A political philosophy that calls for the glorification of the military, a centralized government headed by a dictator, extreme nationalism

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them; individual freedom and caplitalism

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force; expanding an empire by invading other nations

Series of racial conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths

Top Secret research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II

Order made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Japanese-American who sued the United States for the relocating the Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor

nuclear weapon begun by the Manhattan Project

U.S. President during the Great Depression and WWII

U.S. President at the end of WWII, ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII; Iron Curtain Speech

A bitter rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for almost 45 years.

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.

Period of accusations of supporting communism in th 1950's

American policy to try to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War

Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that support each other if attacked.

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations.

Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons

War between North and South Korea that ended with a peace treaty and resulted in North and South Korea still being divided at the 38th parallel

A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union

Soviet-initiated blockade that resulted in the U.S. and allies' airlifting necessary supplies to Berlin for almost a year

Growth of suburbs promoted by expanding road and highway construction and increased automobile construction

grew steadily, aided by all the new consumer goods of the time

rapid increase in the birthrate in the United States following WWII

type of music popular in the 1950's, Elvis Presley

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1896 that upheld racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as they were "separate but equal"

First African American students to be integrated into an all white high school in Arkansas

a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.

outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

Civil Rights leader who founded the Black Muslims and thought any means necessary to solve racism, including violent means

First African American to be enrolled in an all-white school (part of Little Rock Nine)

NAACP legal counsel and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice