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2 “New Frontier” programs initiated by
Peace Corp - Helping 3rd World Countries
Space Program - put a man on the moon
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
1942, U.S Navy destroyed Japanese navy fleet.
The Post-World War II trial called by some the Judgment at Nuremberg was
Crimes against Humanity.
Three items at the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI provided “Ammunition” for the rise of Hitler
Reparations/damages
Lost valuble land
Admit guilt for starting a war
reduction of military
2 reasons hitler lost the war
over confidence, extended supply line
Name 2 reasons as causes for Japan’s entry into WWII
Embargo on resources from the USA
Trying to gain new territories through imperialism
The Potsdam Conference and Yalta Conference had what major outcome?
German had to pay reparations
Define “Cold War’
Difference between Capitalism and Communism
Define ‘iron curtain’
loved by winston churchill
Western Europe (Free) Eastern Europe (Communist)
Define ‘containment’
US policy to keep communism small (contained)
Define ‘Truman Docterine’
Stop communism
Marshall Plan and its significance
helped re-build Europe after WWII
Great Britain had to give up colonies after WWII name at least 3
Australia, India, Canada, Pakistan, and Burma
What did each of these countries have in common regarding their relationship with the “Mother Country”
Independence
Cost to Maintain + Operate
Define the term command economy
Government owns, directs, influences the means of production dictate whats going on in the economy
After WWII the GI Bill provided several key benefits to surviving and returning military veterans name 2
Free education - College
No money down to buy a house for veterans.
Similarities between McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials
Fear of the unknown
False Acusations
2 major items bought by american consumers after WWII as jobs and disposable income prevailed
Houses, Automobiles, Appliances, Credit
3 strategies regarding Dr. Martin Luther King, JR
Sit-ins
Boycotts
Marches
Viet-cong
South Vietnamese Communist
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnamese Communist
Define ‘Domino Theory’
If Vietnam fell so would other communist countries.
What major battle was the tipping point in the Vietnam war
Tet offensive, January 1968 - April of 1968
What is Lech Walesa associated with?
Solidarity in Poland from 1980-1981
Velvet Revolution
A revolution without violence, includes large rallies and movements, protest were centered around anti-communism, students and dissidents
Brezhnev Docterine
Premier Russian
The soviet union may intervene where socialism is under threat
Why was Operation Desert Shield a success?
Kuwait’s independence restored
lots of oil
large coalation victory lots of support
expulsion of iraqs forcest
Patriot act caused by 9/11 had a number of major components, name two
allowed the government to monitor cell phones without warrant,
allows government to trace money and funding including setting up regulations in financial institutions.
Homeland Security
Define the term british invasion
beatles came in 1964,
Music age, vinyl recors
Came for oppurtunity
different areas of the world
Define the term globalization
Technology changed lives and keeps us interconnected
Name two political effects of globalization
Debates about the nature of citizenship and entitlements
Human and environmental cost of global capitalism
Cite 4 major global health issues since 1970
Aids - 1970’s
Sars - 2003
Ebola - 2014
Covid-19 March 2020
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