History final

Question 1

Parliamentary democracy

Answer 1

say the red party gets 40% of the vote they get 40% of the parliamentary seats. Blue party gets 60% of the vote they get 60% of the parliamentary seats these two must form some coalition to work together.

Question 2

gestapo

Answer 2

it’s the German KGB gets rid of Hitler’s enemies

Question 3

Fascism

Answer 3

Loves capitalism but state tends to order you around

Question 4

Nerenberg codes

Answer 4

codes for jews in germany

Question 5

Rape of Nanjing

Answer 5

Japan invades China called “Rape of Nanjing” the Japanese kill all civilian boy’s they capture. Took all the girls to camps denied in history books.

Question 6

FDR

Answer 6

Democrat

FDR fourth term presidency died before Germany surrendered

Question 7

Josef Stalin

Answer 7

America allied with Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union.
Stalin felt betrayed we did not open second front British did not want to invade france.
D-day took france on the same day America took Rome
Stalingrad in Russia against Germany was the deciding battle in the war.

Question 8

Yalta Conference

Answer 8

Yalta Conference- big three set up what the post war world would look like. Winston Churchill british minister, FDR, and Joseph Stalin. Russia forces communism on captured german territory massacring people. Stalin agrees to let poland, hungary, romania have self determination but says that the Red Army will not leave. West Berlin is put under Democratic government surrounded by communist totalitarian regime.

Question 9

Potsdam Conference-

Answer 9

Tense meeting with Truman and Stalin. Truman told Stalin about Atomic bomb
KGB- best spy agency in the world
Red scare- not unfounded

Question 10

Winston Churchill

Answer 10

British prime minister during WW2

gave false evidence of Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction France vetoed war US invaded alone.

Question 11

Harry Truman-

Answer 11

Democrat
built his career catching Overcharging wartime business Cusses out Soviet Ambassador for Russia’s “rape” of eastern Europe

Entered Korean war to defend south Korea does not go to congress before entering war

Was very unpopular during presidency no chance for reelection wanted Eisenhower to run as a democrat to replace him

Question 12

First world-
second world-
Third world-

Answer 12

First world- Industrialized, Democratic
Second world- U,S,S,R, Eastern Europe
Third world- poor/corrupt/civil war/Agriculture only

Question 13

George Kennan

Answer 13

“The long Telegram” laid out Foreign policy made “containment document” isolate communism to prevent spread
Truman agrees with Kennan and creates Truman Doctrine to contain communism EVERYWHERE not just Europe

Question 14

Berlin Crisis

Answer 14

Stalin cut off all our access to West Berlin and starve them into communism
Berlin Airlift

Question 15

_______ says he may be a sonuvabitch about chinese guy

Answer 15

Truman says he may be a sonuvabitch about chinese guy

Question 16

Mao

Answer 16

China falls to communism mao takes over mainland china, democratic china goes to taiwan

Question 17

Macarthur

Answer 17

Macarthur American general got arrogant got old started getting insubordinate

Question 18

Eisenhower

Answer 18

Republican (Though both parties wanted him)
Eisenhower was very moderate no new programs no tax cuts very vague election promises. Balanced the budget pay off the debt. Eisenhower created the greatest middle class economic boost in american history poverty decreased dramatically made home ownership to middle class economically viable creates modern suburbs. Massive city exodus.

Question 19

Robert Kenedy

Answer 19

JFK’s brother- got Martin Luther King out of jail

Question 20

JFK

Answer 20

Democrat
Tried to balance equal rights with southern support did very little for either. won narrowly because of African American vote.
Ordered for bay of pigs invasion (of Cuba huge failure)

Question 21

Khrushchev

Answer 21

Leader of Russia after Stalin built Berlin wall so people would not flee to West Berlin.

Khrushchev- gave nuclear missiles to Fidel Castro in Cuba Caused Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 22

Caught our lies about spy plains in Cuba but we found missile silos being built in Cuba

Answer 22

You-2 plain

Question 23

Vietnam war

Answer 23

Vietnamese communists (Vietcong) and communist north Vietnam fought the south Vietnamese governments

Question 24

Birmingham nickname and reason

Answer 24

“Bombingham” because of all the blacks being bombed.