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Why was the us surprised by the attack on Pearl Harbor

US thought the Japanese has the ability to hit the islands (maybe an attack somewhere else)

Silver lining at Pearl Harbor

2 aircraft carriers are at sea during the bombing

Japanese internment

Put under executive order 966-US felt Japanese were a threat

Women in jobs

6 million women work outside the home in war efforts, but bulk stayed home. Massive growth of daycare centers

Race relations

FDR develops fair employment practice commission “desegregate defense plants”

Wartime economy

US spends over $4 billion on developing weapons; brings country to full employment and double income

Battle of midway

Turning point in pacific front for US and Japanese- stops advancement of Japanese any father East (us won by breaking Japanese code and torpedos)

D-day

Operation overload-Opened 2nd front (Stalin asked for 2 yrs)

Hitler mistakes

Did not invade UK, underestimate US, invade USSR (and being a vegetarian)

FDR Great Depression policies

Reciprocal trade act (1935)- lowers protective tariff by 50%

Good neighbor policies

Good neighbor to Latin America, improve trade, create western system where all counties join to fight against wwii axis powers

New deal

series of programs designed to put ppl back to work, give instant relief, design instant reform (ex-CCC put 18-25 yr old men to work)

Causes of Great Depression

Overinflation of stock market, halt in trade by ‘27-‘28, credit easily available, agricultural depression

Hoover

Blamed for GD, loses election of 1932 cuz he doesn’t like bonus army

Al Smith

Ran for president 1928 against Hoover, lost cuz he experiences anti catholic bigotry, against prohibition

Lunatic fringe

Huey long (promised everyone in Louisiana $5k), Francis Townsend, Charles caughlin (catholic radio priest)

FDR beginning of presidency

Convince ppl they’re going to be ok with fireside chats

100 days

How a presidents success is measured is by how much they get done in the first 100 days of their presidency

anti-wwii

Almost no anti war movements

Double v program

Civil rights during wwii- fighting against fascism over seas and racism at home (African Americans who fought in the war still faced discrimination)

Korean War (UN police action)

Truman sent troops to Korea to contain communism

Containing communism

US contains communism by throwing $ at the problem, use conventional weapons, espionage, threats of nukes

Cuban missile crisis

Closest us and USSR got to using nukes

Communist leader of north Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh- most popular leader in NV but a communist

South Vietnam leader

Ngo Dinh diem- Catholic anti communist

Elvis Presley

Represents bridge between African American music and white mainstream (records 1st record 1953)

Lindon Johnson’s war on poverty

1964- great society policies include anti poverty campaigns, $ for education, civil rights legislation, Medicare, Medicaid

Project c

Campaign in Birmingham AL, confrontation of civil rights (leaders attacked), JFK provides support for civil rights movement

March on Washington

Support civil rights bill

JFK and Vietnam

jfk escalates war by sending more advisors into Vietnam- 16k advisors by the time of his death

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Johnson gets free reign to do what he needs to win war in Vietnam

tet offensive

Turning point of Vietnam- us is not winning, political defeat for us, even tho us military wins battle

Southern manifesto

Brown v board- southern politicians sign manifesto to avoid desegregation in public schools

Eisenhower new look policy

Puts $ into nukes

Watergate

Creep stands for committee to re-elect the president

Nixons resignation

Could not survive a trial in senate, so resigns first

Woodward and Bernstein code

Info given to them from workers on inside