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
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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.
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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”
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Operation Mongoose
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- US attempt to kill Castro
- Explosives in his cigars
- Nair in his shampoo
- Poison placed in his scuba tanks and batidos de mamey.
- All failed
17
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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- U2 spy planes see the Russians constructing nuclear launch zones.
- US military surrounds Cuba
- Lasted 13 days.
18
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Operation Pedro Pan
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December 26, 1960 - October 23, 1962
- Cuban children going to “Jamaica” for school.
- Planes went to the US.
- All children were set up with families or relatives until their parents could arrive in the US.
- Assistance from the Archdiocese of Miami and Jewish Home Services
19
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Elian Gonzalez
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- Cuban boy who fled to the US with some of his family
- Everybody on his raft died, including his mother and step-father.
- Was widely accepted by the people of the US.
- Father in Cuba wanted him back
- On April 22, 2000, he was sent back to Cuba
20
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The GI Bill 1944
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- Thi was an entitlement because of veterans service to the US.
- Gave veterans a series of benefits
- Free schooling
- Low-interest mortgages and loans
21
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“How to be a Woman”
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- The idea of glorifying women’s life of being happy as simply of being a mother and a wife.
- Women in nuclear families are going crazy being housewives.
22
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Women and work 1950s & 1960s
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- 17 million working in 1946
- 32 million in 1970
- Women had jobs, not careers
23
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Brown vs Board of Education
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1954
- Oliver Brown WW2 vet purchased home in white neighborhood
- Daughter was denied enrollment at the white school that was a block and a half away.
- Declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
- Lawyer is Thurgood Marshall
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Southern Manifesto
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1955
- States that the supreme court is an abuse of power.
- We will do everything to block it (Brown v Board)
- One person refuses to sign it, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Little Rock 9
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- FIrst 9 students to integrate
- Central High School
- High performing students from church families.
- Governor of Arkansas sends National Guard to block the students from entering.
- Eisenhower sends paratroopers.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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- 1955-1956
- Began the Monday after Rosa Parks was arrested.
- Intended to be a 1-day bus boycott.
- Lasted 366 days
- Montgomery buses went bankrupt
27
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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- Cannot discriminate in public accommodations.
- Reaffirms public schools, including colleges.
- Employment (Race, color, sex, national origin)
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Voting Rights Act 1965
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- Reinforced the 14th and 15th amendment.
- Gave the federal government the right to go down to the state level to ensure that there was no discrimination taking places in the polls.
29
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“The Problem that Has No Name”
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Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique
- Women would be doing such domestic tasks all day and were afraid to ask if this was all.
- WOmen were afraid to speak up and do more.
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“a young woman who swallowed a lie….”
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a illustrated poem created by Meredith Tex
- The telling woman that all they have been taught in their lives is a lie.
- That women’s place is in the home
- From one lie to the next, they thought they had to be a certain way to achieve a life “at home.”
