Essay Questions Flashcards
Describe the progress and the dark side of the roaring 20’s.
During the roaring 20’s the red scare was going on. The F.B.I. was created. There was more money than what was needed.Most families had a car. People used a lot of electrical appliances. Skyscrapers were built. There was a can-do attitude. Women entered the workforce in large numbers. Women were allowed to vote. Women ( flappers) began to wear makeup, would smoke and drink. Golden age of movies. Farmers were getting poorer and poorer. They would rent a farm instead of owning it. There was very high crime. Alcohol Prohibition. There was disillusionment.(with writers, artists, musicians)
Who were the republicans in charge in the 1920’s?
The republicans in charge during the 1920’s were Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
- **Warren Harding ( 1920-1923)
- Worst president- A return to normalcy(slogan)
- looked like a president
- ** Calvin Coolidge ( 1923-1928)
- Vermont lawyer
- Major of Boston
- Strange personality
- very religious
- known as “Silent Cal” and “Cool Cal”
- “the business of America is business”
- Taxing and spending to an absolute minimum
- “keep cool with Coolidge”
- Nothing happened when he was a president
- ** Herbert Hoover( 1928-1932)
- first president born west of Mississippi river
- born in Iowas
- Wealthy as mining engineer
- “the dollar a year man”
- U.S secretary of commerce
- Food administrator during World War I
WWII-The Rise of Dictators
– Italy-Benito Mussolini
- his father was a Blacksmith
- his mother a school teacher
- his first job-elementary school teacher
- he was a soldier in the Italian Army
- Journalist
- Political leader
- created “black shirts”army to stop communism
- 1922-king gave him power
- he promised Italians that he will get them a great nation and get them an empire
- he promised to make The Mediterranean Sea an Italian lake
- he would make sure “trains run on time”
WWII-The Rise of Dictators
–Germany-Adolf Hitler
- Austrian( German speaking)
- 1/4 Jew
- lived in homeless shelters
- join German army during World War I
- he went blind, but the recovered
- in 1923 he formed his own army “brown shirts”
- part of a national socialist part( NAZI)
- while in prison he wrote a book called “my struggle”, he talks about his ideas
WWII- The Rise of Dictators
–Japan-several
- Emperor Hirohito
- excellent marine biologist
- General Hideki Jojo ( army)
- Admiral Isokira Yamomoto ( navy)
- secure a great empire for Japan
- 1931-Japan ceased Manchuria ( Manchukvo- Japanese )
- 1937-took over Beinjeing( northern capital)
- Shanghai
- Nanking
- Rape of Nanking
- 300,000-400,000 men were murdered
- Rape of Nanking
- Chungking
Hitler’s Main Ideas
1.Classification of races
- did not believe races are equal
* Aryan race is superior(blue eyed and blondes)
- All other races maintain culture
* Jews are at the bottom; they destroy culture
2. Lebensraum( living-room)
3. Heartland theory
-Englishmen Sir Halford Mackinder stated that Russia is the Key;
“He who controls eastern Europe controls the heartland.He who controls the heartland controls the world island.He who controls the world island controls the world.”
4. Third Reich
-joins German speaking nations?
Extra;
1. women are forced to give up their jobs.
2. forces Jews to give up their jobs.
3. Build Germany highway System
-No speed limits
- Volkswagen (people car)(hitlermobile)
1933-Hitler was given power.
How did the U.S. stayed officially neutral during WWII?
“Cash and Carry” policy ( 1939)
- Nations such as Germany and Britain had to pay in cash for the supply they wanted. They also had to pick up the supply on their own. - Lend-Lease) Program ( 1941) - Britain run out of money in 1941 , so the U.S. created this program to lend supplies to Britain but they would have to return them once the war is over.
What is the Atlantic Charted Agreement?
- 80% effort to defeat Germany
- 20% effort to defeat Japan
- not seek any territorial gain from the war
- work together (USA and BRITAIN) to establish an international organization to keep peace and prevent a third World War ( The United Nations)
Why is June 6,1944 significant?
June 6, 1944 is D-day. The largest sea invasion in History.
Describe the U.S. strategy for winning the was in the Asia-Pacific.( this will be in the TEST)
- Keep China Fighting
- Burma road-supply for china
- Pronge attack
- An Australian-American Army led by MacArthur from Australia to New Guinea ->Phillipines-> Japan
- American Navy and Marines led by Admiral Chester Nimitz through the islands of central pacific and onto Japan.
- An Australian-American Army led by MacArthur from Australia to New Guinea ->Phillipines-> Japan
- The American’s will employ “Island-Hopping” Japan starve the islands surrounding the main ones
- U.S.A submarine Campaign
What was the Manhattan Project?
Albert Einstein -German Jew, managed to escape war, warned FDR that an ATOMIC BOMB is possible, he said Germans were working on one.
-J. Robert OppenHeimer, an american Jew in charge of the project, was known as “father of the Atomic Bomb”.
-200 Mathematicians and Scientists were taken to Los Alamos, New Mexico ( middle of American desert to work on ot)
Summer of 1945-Three atomic bombs were created
-“The gadget”-Test-Almagoro New Mexico
Little Boy -Uranium , droppoed in hiroshima
Fat boy dropped in in Nigasaki
