30 statements Flashcards
2.Understand the strategy used by India to gain independence from the British.
chapter 7 part 2
non violent resistance/civil disobedience
- Understand the reasons the United States entered WWII.
chapter 7 part 1
December 7, 1941
Japanese planes launch surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan believed they could defeat US
3.Understand the resolution between Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India.
chapter 7 part 2
Hindus went to India
Muslims went to Pakistan
4.Understand the importance of Vladimir Lenin.
chapter 8 part 2 1917 British leader smuggled by Germans into Russia He & Leon Trotisky ( Bolshevik revolution) made Russia the USSR
5.Understand the meaning of genocide.
chapter 8 part 3
systematic killing of a people group
6. Understand Hitler’s “Final Solution.”
chapter 8 part 3
first ship Jews off to Africa then exterminate them
eventually move on to other continents
7. Understand the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad.
chapter 8 part 3
nazis fought the soviets for control of the Russian city
August 1942-February 1943
Russian lost bc they were not used to the harsh weathers
8.Understand the major figures and ideas of the Progressive Movement.
chapter 9 part 1
major figure: Teddy Roosevelt
limit power of big businesses
help the poor
9.Understand the major developments during 1920s America.
chapter 9 part 2 business & technical growth invention of the automatic assembly line commercial air lines mass media
10.Understand the contributions of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
chapter 9 part 2
helped get the US out of the Great Depression ( the new deal )
fire-side chats
11.Understand the economic impact of WWI & WWII on the American homeland.
Great Depression & stock market crashes
women enter the industrial workforce making guns, jeeps, amo, tanks etc.
12.Understand isolationism.
stay out of other nations affairs
isolated our country during Great Depression trying to get back our economic collapses
ended isolation during Pearl Harbor
13.Understand the Social Security Act of 1935.
I. Provided workers with unemployment insurance and retirement benefits
ii. Workers & employers make payments into special fund iii. Upon retirement, they receive a monthly payment iv. Still in place today
14.Understand the end result of separating East & West Germany.
east Germany - communism
west Germany - democratic
15.Understand Japan’s reasons for attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor.
thought it would scare us into weakening us and helping them take over the world
16.Understand how Gandhi viewed his accomplishments.
viewed it as a failure since he did not create peace in India
17.Understand the mission of the Indian National Congress.
self rule
independence
peace between Hindu Muslims
poverty
18.Understand the implications of the 18th Amendment.
18th amendment - prohibition of alcohol
people then illegally bought It and sold it ( government looses control over it since it’s illegal now
gets repealed by 21st amendment (first amendment to be repealed)
government now has control over it
19.Understand the cause of the Great Migration.
African Americans moved north toward industrial factories to get more money
20.Understand welfare and the New Deal.
welfare - government provides things for families with less money
new deal - Roosevelt’s program to end the Great Depression
