His 202 Final

Cole's Final

Match each dictator with lands conquered in the 1930s. (Mussolini, Hitler, and Franco)

Mussolini- Ethiopia
Hitler-Czechoslovakia
Franco-Spain

Describe the Munich Conference.

1938 meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Adolf Hitler's pledge to respect Czechoslovakia's new borders. APPEASEMENT POLICY

Describe the destroyers for bases deal

U.S. Navy destroyers we're transferred to the Royal in exchange for land rights on British possessions. (Land to build naval bases) FDR did this to fix the fact that Britain couldn't pay for the destroyers.

Why was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor such a surprise?

The U.S. didn't think that the Japanese could reach Pearl Harbor. They thought it would be in the Philippines or in Malaya.

Why were the Japanese places in internment camps during WWII?

people were paranoid, it was done out of racism and prejudice. Roosevelt Executive Order 9066.

What did women in industry in WWII lead to?

Established day care centers.

When was the U.S. army integrated?

June/July 26, 1948; President Truman signed an executive order establishing the Resident's Committee.

What was the first battle comepletely fought by carrier base aircraft?

Battle of Coral Sea

What was the turning point in the war against the Japanese?

Battle of Midway

What was the turning point in the war against Germany?

Battle of Stalingrad

Who commanded the Allies in the nation of Normandy?

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who commanded the Allies in the Pacific?

Douglas McArthur

What was the last offensive of Hitler to stop the Allied invasion of Germany?

Battle of the Bulge; It was the final attempt to beat back the advancing Allied armies.

What tactic did the Japanese use to give up their lives for the emperor?

Kamikazes- soldiers who would fly into enemy ships

Code name for the atomic bomb project

Manhattan Project

Where did the US drop the atomic bombs?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What started the feminist revolt of the 1960s?

The book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan.

Which area(s) of the Unured States grew the fastest in 1945?

The sunbelt

What contributed to the rise of suburbs in post-WWII?

Veterans received low interest loans from the GI Bill. This led to them buying houses in the suburbs. WHITE FLIGHT.

What major problem will the baby boom create in the future?

Bankruptcy and possibly an end to Social Security.

What were the origins of the Cold War?

Germany/Eastern Europe

What was the Berlin Airlift?

a military operation to bring supplies to troops and civilians in Soviet-controlled Berlin (East Berlin was communist)

Explain the policy of containment

the US and its allies would do all in their power to "contain" or stop the spread of communism to non-communist nations. They would not attempt to overthrow already communist nations though. George F. Kennen

Describe the Truman Doctrine.

- A radical change in US foreign policy
- Stimulated by the instability seen in TURKEY AND GREECE: Feb 1947, Great Britain informs the US it could no longer offer support to the Greek monarch (who they reinstated after WWII); Truman issues his "doctrine" in the name of preserving democracy over Communism; US & military advisors go to Greece
- Soviet view this as evidence of US determination to expand its influence, leading to further the decline of US Soviet relations
- Containment of Communism

Why did the Democratic Party split?

The Civil Rights Movement. When Truman says let's extend rights to African Americans, the southern democrats were unhappy. The southern democrats split and formed the dixiecrats. Harry S. Truman

Explain Brown vs. Board decision of 1954.

It ruled segregation in as schools as unconstitutional. OVERRULED PLESSY VS. FURGUSON

Explain the Bracero Program

Legally bringing in Mexican workers to tend the farms.

What was Eisenhower's largest public works project?

The Interstate System

Describe the Eisenhower Doctrine.

An extension of the Truman doctrine saying that the U.S. would extend help to anyone in the Middle East fighting communism.

How did JFK win the election of 1960?

Television

Who killed Kennedy?

Lee Harvey Oswald

What was the Great Society?

The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964-65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME

Explain the Tonkin Gulf resolution.

It authorized President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote international peace and security in South Asia. ESSENTIALLY GIVING THE PRESIDENT A BLANK CHECK FOR RETURN ACTION.

What were the effects of the Tet offensive in 1968?

American and South Vietnamese forces lost over 3,000 men which impacted the public's opinion of the war.

Describe Vietnamization.

Gradual handover of the war to the Vietnamese.

Describe the Pentagon Papers

A top-secret Department of Defense study of political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1967. Showed that the government will lie to them.

Why did Spiro T. Agnew resign on vice presidency?

He was proven to have taken bribes.

What revelation hurt Nixon in the Watergate scandal?

He had tapes recording him within his Oval Office.

Why did OPEC declare an oil embargo on the United States in 1973?

As a form of retaliation against the U.S.'s decision to supply Israeli military.

What was controversial about Gerald Ford?

He pardoned Nixon of any illegal actions he may have done.

Describe the feminist movement of the 60s and 70s.

Women's liberation movement, political alignment, and feminist intellectualism.

Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidency in 1976?

People trusted Carter. They believed he was very honest and trustworthy.

President Carter's foreign policy was based off of what?

Human Rights.

In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised

rapid readmission of Southern States into the Union

That the Southern states were “conquered provinces” and therefore at the mercy of readmission to the Union was the view of

congressional republicans

The Black Codes

banned jury service by blacks, a bar on blacks from renting land, punishment of blacks for idleness, fines for blacks who jumped labor contracts, and prohibited voting by African Americans

Forgotten Presidents of Gilded Age

Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland

Legal codes that established the system of segregation were

Jim Crow Laws

The Pendleton Act required appointees to public office to

take competitive examination

Booker T Washington

Believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was rigorous academic training

WEB Debois

demanded complete equal rights for African- Americans

Jane Adams

Social Worker

Grange

Organization made to help farmers

A major factor in the shift in Americans Foreign policy towards imperialism in the late 19th century was

The need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production

Rough Riders

were commanded by Leonard Wood

The US got ________ under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris

The Philippines, Guam, Manila, Puerto Rico

The US got the right to intervene in Cuba under the

Platt Amendment

The Panama Canal was mostly made to

improve the defense of the United States

The Roosevelt Corollary added to the Monroe Doctrine and was specifically designed to

justify US intervention in the affairs of Latin American countries.

Roosevelt’s proposals

Square Deal

The US intervened in the War in Vietnam in order to

prevent Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime from falling to the communists

In the speech at Auburn President Kennedy adopted a policy towards the Soviet Union based on

containment

Who allegedly killed Kennedy

Lee Harvard Oswald

Nixon made the

OHSA, endangered species act, environmental protection agency, supplemental security income for the blind disabled, and indigent aged.

Reaganomics included all (budget cuts, supporting businesses, strict fiscal policy) except

tax increases