Final History Exam

Why did the US join WW2?

Japanese bombing of Pearl Habor

What was the significance of Rosie the Riveter?

This empowered women as they take over jobs in assembly line fashion.

By 1923, USA is making more mass war supplies what who?

The entire Axis.

What was the “Double V” campaign?\` (Double Victory)

A plan to end racism at home and defeat the Nazis.

Who was A. Philip Randolph

He was the father of the Civil Rights movement

What two things did A. Philip Randolph want?

1. To desegregate the army and jobs
2. open up defense industry jobs to AA

What was the Executive Order 9066?

An order to place Japanese-Americans into internment camps due to prejudice and fear from the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Where and who did the US begin to fight first?

US fought the French in Africa (which defeats German field marshal Rommel)

Where did the US invade after fighting in Africa? (not the “real” invasion)

The “underbelly” of Italy

What was D-Day?

The American invasion of Europe to defeat the Germans (REAL invasion)

Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

34th President and military personnel who established D-Day

What was the Holocaust?

Germany’s plan to eradicate the Jews, gays, Africans, and gypsies.

* Most were placed in concentration camps and killed
* Hitler thought that the Jews were the reason that Germany lost WW1

What was the “Pacific Theater”

US vs Japan

What was “island hopping"?

US forces hopping island by island to get to Japan (skipping non-important countries)

Who were the Kamakazis?

Japanese pilots that flew “Suicide Planes”

Where did USA drop the atomic bomb?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

Who was Harry Truman?

33rd president that decided to drop the bomb on Japan (boom roasted Japan)

What was the cold war?

A “war” without physical fighting between USSR and USA (tension)

George Kennan said what?

“Communism is expansionist by nature”

What is “containment”?

Confining communism

What was the Truman doctrine?

A plan to help countries harmed by the USSR or communism (ex. Greece and Turkey)

* gave $300M to other countries

What was the Marshall Plan?

USA giving $13M to rebuild Europe’s infrastructure

Why was the Berlin Airlift significant?

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Without firing a shot, the Americans foiled the Soviet plan to hold West Berlin hostage during the cold war which proved “Yankee ingenuity”.

What was the Korean War?

In 1950, N.Korea invaded S.Korea so Truman will use UN Troops to help (UN troops are 90% USA)

What is goofy about Douglas McArthur?

McArthur tells Truman that the Chinese won’t invade, but the Chinese #prank them and invade. This leads McArthur to tell Truman to use nukes.

What was the Truman Domestic Policy?

Improvement of Civil Rights Legislation,etc.

What was the blacklash from Republicans from?

Republicans were sick of having a Democrat in power since 1932

What were Civil Rights?

You gotta be stupid or racist if you don’t know this, but it’s a movement about equality for POC.

What was the influence of Jackie Robinson?

He was the first African-American player in the 20th century to take the field in the American or National league.

What was different about the Election of 1948?

The Democratic Party split and created the “DixieCrats” (want segregation)\`

What was the biggest political upset of the century?

Truman wins the election of 1948.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

* Presidency = 8 years max
* Vice Presidency = 10 years max

What was the Federal Loyalty Program?

Program to expose communists in US gov

What was HUAC?

Investigative committee to detect Communistic ties

What was the Alger Hiss case?

Alger Hiss **was convicted of perjury in 1950**, following a lengthy espionage investigation by the FBI and its partners.

What did the Rise of Nixon include?

After being the VP to Eisenhower, Nixon rose to power in the election of 1968.

What was the story of Joseph McCarthy?

McCarthy claimed that there were commies in the US gov which caused paranoia.

What was the 1950’s conformity?

Teens chose to behave and conform to whatever was being taught.

How did consumerism affect America?

Places like McDonalds and department stores began to have more advertisement and allowed for a greater audience to be reached.

How did Elvis Presley change music and culture?

He was a sex icon and brought light to African Americans in the South.

What was Beat Generation?

Using rhyming and poetry to shed light to politics

Who wrote the book On The Road about the protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use?

Jack Kerouac

What was K1C2 during the election of 1952?

“Korea, Communism, and Corruption”

What was significant about the Checkers Speech?

The most important speech of Richard Nixon that was given before the election.

What was Brown v. Board of Education?

A court case that decided that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional (took back Plessy v. Fergusson)

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

The Supreme Court’s first African American judge that fought for civil rights

What did the Citizens Councils want?

Segregation of African Americans

Who was Emmitt Till?

An innocent African American teenager who was brutally murdered by whites.

* This became one of the turning points in the Civil Rights Movement.

What is significant about Rosa Parks?

She was used as an example after not giving up her seat on a Montgomery bus. This sparked boycotts all over Montgomery, Alabama.

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

A religious civil rights activist famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.

What were the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Sparked by Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycotts were exercised by civil rights activists to spark reform.

What was Browder v. Gayle?

The court case declared segregation on busses unconstitutional.

What was the Desegregation of Little Rick High School?

When 9 AA students were prevented from joining a public high school by National Guard members.

What was Orville Faubus known for?

When he used the Arkansas National Guard to stop African Americans from attending Little Rock Central High School as part of federally ordered racial desegregation.

What was special about the Election of 1960?

Kennedy won because he is hot and rich. He defeated Nixon.

What was the effect of televised debates?

This allowed presidents to be more well known and accessible to the nation.

What was Kennedy’s stance on foreign policy?

He chose containment to fight communism and helped to deescalate the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What was the Bay of Pigs?

A failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power

Where was Kennedy assasinated?

Dallas,TX