Western Civ Test 3 of 3

2 “New Frontier” programs initiated by

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

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