semester 2 final Flashcards
The _________________ helped cause WWII because people were anxious to find leaders who would help them return to work and to feed their families
Great Depression
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
June 6, 1944
D-Day Invasion
Why did the Allies invade Normandy
to take back France
Which president decided to use the atomic bombs in WWII?
Harry Truman
__________ are acts committed with intent to destroy a whole national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
genocide
How did Hitler explain his views on the Jewish people before he came to power?
they were the cause of all issues
ghetto
enclosed forced living quarters for Jews
Which death camp is known for killing the most people during the Holocaust?
Auschwitz
what two countries were specifically aided by the Truman Doctrine
Greece and Turkey
what laws was signed by President Lyndon Johnson that banned segregation in all public places
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was Emmitt Till’s contribution to the Civil Rights Movement?
sparked national outrage
What did Jim Crow Laws do and provide examples?
segregated public facilities
ie bathrooms, education, transportation
Which civil rights event used the tactic of overcrowding jails
Birmingham marches
Under the Treaty of Versailles, _______ was blamed for causing WWI and was made to pay ____________________
Germany; $33 billion in reparations for damage caused during the war
Under _______________’s military leadership, Japan searched for more land for its expanding popultion and natural resources like rubber and oil.
Hideki Tojo
Under the policy of appeasement, Britain and France allowed ____________ to seize part of ___________ known as the __________ in the hope that this would satisfy his urge to control more territory
Adolf Hitler; Czechoslovakia; Sudetenland
Benito Mussolini founded the National Fascist Party in Italy and won popular support amongst _______
fascists, Italians
_______ was the leader of Germany that rose to power in the late ’20s and early ’30s
Adolf Hitler
giving Hitler a region of Czechoslovakia in order to avoid war was known as __________
appeasement
what happened to the economy of the world before WWII?
depression
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers
UK, US, Soviet Union
“Lighting War” tactic used by the Germans
Blitzkrieg
how did the Germans attack in the Battle of Britain?
Luftwaffe
Which cities were destroyed by atomic bombs in WWII?
Hiroshima and Hagasaki
the campaign of terror in Germany in which 10,000 shops owned by Jews were looted, burned, and destroyed
Kristallnacht Pogrom
Cold War
a 40-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the US that resulted in the space race, arms race, and intense competition from both global superpowers
the buildup of nuclear weapons on each side of the Iron Curtain
arms race
38th parallel
divided North and South Korea
political figure that used the communist scare to help gain and increase political power
Joseph McCarthy
political figure that brought communism to Cuba
Fidel Castro
why did the US blockade around Cuba
Soviet buildup of nuclear missile bases
Why was the US worried about nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Cuba is only 90 miles from Florida
which political figure controlled North Vietnam after it gains independence from France?
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
transport supplies and troops from North Vietnam to aid the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong fighting in the South
what countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail go through
Cambodia and Laos
Nixon’s plan to turn ground fighting over the South Vietnamese
Vietnamization
Sputnik
first man-made satellite by the Soviet Union
Supreme Court Case that integrated public schools in the US
Brown v. Board of Education
Differences between MLK and Malcolm X’s views on the use of violence
MLK used peaceful protests
Malcolm X thought violence was fine in promoting civil rights
the African-American students who integrated Little Rock’s Central High school
Little Rock 9
