History final Flashcards
Parliamentary democracy
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.
gestapo
it’s the German KGB gets rid of Hitler’s enemies
Fascism
Loves capitalism but state tends to order you around
Nerenberg codes
codes for jews in germany
Rape of Nanjing
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.
FDR
Democrat
FDR fourth term presidency died before Germany surrendered
Josef Stalin
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.
Yalta Conference
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.
Potsdam Conference-
Tense meeting with Truman and Stalin. Truman told Stalin about Atomic bomb
KGB- best spy agency in the world
Red scare- not unfounded
Winston Churchill
British prime minister during WW2
gave false evidence of Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction France vetoed war US invaded alone.
Harry Truman-
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
First world-
second world-
Third world-
First world- Industrialized, Democratic
Second world- U,S,S,R, Eastern Europe
Third world- poor/corrupt/civil war/Agriculture only
George Kennan
“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
Berlin Crisis
Stalin cut off all our access to West Berlin and starve them into communism
Berlin Airlift
_______ says he may be a sonuvabitch about chinese guy
Truman says he may be a sonuvabitch about chinese guy
Mao
China falls to communism mao takes over mainland china, democratic china goes to taiwan
Macarthur
Macarthur American general got arrogant got old started getting insubordinate
Eisenhower
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.
Robert Kenedy
JFK’s brother- got Martin Luther King out of jail
JFK
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)
Khrushchev
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
Caught our lies about spy plains in Cuba but we found missile silos being built in Cuba
You-2 plain
Vietnam war
Vietnamese communists (Vietcong) and communist north Vietnam fought the south Vietnamese governments
Birmingham nickname and reason
“Bombingham” because of all the blacks being bombed.
