the big Two planned the invasion of Italy and further steps in the Pacific war.
- Site of a serious racial disturbance during World War II
- US ally who resisted Japanese advances in China during WorldWar II
- Year? The US and Britain invade Italy and topple Mussolini form power.
- The Allied leader who constantly pressured the US and Britain to open a "second front" against Hitler.
- The devastating new weapon used by the US against Japan in August 1945