Losasso Final Flashcards
From late 1941 into early 1942, during World War II in the Pacific:
There was a succession of Japanese victories that saw numerous Allied outposts fall
Following the declaration of war:
Men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five were drafted
A significant economic problem during the war was:
Finding enough workers for the essential war time industries
The Office of Price Administration:
Set price ceilings on highly demanded items like tires, sugar, and gasoline
During the war, domestic politics was marked by:
A growing conservatism
What statement best describes the Native American experience in the armed forces during World War II?
Indian servicemen were integrated into regular units
War relocation camps:
Housed more that 100,000 Japanese Americans during the war
When Roosevelt and Churchill met to draft a joint war plan in early 1942, they agreed:
That something needed to be done to relieve the pressure along the Russian front
British and American differences over where to attack Germany first was resolved with the decision to launch an offensive where?
In North Africa
At the Casablanca Conference, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to all of the following EXCEPT:
An immediate launching of a cross-channel invasion into France
Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943?
Sicily fell quickly after the Allied surprise landing
How did Germany respond to Italy’s decision to switch sides in September 1943?
Germany slowed the Allied advance by pouring its own reinforcements into Italy.
D-day refers to the:
Allied invasion at Normandy
All the following Pacific engagements helped turn the tide of war against Japan in 1943 and 1944 EXCEPT:
Battle of the Bulge
What was the most significant consequence of the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
The Japanese lost their remaining sea power and abillity to defend the Philippines
In the presidential election of 1944:
Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president
At the Battle of the Bulge:
Germany’s advance against the Allies ultimately stalled and was reversed
At the Yalta Conference of 1945 the Allies did all the following EXCEPT:
Restore the original Polish government to power in Poland
Less than a month before the surrender of Germany:
President Roosevelt died in office
Following the defeat of Germany:
Came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust
The American assault on Okinawa:
Was a success but with tremendous loss of life for both the United States and Japan
The Potsdam Declaration:
Demanded that Japan surreneder or face “prompt and utter destruction”
What significance did the use of atomic bombs against Japan have?
They allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasion of Japan
The country that suffered the most deaths in the fighting of World War II was:
The Soviet Union
The main purpose of the 1943 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at Tehran was:
To plan an invasion of France and the Russian offensive across eastern Europe
Who pushed North Korea to attack South Korea?
Stalin and the Communists pushed North Korea to attack South Korea, telling them to “unify your nation”
What happened when the UN forces reached Yalu River
They got demolished by the North Koreans and the Chinese attack. This all happened becasue MacArthur did not listen to Truman.
Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
MacArthur did not listen too Truman (in the previous card), so Truman wanted to show both his civil authority and Presidential authority by firing him. He replace him with Ridgeway, who won them the war.
Truman Doctrine
Gave Greece and Turkey 400 million in aid to fight communism. Also gave aid to other countries struggling against communist states.
Fair Deal
Strengthened the New Deal and expanded new social reforms
Marshall Plan
Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Made up of 12 countries to fight communistic states. All helped each other, if one went to war, they all did.
G.I. Bill of Rights
Most returning veterans came back with no job and little education, so this gave them just that. It allowed them to get jobs (also gave them money) and it paid for an education. It gave them actual “rights” to help them when they came back, in fact it is still used today.
Why did North Korea and China ask for peace? Be specific and state the reason.
North Korea and China were losing way to many men, and were running out of people to have fight. The UN forces were jsut starting their main push when they asked for peace.
Richard Nixon:
Had a reputation for hard-line anti-communism and rough campaign tactics
In the 1960 presidential race, JFK:
Promised to pursue a ‘new fronteir”
President Kennedy’s cabinet was dominated by:
Men with new ideas and good minds
Kennedy’s legislative program:
Was largely blocked by conservatives in Congress
In its controversial Miranda v. Arizona decision, the Warren Court:
Required that an accused person be informed to certain basic rights
Violence erupted in 1962 when James Meredith attempted to integrate:
The University of Mississippi
In his letter from Birmingham City Jail, MLK Jr.:
Declared his willingness to break unjust laws
The person most persuasive in getting President Kennedy to endorse civil rights would have been:
His brother. Robert
The Bay of Pigs invasion:
Was thoroughly bungled by the CIA
The major purpose of the Soviet missiles placed in Cuba was to:
Deter another American-supported invasion of Cuba.
The Cuban missile crisis:
Brought the US and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war
In South Vietnam in the early 1960s:
Kennedy was increasing the number of American military advisers.
The strongest and most visible opposition in Diem’s government was led by:
Buddhists
All of the following are true of the Kennedy assassination EXCEPT:
The Warren Commission concluded there may have been multiple gunmen
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Outlawed segreation in public facilities
President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the:
Great Society
Beginning with Watts, the major race riots of 1965 and 1966:
Occured largely outside the South
By 1966, black leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown were proponents of what hey termed:
Black Power
