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| Who saved Britain from an invasion? |
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| moved deeper into the Soviet Union |
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| Who spoke " With confidence in our armed forces- with the unbounding determination of our people we will win the inevitable triumph- so help us God. |
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| What words were dropped from the engraved quotation on the WWII memorial? |
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| The Japanese realized that what was a fatal mistake ? .. |
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| the attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| Who surrendered in the Phillippines after months of fighting? |
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| ordering the internment of 100,000 people |
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| Nazi leaders met in 1942 to plan a method to .. |
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| What kind of jobs did workers face to win the war? |
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| The U.S and the Allies defeated German U-Boats in the .. |
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| The U.S stopped the Japanese from lading on New Guinea in the .. |
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| Who were saved from Japanese invasion? |
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| Australians and New Zealanders |
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| Britain stopped the German effort to conquer |
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| Trying to take over Egypt and Palestine |
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| Head of the U.S spy agency obtained Hitlers plan to .. |
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| destroy Christian Churches |
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| Hitler accused Christian Churches of .. |
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| interfering with politics |
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| Who said it was Providence who brought the Allies to victory? |
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| Who led the D-day invasion? Where was it? |
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| FDR didnt realize how evil .. |
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| Churchill told the world that an iron curtain cut off what from what ? |
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| the people of Eastern Europe from freedom |
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| What began between the free world and the countries behind the iron curtain? |
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| When did the Cold War end ? |
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| In 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed |
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| This pledged the U.S. would give money to help any country struggling against Communism |
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| This enabled millions to go to college after fighting in the war .. |
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| The Jews in Palestine declared independence in .. |
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| What did Stalin challenge Truman to do ? |
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| Start WWIII, or let Stalin control West Berlin |
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| How long did the Berlin Airlift last ? |
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| Who did Truman appoint head of the UN committee |
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| Eleanor Roosevelts group wrote what? |
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| a Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| Truman wanted to protect western europe from .. |
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| Truman got the UN to approve military action to .. |
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| stop North Korean agression |
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| MacArthur eanted to bomb .. but Truman refused |
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| Stopping the spread of communism .. |
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| Who tried to add the words "under god" to the Pledge of Allegience |
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| Who got congress to approve adding the words "under god" to the pledge of aliegence ? |
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| Who led the court to a unanimous decision in brown v. board of education |
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| What outlawed segregation in public schools? |
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| Who protested the arrest of Rosa Parks |
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| Martin Luther King organized a ,, |
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| bus boycott in Montgomery , Alabama |
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| Who presuaded congress to approve an interstate highway system? |
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| What was the largest public works project in history? |
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| Interstate highway system |
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| Who faced a crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Khrushchev claimed the Soviets were superior to the U.S. in .. |
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| Who developed U.S. nuclear submarines |
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| Who talked about a new frontier? |
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| Who had the CIA train cuban exilies to invade cuba and overthrow Castro? |
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| Kennedy was smart to beat the soviets to a .. |
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| What did Khrushchev use to beat the US in developing countries ? |
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| Khrushchev built a wall around the .. |
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| What did East German guards do |
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| shot people trying to escape west berlin |
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| Where did Khrushchev put nuclear missles |
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| Who surrouned Cuba with battleships |
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| Khrushchev and Kennedy signed a .. |
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| What was Kennedys most important achievements |
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| Who started the Peace corps |
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| sent thousands of young people as volunteers to poor countries |
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| Prosperity of the 1960s made what more unacceptable .. `= |
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| Why couldnt many blacks in the south vote? |
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