Final Multiple Choice Flashcards

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Operation Barbarossa

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Was during world war II and was the code name for the german invasion of the soviet union (1941)

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Sudetenland

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the historical german name for northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited by primarily studenten germans

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Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939

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paved the way for the joint invasion of poland by nazi germany and the soviet union

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Lend Lease

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stated that the US could lend or lease (instead of sell) war supplied to any nation

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German Invasion of Poland Crisis

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German troops invaded poland september 1st 1939, triggeting world war II

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The Fall of France

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German invasion of france during World War II. France was conquered ending land operations on the western front

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The battle of Britain

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A military campaign of the second cold war where the royal air force and the fleet air arm of the royal navy defended the united kingdom against nazi germanys air force.

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Pearl Harbor

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A surprise attack done by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service apon the U.S. naval base at pearl harbor on december 7th 1941

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Japanese Internment

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During world war II the U.S. relocated and incarcerated at least 120k people of japanese decent to identified incarceration sites.

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War in the Pacific

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the major theatre of world war II that covered a large portion of the pacific ocean, east asia and southeast asia

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Battle of Coral Sea

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a major naval battle between the imperial japanese naval and navy VS. air forces of the United States and Australia

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Atlantic Warfare Accords

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The battle of the atlantic was the longest military campaign to defeat nazi germeny covering a major part of naval history in world war II

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Allied Invasion of Sicily and Italy

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a major campaign of world war II in which allied forced invaded an island of sicily and took it from Axis powers, similar to what happened in italy

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The battle of Stalingrad

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A major battle on the easter front of world war II where nazi germany and it’s allied unsuccessfully fought the soviet union for control of the city Stalingrad

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Normandy “D-Day” Invasion

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landing operations of the allied invasion of norwat in operation overload during world war II

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U.S. Post-War economic boom

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a broad period of worldwide economic expansion beginning with the aftermath of world war II

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Sunbelt

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following world war II the U.S. population shifted from northern cities to southern cities

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G.I. Bill of Rights

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provided world war II veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing

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“Iron Curtain”

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a political and ideological barrier erected by the soviet union to seal itself off as well as irs dependent eastern and centeral european allies from open contact with the west

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Cold War

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a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Societ Union and their respetive allies

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Stagflation

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also known as recession inflation is a situation in which the inflation rate is high ot increasing and the economic rate slows

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Fall of China Treaty

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the unequal treaty was signed between china and eastern powers required china to cede land, pay reparations, legalizeopium import and grand extraterritorial privileges to foreign citizens

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Korean War

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war fought between north korea and south korea. It began when north korea invaded south korea following clashes along the boarder and rebellions in south korea

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Berlin Airlife Accords

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when western allied started a massive airlift to counter the berlin blockade imposed by the soviet regime

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Division of Europe

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Europe was divided into spheres of influence with the americans, british and french in the western europe and the soviets in eastern europe. once germany was defeated a fault-line was created that split european continent in half

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NATO and Warsaw Pact

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The warshaw pact and NATO were opposed and overtime built up defences starting an arms race, with no direct conflict

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Marshall Plan

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proposed that the united states provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar europe

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United Nations

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an intergovernmental organization whose stated purpose is to maintain international peace and security.

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1947 National Security Act

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reorganized the structure of the U.S armed forced during WW II and created the office of secretary of defense

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Eisenhower’s “New Look”

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the new look polict reflected Eisenhowers concern for balancing the cold war military commitments of the US with the nations resources

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Brinksmanship

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The pracitce of trying to achive an advantagous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict

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Sputnik and the Space Race

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The space race was a competition between two cold war rivals, the united states and the soviet union. with the aim to achieve superior spaceflight capability

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The Warren Court

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A period in the history of the united states where earl warren sereved as cheif justice and made multiple historic rulings on civil rights cases

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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a decision by the supreme court that laws establishig racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional even if “equal”

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Rosa Parks

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an american activist in the civil rights movement who is best known for being arrested for refusal to give up her seat

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Martin Luther King, Jr

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an american activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the american civil rights movement

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Kennedy and Civil Rights

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kennedy defined the civil rights crisis as moral as well as contitutional and legal. he announced majot civil rights legislations to guarentee equal access to public facilities and to end segregetion in educations. (as well as providing the right to vote)

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Birimingham Crusade 1963

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The childrens march by over 5k school students in Birmingham, with the purpose of the march to speak about the segregation esp. in the education system

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Civil Rights Washington March

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was the largest gathering for civil rights, was a march for freedom and jobs. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a Dream” speech at the event.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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was a failed military landing operation in the southwest coast of cuba in 1961, financed and directed by the united states. Was aimed to overthrow Fidel Castros communist government

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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was a direct confrontation between the united states and the soviet union which came close to nuclear conflict

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Nikita Khrushchev

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The first secretary of the communist part of the soviet union and a chairman of the countrys council of ministers

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Ho Chi Minh

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served as prime minister of vietnam

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Kennedy’s assassination

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President Kennedy was assassinated as he rode thorugh Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas Texas

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

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Johnson’s “War on Poverty”

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The legislation was proposed by johnson in response to the national poverty rate being around 19%

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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outlawed discriminatory voting pracit8ies adopted in southern states after the civil war such as literacy tests

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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authorized president johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast asia

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Operation “Rolling Thunder”

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an aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the united states and the rebublic of vietnam airforce against the democratic republic of vietnam

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Watts Riots

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took place in los angeles after a african american male was pulled over for drunken driving and after failing a sobriety test turned into violence.

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Malcom x

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a human rights activist who was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement

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Black Panthers - “Black Power”

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was a marxist and leinist black power political organization focusing on african american rights

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Nixon’s Vietnamization

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a program designed to shift the responsability of the war from the US to the south vietnamese

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Regents of the University of California v. Blakke

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decided that a universities admission criteria which used races as a definite as violating the rqual protection clause

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The Nixon Doctrine

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where nixon stated that each ally nation was in charge of its own security but the united states would act as a nuclear umbrella when needed

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SALT treaties

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Involved the US and the soviet union. It delt with arms control.

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Detente

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following the cuban missile crisis both the united states and the soviet union agreed to install a direct hotline between washington and moscow

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1973 Energy

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a energy crisis caused nu the refusal of the organization of the petroleum exporting countries to sell crude to the US

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Ceaser Chaves

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an american labor leader and activist

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Betty Friedan

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an american feminist. Wrote the book the Feminine Mystique which helped craft the second wave of American deminism in the 20th century

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Roe v. Wade

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The Burger Court

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When Warren Burger served as cheif justice. Had a impact mainly on conflict between religious freedom and state public schools

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1973 Paris Peace

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The Paria peace accords were an agreemenr to the the war and restore peace in vietnam.

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Henry Kissinger

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an american diplomat who served as the united states secretary and national decurity advisor under richard nixon

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War Powers Act

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as a federal law intended to check a US presidents power to commit the US to an armed conflict witout consent of the US congress

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fall of Saigon

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the capture of saigon the capital of south vietnam, The event marked the end of the vietnam war and the collapse of the non communist south vietnamese regime

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Vietnam Syndrome

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refers to public aversion to america overseas military involvments after the somestic controvery over the vietnam war

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Gerald Ford

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an american politican who served as the 38th president of the united states

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Helsinki Accords

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a major diplomatic agreement which was primarily an effort to reduce rension between the soviet and western blocs bu securing common acceptance of the post world war II status quo

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Jimmy Carter

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a US politican who served as the 39th president of the United States

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Panama Canal

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a artifical waterway that connects the altlantic ocean with the pacific ocean and divides north and south america

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Human Rights

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The rights to all human beings regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, and religion

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Camp David Peace

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Agreements between Isreal and Egypt, that led in the following year ro a peace treaty

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1980 Olympics

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Held in the soviet union