It authorized the President to “take all necessary measures” to protect American forces and “prevent further aggression in Southeast Asia.”

In the winter of 1942-1943 the Red Army had successfully held off a major Germany assault.  Hitler’s inability to take this city ended his eastern offensive.

Which occurred at the Battle of Okinawa?

The Tripartite Pact ______________.

The Freedmen’s Bureau ______________.

The federal government appropriated $3 billion to fund the mapping of human genes.  It identified all of 100,000 genes by 2003.

Spurred by the creation of NATO, the Soviet Union formalized its own alliance with other communist governments of Eastern Europe with the _______.

On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service held its first Vietnam Draft Lottery.  Each male of appropriate age was given a number based on his birhday.  Men selected were to report to the draft board to be evauluated.  This provided a fair and equal way to draft American’s young men.

Among the root causes of the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II was  _______________________-.

This battle was fought in Belguim.  Hitler wanted to split the Allied armies.  However, he failure to do so marked the last German offensive on the western front.