Final Flashcards

1
Q

What promoted England and France to declare war on Germany ?

A

The invasion of Poland

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2
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What is blitzkrieg?

A

Lightning war

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3
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What event occurred on the day described as “a day that will live in infamy”

A

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

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4
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Where were atomic bombs dropped?

A

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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5
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What was the lend-lease act?

A

U.S loaned weapons to countries fighting Germany

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6
Q

What was the Atlantic Charter?

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By Roosevelt and Churchill that upheld free trade among nations and the people’s right to choose their own government

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7
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What document states that “men are born and remain free and equal rights”

A

Declaration of Independence

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8
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Define nationalism.compare with patriotism

A

National =loyal

Patriotism=support

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9
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Define fascism. Compare with nationalism

A

Fascism =obedience

Nationalism =loyal

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10
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Define industrial revolution

A

Increase in machine made goods

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11
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What effect did industrial revolution have on the growth of cities

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City population grew-overcrowded-unhealthy

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12
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Explain capitalism. Compare with socialism

A

Capitalism-factors of production owned by the public

Socialism-factors of production owned by the government

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13
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Who was the supreme commander of western allied for Europe

A

Eisenhower

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14
Q

Why were thousands of Japanese American interned to relocation camps

A

Their ancestry

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15
Q

What all events helped the US mobilize for war

A

Propaganda, total war, rationing,people

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16
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Which term best describe europe’s and America’s first response to the threat of fascism

A

Isolation and appeasement

17
Q

What was issac newton explain

A

Laws of gravity

18
Q

What cultural movement reflected the ideals of emotion, imagination,and spirit of individuality?

A

Romanticism

19
Q

What technology employed the 1st division of labor?

A

Assembly line

20
Q

Which ideology called for overthrowing existing government to create a classless society?

A

Marxism

21
Q

Who was the Declaration of Independence written by?

A

Thomas Jefferson

22
Q

The difference between containment and Truman doctrine?

A

Money

23
Q

Difference between cultural revolution and red guards?

A

Red guards:militia groups

Culture revolution:society made up of peasants

24
Q

Difference between UN and NATO

A

UN:all 50 states
NATO:a few countries

25
Q

Willingness for a country to go the edge of war?

A

Brinkmanship

26
Q

Struggle between the U.S and the Soviet Union over political differences carried on by means short of war

A

Cold War

27
Q

Phrase used to represent europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe

A

Iron curtain