Final Review Flashcards
German dictator during WWII
Adolf Hitler
event when British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists
Boston Massacre
European credited with the discovery of America
Christopher Columbus
longstanding conflict against the spread of communism
Cold War
government established by secede states
Confederacy
commander of the Allied forces who organized D-Day
Dwight D. Eisenhower
archduke of Austria-Hungary killed by Serbian revolutionary
Franze Ferdinand
first president of the United States
George Washington
the systematic massacre of European Jews by the Nazis
Holocaust
Father of the Constitution
James Madison
first lasting English colony in America
Jamestown
laws that enforced the segregation of races
Jim Crow Laws
president who put U.S. ahead in the “Space Race”
John F. Kennedy
President Wilson’s idea for sustained world peace after WWI
League of Nations
first battles of the Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord
land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon
Louisiana Purchase
top secret project intended to create an atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
use of U.S. funds to help in the reconstruction of W. Europe
Marshall Plan
minister who led Civil Rights movement without violence
Martin Luther King, Jr.
original inhabitants of North America
Native Americans
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
Nazi Party
commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
woman arrested for occupying a white man’s bus seat
Rosa Parks
Father of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
harsh document drafted at peace conference after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
commander-in-chief of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
organization created after WWII to keep the peace
United Nations
British prime minister who refused to submit to the Nazis
Winston Churchill
president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
event during which President Lincoln declared all slaves free
Emancipation Proclamation
Date of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Framework for the U.S. government
Mayflower Compact
War fought to free American trade
War of 1812
First astronauts to sett foot on the moon
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
Year America entered WWI
1917
“Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
Second major conflict of the Cold War
Vietnam War
Year(s) of WWI
1914-1918
Original document that established a central government for the U.S. and proved too weak
Articles of Confederation
Date of the Nazi invasion of Poland
Sept. 1, 1939
Year(s) of the Cold War
1945-1989
Signed agreement that established a form of government for the Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
Date of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941
American scientist in charge of Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Year(s) of the Vietnam War
1957-1975
Battle that changed the course of the Civil War
Gettysburg
“I have a dream …”
Martin L. King, Jr.
War fought against the Soviet Union’s attempt to take control of the 38th parallel
Korean War
War fought over boundaries between Texas and Mexico
Mexican War
Year(s) of the Great Depression
1929-1941
War fought over states’ rights and the freedom of slaves
Civil War
Date of V-J Day
Sept. 2, 1945
First form of representative government in America
House of Burgesses
“That’s one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong
Date of V-E Day
May 9, 1945
Event during which the U.S. and Soviet Union almost engaged in nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
Year(s) of the Korean War
1950-1953
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Japanese island(s) destroyed by first atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
War that forced Spain to give up all control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Spanish-American War
What is the law-making branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Legislative; Congress
What is the law-enforcing branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Executive; President
What is the law-interpreting branch of the American government, and what is its head?
Judicial; Supreme Court
What was the first time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of Americans?
First Continental Congress
What were the five causes of the Revolutionary War?
trade and navigation laws; Stamp Act; Townshend Acts; Boston Massacre; the Five Intolerable Acts
What is the name given to the movement of protest against the unjust laws of segregation?
Civil Rights Movement
What was the name given to the era of hardship that resulted from the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
the Great Depression
What was the event that precipitated WWII?
the Nazi invasion of Poland
What was the event that led America to join WWII?
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
What was the largest land assault during WWII; also called D-Day?
the storming of Normandy
What was the event that signified the end of the Cold War?
the fall of the Berlin Wall
Allies during WWI
Belgium, China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Russia, United States (after 1917)
Allies during WWII
Canada, China, France, Great Britain, India, Soviet Union (after 1941), United States (after 1941)
Central Powers during WWI
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, the Ottoman Empire
Axis Powers during WWII
Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union (until 1941)
