History final

Nye Committee (multiple choice) -  

they documented the huge profits that  arms  factories had made during the war and created the impression these businesses influenced the decision to go to war. 

Axis Powers (multiple choice)-

Germany , japan and italy 

Nuremberg Laws (multiple choice) -

The Nuremberg Laws ( laws passed in 1935 thats stripped jews of their german citizens  and outlawed german and jewish marriages , immigrations,etc. ) 

“final solution” (multiple choice)- 

a plan to kill  all the jewish people in europe. 

Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact (multiple choice) -

An agreement to attack each other set for 10 years where Russia and germany  would not attract each other. 

Kristallnacht (multiple choice) -

( night of broken glass) when Germany went on a town and destroyed business school, religion centers and homes were vandalized.

Benito Mussolini (matching) -

Italy fascist dictator  , downed italy fascist movement. 

Vladimir Lenin (matching) -

Leader of the bolshevik party

Joseph Stalin (matching) -

Soviet communist dictator who wanted to industrialize the country and he killed millions of peasants who resisted his communist  policy. 

Adolf Hitler (matching) -

German dictator of the nazi party  who killed millions and millions of people due to facism. 

Francisco Franco (matching) -

dictator of spain 

Executive Order 9066/Japanese Internment (multiple choice) -

This authorized the military to remove Japanese  americans from certain places in the united states, the imprisonment of people in large groups without charges or intent to file charges and it  happened to japanese americans during the war.

Napalm/Tokyo bombings (multiple choice)-

A type of jellied gasoline that they would drop with B-29s to help them reach their target.

“Double V” campaign (multiple choice) -

The double V campaign was a campaign by african america to fight and win the war and Europe and go right back home and win the battle with civil rights and getting segregation to fall down. 

Bataan Death March (multiple choice) -

is remembered as one of the most horrific war crimes where Japanese took prisoners form a battle and made them walk 65 miles under brutal conditions, never leaving the sun, no covering, no rest and no water. 

V-J Day/V-E Day (multiple choice)-  

V-E ( may 8th

)day is victory in Europe the day German forces surrendered and V-J (august 15th ) is victory of Japan and marks the day  Japan surrendered. 

Battle of Midway (multiple choice)-

It was the turning point in the war due to the great loss of 4 really large Japanese carriers and a high cost rate. 

Lend-Lease Act (multiple choice)-

This act was because in december of 1940 britain had run out of funds to fight in the war and roosevelt proposed this act which allows the united states to lend or lease arms to any country vital to the defence of the united states and it was passed by  a large margin in congress and it was extended to the soviet union in june of 1941

Liberty ships (multiple choice) -

 Kaiser built ships  to go faster and they were basic cargo ships and they were easy to build and not that expensive, 

Iwo Jima (multiple choice) -

a battle that caused the singles highest casualties in history during ww11 with the US army and japanese army  

Korematsu v. The United States (multiple choice) -

This was when the United States put Japanese Americans in internment camps making them sell their home , quit their jobs to move to internet camps for fear of spies. 

Sunbelt (matching) -

A new industrial region c southern california  and the deep south that developed during World war ll

Rationing (matching) -

OPACS began to limit the purchase of  many products ro make sure the military had enough supplies to feel / cloth the military. 

Victory garden (matching) -

A garden planted by citizens during the war ro raise vegetables for home use and leave the rest for the army and they spread the news of victory gardens in film reels, pamphlets and official statements. 

Zoot suit (matching) -

A zoot suit had very baggy pleated pants and an overstuffed knee length jacket with a wide lapels that was very popular with Mexican america teenages. 

E bond (matching) -

where civilization pay money towards the war effort and efficiently become more and more money for the war effort. 

Causes of the Cold War (multiple choice) -

 Communism vs democracy and fear of communism , post war disagreements, nuclear war powers. soviet control of eastern europe

The Korean War/who fought each other + outcome (multiple choice) -

 The division of north and south korea after ww2  and MacArther was fired because he wanted to do an all out war and Truman did not. 

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (multiple choice) -  

Julius Rosenberg (former gov’t engineer) + his wife, Ethel = accused of stealing + plotting to convey atomic secrets to Soviet agents during World War II Gov’ts case rested on testimony by their supposed accomplices = some secretly caught  by FBI and found guilt an executed 

Joseph McCarthy (multiple choice)-

A former senator from wisconsin who came up with McCarthyism and used it to accuse a lot of people of communism . 

The Truman Doctrine (multiple choice) -

announced by the U.S president Harry S. Truman in 1947 and it was a response to the optical instability in greece and turkey with containment military and economic aid , global commitment  

The Marshall Plan (multiple choice) -

 the European Recovery programs launched in 1948 to give  them financial aid to rebuild after the war. 

NATO (multiple choice) -

the North atlantic Treaty organization was a very important military alliances 

NASA (multiple choice) -

to help with further space exploration before the soviets did. 

Division of Germany/post WWII (multiple choice) -

they were divided in east and west germany west was controlled by the USSR and the east was controlled by the US and the US has a democratic  government and the west had a communist government. 

1949/China falls to communism (multiple choice) -

They were taken over by Mao Zedong, leader of the communist party . 

Nikita Khrushchev (multiple choice) - 

Major soviet political leaders during the cold war folling Joseph stalin’s death.

Cold War (matching) -

A period of tension between the United states and the soviet union and their respective allies. from 1847-1991F

Iron curtain (matching) -  

Separating eastern europe from west , the world war 11 era had to come to an end Churchill = separation of the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from West

Containment (matching) -  

A policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power. Like the policy throughout the cold war, a long term patient but firm vigilant containment  of russia. 

Censure (matching)  -

a forma; expression of disapproval or condemnation. 

Fallout (matching) -

radioactive particles are  thrown into air after a nuclear explosion. 

Space race (multiple choice) -

The cold war competition over dominance of space exploration between the US and the soviet union. 

Warren Commission (multiple choice) -

established of investigation the assassination of John F. kennedy

The Bay of Pigs invasion (multiple choice) -

a failed invasion trying to take over fidel castro 

Lee Harvey Oswald (multiple choice)-

a major U.S marines member who senses when to the siveto accused of shooting John F kennedy and shot in police custody. 

Cuban Missile Crisis (multiple choice) -

a 13 day long bombing in cuba. 

Flexible response (multiple choice) -

The buildup of conventional troops and weapons allowed a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons.

Fidel Castro (matching) -

prime minister  of cuba .

Berlin Wall (matching) -

The wall that split up east and west Germany with communist rules and republic. 

Peace Corps (matching) -

The peace corps is to help developing nations when we offer economic  aid to Latin  America.

Earl Warren (matching)

 The 14th Chief justices of the supreme court and leading transformative era and constitution  law and civil rights. 

Lyndon Johnson (matching) -

36th president of united states of america.

Rosa Parks (multiple choice)-

Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested

Core/sit-in movement (multiple choice) -

congress of racial equality co- founder James Farmer , a non-violent civil disobedience which is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area to protest economic , social or optical change that 4 college freshmen used to protest a restaurant. 

Southern Manifesto (multiple choice)-

condemn the supreme court ruling of brown vs board of education as abuse of judicial power. 

SNCC (multiple choice) -

The student Nonviolent Coordinating committee who fought racism and segregation and led sit-in marches , etc. 

“I Have A Dream” speech (multiple choice) 

On August 28th 1963 he delivered his speech "I have a dream that i remember for years to come. 

Kerner Commission (multiple choice) -

make recommendations that would prevent further urban riots and concluded that the problem was white society + white racism suggested the creation of two million new jobs in inner cities + six million new units of public housing

Freedom Riders (multiple choice)-

a series of protests where whites and blacks activities rode interstates buses into segregated southern United states to challenge law enforcement.

Plessy v. Ferguson (matching) -  

1896 case when the US supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state - sponsored racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine and created the Jim Crow laws .

 

NAACP (matching) -  

National association for the advancement of colored people.  

Filibuster (matching) -

An attempt to kill a bill by having a group of senators take turns speaking continuously so that a vote cannot take place. 

Racism (matching) -

Prejudice or discrimination against someone because of his or her race. 

Black Panthers (matching) -  

Black Panthers = militant African American leaders preaching black power, black nationalism, + economic self-sufficiency = believed revolution was necessary

Dien Bien Phu (multiple choice) -

the first Indochina war that took place between March 13 and May 7th 1954. 

Reason for American involvement in Vietnam (multiple choice) -

to stop the spread of communism and domino theory and supporting their allies. 

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (multiple choice)-  

A congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorizes president Lyndon B

Port Huron Statement (multiple choice) -

A political manifesto write in 1962 by (SDS)

Woodstock (multiple choice) -

a music festival 

Cesar Chavez/Dolores Huerta (multiple choice)-

Founder of the united farmers worker union  and big farmer rights activists

Betty Friedan (matching)  -

author of the feminine Mystique 

Gloria Steinem (matching) -

co founder of ms magazine 

Phyllis Schlafly (matching) -

Stopped the ERA campaign 

Richard Nixon/”enemies list” (multiple choice) -

a list of people who have ever wronged him politically 

Stagflation (multiple choice) -

slow economic growth. 

Archibald Cox (matching)-

A special prosecutor that took Nixon to court in October of 1973 over the tapes he had. 

Gerald Ford (matching) -

Nixon's second vice president who became president after Nixon stepped down. 

OPEC petroleum embargo (multiple choice) -

When they cut off the US oil exports and so there was a shortages of gas.