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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What did women in industry in WWII lead to?
Established day care centers.
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When was the U.S. army integrated?
June/July 26, 1948; President Truman signed an executive order establishing the Resident's Committee.
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What was the first battle comepletely fought by carrier base aircraft?
Battle of Coral Sea
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What was the turning point in the war against the Japanese?
Battle of Midway
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What was the turning point in the war against Germany?
Battle of Stalingrad
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Who commanded the Allies in the nation of Normandy?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Who commanded the Allies in the Pacific?
Douglas McArthur
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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.
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What tactic did the Japanese use to give up their lives for the emperor?
Kamikazes- soldiers who would fly into enemy ships
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Code name for the atomic bomb project
Manhattan Project
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Where did the US drop the atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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What started the feminist revolt of the 1960s?
The book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan.
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Which area(s) of the Unured States grew the fastest in 1945?
The sunbelt
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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.
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What major problem will the baby boom create in the future?
Bankruptcy and possibly an end to Social Security.
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What were the origins of the Cold War?
Germany/Eastern Europe
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
a military operation to bring supplies to troops and civilians in Soviet-controlled Berlin (East Berlin was communist)
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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
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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
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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
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Explain Brown vs. Board decision of 1954.
It ruled segregation in as schools as unconstitutional. OVERRULED PLESSY VS. FURGUSON
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Explain the Bracero Program
Legally bringing in Mexican workers to tend the farms.
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What was Eisenhower's largest public works project?
The Interstate System
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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.
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How did JFK win the election of 1960?
Television
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Who killed Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
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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
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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.
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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.
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Describe Vietnamization.
Gradual handover of the war to the Vietnamese.
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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.
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Why did Spiro T. Agnew resign on vice presidency?
He was proven to have taken bribes.
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What revelation hurt Nixon in the Watergate scandal?
He had tapes recording him within his Oval Office.
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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.
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What was controversial about Gerald Ford?
He pardoned Nixon of any illegal actions he may have done.
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Describe the feminist movement of the 60s and 70s.
Women's liberation movement, political alignment, and feminist intellectualism.
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Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidency in 1976?
People trusted Carter. They believed he was very honest and trustworthy.
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President Carter's foreign policy was based off of what?
Human Rights.
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In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised
rapid readmission of Southern States into the Union
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That the Southern states were “conquered provinces” and therefore at the mercy of readmission to the Union was the view of
congressional republicans
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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