Exam 3 Flashcards
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Double V Campaign
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- First appeared in Pittsburgh Courier
- First V is for victory
- Second V is for double victory for African Americans fighting for freedom overseas and at home
- Blacks were tired of being oppressed and were ready for change.
2
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Exec. Order #9066
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- Signed in 1942 by FDR
- Authorized the removal of any enemy aliens from the west coast.
- Allowed military zones to be set up to place Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans
3
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Operation Overlord
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- June 6, 1944
- Codename for D-Day
- Allied invasion of the Nazis at Normandy
- Juno, Utah, Omaha
4
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Yalta Conference
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- February 1945
- US, Great Britain, USSR
- They discussed the new world order.
- USSR agrees to declare war on Japan 3 months after war in Europe ends
- We secretly promise them a free hand in Manchuria and Easter Europe
5
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Potsdam Ultimatum
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- July 26, 1945
- Message to Japan
- “You have 10 days to surrender or face unimaginable destruction.”
6
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The Iron Curtain Speech
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- Whinston Churchill March 1946
- What is to happen about Europe? An Iron Curtain is drawn down upon the Russian front
- We must not let this happen again.
- A country expanding and nobody stopping them.
7
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The Long Telegram
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- 1946
- US Diplomat named George Kennan
- “Russian Expert”
- The soviet union is fundamentally insecure
- They will expand into any vacuum
8
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Truman Doctrine
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- Wherever there is conflict, and the Russians are there, we will help the other team
- Turkey vs Russians
- We support the Muslim Turks.
- Truman asks for $400 million in aid
9
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Marshall Plan
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- American initiative to aid Western Europe.
- $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of WW2.
10
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How the “Bikini” got its name
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Summer 1946
- Bikini Atoll
- US tested nuclear bombs to show how badass we were.
- Rita Hayworth was called a “knockout” and a “bombshell”
11
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Berlin Blockade
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- USSR blocked all roads, highways, and railroads to Berlin.
- Berlin was divided into four pieces, as was the country of Germany.
- Berlin was located in the USSR’s piece of Germany.
12
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Berlin Airlift
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- 1948-1949
- US Mission
- Aircrafts would fly into Berlin to deliver goods
- Only land for 90 seconds
- Testing the USSR to shoot at us
13
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How did the Korean War become UN War?
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- June 1950
- North Korea invaded South Korea
- It became a UN war because the vote of whether or not to join the war was held without the USSR.
- UN vs Communist Nations
- By November, the UN was winning significantly.
14
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“History will absolve me”
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- Fidel Castro
- Was arrested for entering the Moncada Barracks.
- He defended himself in trial. The Judge was Urrutia.
- He also said, “It is not illegal to overthrow an illegal government.”
15
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Bay of Pigs
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April 17, 1961
- Cubans leaving Tampa and Puerto Rico to invade Cuba.
- Boats report that the Cuban military was there.
- CIA double agents fucked it up
- Kennedy pulls out the planes, half-ass mission.
- US paid $200 million in Ransom.
