WW2 and Cold War

Isolationism

U.S. policy of avoiding involvement in foreign conflicts in this case Europe.

Operation Barbarossa

Germany's invasion of Russia during World War II's code name.

Battle of Britain

British victory that halted Hitler's plans to invade Britain

Erwin Rommel

German general known as 'Desert Fox' in Africa by driving the British back into Egypt

Battle of Midway

Turning point in the Pacific theater for the U.S.

Battle of Stalingrad

Major battle with Russian deaths that outnumbered the loss that the U.S had over the entire warspan

Battle of Bulge

Germany's last major offensive in Western Europe.

Final Solution

Hitler's plan for the extermination of Jews.

First Lord of the Admiralty

Winston Churchill's title overseeing the British navy.

Great Patriotic War

Soviet Union's term for World War II.

Cold War

Geopolitical tension between US and USSR post-WWII.

What happened under Truman

The Korean Conflict, he also fired General MacArthur

Jim Crow Laws

Legislation enforcing racial segregation in the South.

Prohibition

Legal ban on alcohol production and sale addressed by the Temperance Movement

Progressivism

Movement aimed at social reform and reducing corruption.

Lyndon B. Johnson

36 President

Born in Stonewall, Texas

Served in Congress for 24 years

Served a Representative for 12 years

Served in the Senate for 12 years

Served as the Majority Leader

Ronald Reagan

40th President Intensified the Cold War by Increasing military spending.Intensified the Cold War by slowing arms limitations negotiations.Was an actor.

John F. Kennedy

35th President and WWII hero.

Charles de Gaulle

French leader during the Algerian War.

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet leader who allowed more intellectual freedom.

Soviet Blockade of Berlin

1948 blockade that intensified Cold War divisions.

Dismemberment of Germany

Concerns over communism led to a unified Germany.

Little Beagle Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson's pet dog.

Star Wars Initiative

Reagan's proposed missile defense system in space.

France

1. Fell quickly to the German Invaders

2. Signed an armistice allowing Germany to occupy more than half of France
3.Had expected the Germans to attempt an attack on the Magneto Line

2. Signed an armistice allowing Germany to occupy more than half of France

3.Had expected the Germans to attempt an attack on the Magneto Line

What did Hitler speak of after his third reich throughout europe?

the new order

December 7, 1941

Japan's bombing of Pearl harbor

The United States aided the British during the war effort, despite declaring neutrality, by

1. Sending military supplies to the British.

2. Trading badly needed warships for lease on British naval bases.
3. Convoying ships across the Atlantic to help the British survive

2. Trading badly needed warships for lease on British naval bases.

3. Convoying ships across the Atlantic to help the British survive.

Immediate cause of world war 1?

Germany's invasion of Poland

Secret Nazi-Soviet Pact agreeing that they'd split Poland

August 1939

By the end of 1941, how was British unemployment rates?

It was non-existent

Hitler's ideal race?

Scandanavian

During the Cold War what was the immigrant status?

Immigrants came to America during the late 19th and Early 20th centuries because, they were facing poverty in their native homeland

Progressivism goals

eliminate corruption and abuses of power by government and big business

The Populists platform (party goals) toward the end of the 19th century included all of the following

A. Ending corruption and graft that was widespread with politicians and big business leaders

B. More intensely increasing regulations on railroads, to better ensure fair rates and service for all
C. Encouraging government to promote economic policies favorable to struggling farmer of the era.

B. More intensely increasing regulations on railroads, to better ensure fair rates and service for all

C. Encouraging government to promote economic policies favorable to struggling farmer of the era.

He was an early progressive in that office, and took a much more active role in setting the national agenda than presidents of the previous twenty or so years.

Theodore Roosevelt

The New Deal

significantly expanded the federal government's size &role in managing many areas of U.S. society

Dwight D. Eisenhower

ran under the Republican Party. During the(8) eight years he was the president of the United States, the country did not go to war.

The following were goals of American foreign policy in the 1890s and early 1900s.

A. Finding new markets for American goods cheaper sources of raw materials.

B. Spreading American values, ideas, and religion to other peoples.
C. American political and military influence throughout the world.

B. Spreading American values, ideas, and religion to other peoples.

C. American political and military influence throughout the world.

best describes US involvement in Europe during both World War I & II

The US fought against Germany in both conflicts, and played a critical role in helping the allied powers defeat them in both cases

Main two participants in the Cold War?

U.S and Russia

Korean Conflict ended under who?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Mikhail Gorbachev's economic policies

Negative Impact

remained dictatorships until the mid-1970s.

Spain and Portugal

As result of the Marshall plan was

1. A mutual support system among European countries and the United States.2. Unprecedented postwar growth in Europe.3. A restoration of prosperity to Western Europe.

Charles de Gaulle

French leader who orchestrated the French retreat from Algiers.