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Chapters 27-29 Flashcards

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Briefly describe the Kellogg briand pact

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Protect the peace without accepting active international duties “moral force”

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At the Washington conference, the United States tried to obtain a treaty which would prevent what?

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A costly and destabilizing naval armaments race between America, Brittan, and japan

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How did Charles Dawes suggest solving the massive international debt problems of the European countries?

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American banks would provide enormous loans to Germans to meet reparations, Brit and France would reduce payments. American presence in Germany.

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Spain

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Franco

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Italy

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Mussolini

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USSR

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Stalin

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Japan adopted a program: territorial expansion in what nation

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Invaded china

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What economic conference did FDR ruin its chances for success by announcing that he would take the dollar off the gold standard?

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The world economic conference

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What part of the world was the good neighbor policy directed to?

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Dedicated to Latin America

No state can interfere with the internal and external fairs of one another

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Us foreign policies for much of the 1920 and. 1930

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Isolationism

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Examples of increasing isolationism in the 1930’s in the United States?

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Neutrality, Spanish war, committed hearing

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What was the Brit and French policy toward hitler in the mid to late 1930

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Appeasement

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Describe FDR quarantine speech and the public reaction to it

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Aggressors should. E quern tines by an international committee so we can prevent war from spreading

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When did Britain and France declare war on Germany? What caused the declaration of war?

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Sept. 3, 1939. Germany invaded Poland

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What conference became the symbol of appeasement

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Munich

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15
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List 4 ways FDR started to prepare for war?

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  1. Cash carry
  2. Ships for bases
  3. Atlantic charter
  4. Materials for Churchill
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16
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What were policies adopted by the us govt?

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  1. Lend lease
    2 hemispheric defense
  2. Formal soviet alliance
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what was the america first committee and hwo were some of its key members?

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non intervention groups, Robert e. wood, Gerald nye, wheeler, berg

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18
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briefly describe the campaign of 1940

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demos nominated FDR, FDR v. Willkie, 45% to 55% FDR lost

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list 3 things that FRD did to support Britain and the allies while still, technically a neutral nation

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  1. stop Japanese assets
  2. cash and cary
  3. lend and lease
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what was the Atlantic Charter?

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Britain and US- what world would look like after the war

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21
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how did FDR react against continued Japanese aggression in Asia?

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he refused to recognize Japanese control of manchuna

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what revisionist historian said that the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was the result of a deliberate attempt by the US to maneuver the Japanese into firing the first shot?

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Charles Beard

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23
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according to FDR, December 7th was what?

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“Day that will live in infamy”

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who was the only person in the United States Congress to vote against a declaration of war against Japan

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Jeanette Rankin

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according to Brinkley, WWII is the story of the creation of a _______ ________ both at home and ________.

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New world

Abroad

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26
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describe the war situation in the early months of 1942 in regards to Britain Soviet Union and the untied states

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all 3 suffer defeats , especially the Soviet Union

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27
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the irst teo defeats of the Japanese Navy in the pacific were at:

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battles of coralcy and midway

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28
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which nation recieved the brunt of the German War effort for most of WWII

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Soviet Union

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who shot down Marshall’s plan to attack across the English Channel in 1943

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churchill and the British

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30
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what famous American General helped defeat the germans in both North Africa and Italy

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general Bernard Montgomery

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31
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what was the US policy toward the ship the St. Louis? what happened to most of the passengers

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refused to let them disembark in Cuba, we didn’t allow them to disembark here, returned them to Europe

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32
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give two statistics that demonstrated the effect of WWII on the American economy

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9 bill: 1939

100 bill: 1945

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33
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what state benefited the most from the WWII from an economic point of view? what region of the country experienced rapid industrialization during the war?

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California and the West

34
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what groups helped make up for the labor shortage caused by 15 million men being involved in the war effort?

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African americans, women, large groups of workers from Mexico

35
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what happened to union membership during WWII

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rose about 10.5 million in 1941 and 13 million in 1945

36
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list three things that the government did to try to control laor unions during the war

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  1. strike pledge
  2. wage increases to 15%
  3. war plant
37
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how did the OPA try to help the economy during WWII? name the economic problem it tried to solve and list three ways it tied to solve that problem

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  1. rationed
  2. borrowed money
  3. price controls
    control prices, control inflation
38
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what group was unwilling to accept second class citizenship during the WWII

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African Americans

39
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list three methods used by african americans to gain rights during WWII

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  1. made demands for labor commissions
  2. moved north
  3. forced restaurants to serve them
40
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there were a small number of clashed between anglo americans and _____ during WWII (example: zoo Suit Riots)

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Mexicans

41
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what resulted in the increase of Mexican Americans working in the US?

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1942 program where “Braceros” would be admitted 4 work

42
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what type of work were women more likely to be involved in after 1939 than before that year?

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heavy industry

43
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Who was the most famous of the American female workers

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Rosie the riveter

44
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why did the US not do more to try to stop the Holocsust, according to the president and top US military leaders?

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thought it was better to defeat the Nazi’s and save the Jew that way

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list five causes of tension between the US and the soviet unio after WWII

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  1. brutality of soviet gov
  2. mistreatment of Eastern Europe
  3. refused to recognize Soviet Union
  4. reluctance to open a second front
    5/ different ideologies
46
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describe three alternative historical explanations for the origins of the Cold War

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  1. soviet expansion
  2. american capitalist expansion
  3. ignorance and mis conceptions
47
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what is the post-revisionist interpretation of the origins of the Cold War

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believed both countries were responsible

48
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FDR accepeted the priciples outlined by what agreement he had with Churchill?

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Atlantic Charter

49
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Soviet American relations deteriorated after WWII for what three reasons?

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  1. disagreement about post war Europe
  2. stalin wanting Eastern Europe
  3. Stalin Unreasoning
50
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What was the key agreement between Churchill and FDR at Casablanca in 1943?

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Only accept unconditional surrenders

51
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Allied wartime diplomacy proved what about the big three

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Couldn’t settle their disagreements

52
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List four key agreements of the big three agreed upon at Yalta

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  1. soviet enter war with japan when Germany surrendered
  2. UN
  3. Divided Germany and Berlin into 4 occupation zones
  4. Election held in liberated areas
53
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when truman became president what was Truman’s view of the Soviet Union and stalin?

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he despised stalin and didn’t trust him

54
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Truman chasitsed the soviets for failing to violate agreements from what confrence?

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Didnt live up to their yalta agreements

55
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who did the us support in the pose WWII conflict in china? what kind of support did we give?

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Shanghi, chinese nationalists

  • weapons
  • money
  • advisors
56
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Describe George F. Kennan’s position on the Soviet Union. what Truman policy was adopted because of Kennans position

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  • russian expantionistic

- containment in Greece and turkey

57
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what is the definition of containment in Truman’s term?

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Support for people resisting communism

58
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what was the US reconstrucion program for Europe called?

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Marshal Plan

59
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What was the soviet position to US offers of assistance after WWII

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Soviet Union and Easter Satellites Rejected

60
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list three accomplishments of the Marshall plan

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  1. revived american trade
  2. weakend communism
  3. increased European industrial production
61
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List 3 aspects of the National Security Act of 1947

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  1. aid in the economic reconstruction of the west
  2. humanitarian concern
  3. strong European market for american goods
62
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what was Stalin’s response to the merging of the French, Brit and US zones of Germany into the West German Republic

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Blockade, berlin says no supplies can get through

63
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List three key events in the history of NATO

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  1. Warsaw Pact
  2. berlin crisis and airlift
  3. attack one, attack all
64
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the national security report, NSC-68, resulted from what three main events

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  1. approved development of a bomb
  2. fleeing
  3. communist victory in china
65
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list three key characteristic of the American economy in the years immediately after WWII

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  1. inflation
  2. economic growth
  3. labor unrest
66
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How did Truman resolve the United Mine workers strike and the RR strikes in 1946

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  • gov. seized mines

- pressured mine owners to grant union most of the demands

67
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what were three responses of women to their role in he workforce after soldiers began returning from the war and needed jobs

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80% of women wanted to keep working, moved to different fields to work

68
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List 3 key provisions of the Taft- Hartley act of 1947

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  1. cooling off period
  2. right to work laws
  3. closed shop is illegal now
69
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From what group did most of the support of the Taft Hartley act come from?

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conserative republicans

70
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Why did southern conservatives bolt form the Democratic Party in 1948? what party did they support?

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Trumans civil rights bill proposal

approval of civil rights plank in platform

71
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describe some of the tactics used by truman in the 1948 election

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  • ADA support
  • Repealed the T-H act
  • Told citizens republicans were responsible
72
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list some key aspects of Truman’s Fair Deal that he managed to get passed

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  • minimum wage went up
  • social security benefits went up
  • national trousing act
73
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what started the Korean War

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communist N. Invades S.

74
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Why did Truman remove MacArthur form command?

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Wouldn’t obey orders, intolerable insubordination

75
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List some of the economic and military results of the Korean War

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new gov. funds they economy
gov. seized control of the RR and steel
Office of defense mobilization

76
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List three events that occurred in foreign countries that helped bring about the campaign against communism in America

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  1. Loss of China to Communist
  2. Korean stalemate
  3. soviet atomic bomb
77
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The conviction of Alger Hiss resulted in what 3 developments?

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  1. Liberal democrats to conversion
  2. increased public fears
  3. discredited a young diplomat
78
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What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg accused of ? what was their punishment?

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“Masterminds in conspiracy”

  • executed
  • atomic bomb info
79
Q

List four factors that helped contribute to the rise of McCarthyism

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  1. List of Know Communists
  2. Fearless assaults
  3. no one spoke up
  4. conducted investigations
    - intimidated
    - demo responisble for 20 years of treason .
80
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List at least 3 techinques used by Jospeh McCarthy to fight domestic subversion

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  1. channeled resentments
  2. publicized investigations
  3. gov. Officials in committee
81
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Explain Eisenhower’s victory in 1952

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Electoral and popular votes won in landlide

-republicans had control over congress

82
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what was the major factor in the economic boom that followed WWII?

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Consumer spending was increased

83
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What was the initial response of the US to the North Korean invasion of South Korea

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Committed to interfere in the Foreign conflict and sent troop into seoul

IB History Of The Americas (1 decks)

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