S3 Test 3: Chapters 32-36 Flashcards
Franklin D. Roosevelt holds the record among all U.S. Presidents for ___. Why will this likely never be broken?
most terms elected; Because of the Twenty-Second Amendment, which limits presidential terms
The years of World War II are ___ to ___.
1939 to 1945
List the names and nicknames of Europe’s three Fascist dictators.
Germany - Adolf Hitler/ Der Fuhrer;
Italy - Benito Mussolini/ II Duce;
Spain - Francisco Franco/ El Caudillo
The invasion of ___ by ___ began World War II
Poland; Germany
the party ruling Germany
Nazis
The emperor of Japan during the war
Hirohito
Communist dictator of the USSR during the war
Joseph Stalin
fierce German attack on other countries was known as the ___, meaning “lightning war.”
Blitzkrieg
America declared war on the Axis powers after a sneak attack on ___ (place) on Sunday, ___ (complete date).
Pearl Harbor; December 7, 1941
Because of this attack, almost all of America’s ___ was destroyed.
Pacific Fleet
The Great Britain Prime Minister during the war
Winston Churchill
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The date of the allied invasion at Normandy, France
June 6, 1944
The war with Japan ended when the atomic bombs were dropped on ___ and ___ on ___ (month/day) and ___ (month/day) in ___ (year).
Hiroshima; Nagasaki; August 6; August 9; 1945
The decision to drop these bombs was made by President ___.
Truman
The biggest upset in Presidential election history was in the election of 1948 when ___ defeated ___
Harry Truman; Thomas Dewey
The Korean War lasted from ___ to ___, and technically was not a war, but a ___.
1950 to 1953; police action/ armed intervention
Dwight D. Eisenhower was not a politician, but was elected solely on the basis of what?
his military success in World War II
U.S. relations with Cuba were severely damaged when it became a Communist country under the leadership of ___.
Fidel Castro
The powerful founder and leader of Communist China was ___
Mao Tse-tung
The period following World War II when the U.S. and Soviet Russia were at odds and used espionage, money, and material aid to counteract each other’s influence was known as the ___.
Cold War
responsible for the Great Society
Lyndon Johnson
responsible for the New Frontier
John F. Kennedy
the Great Communicator
Ronald Reagan
