Unit 4 History Flashcards
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is significant for its role in symbolizing the division of Europe during the Cold War, its impact on international relations, and its eventual dissolution, which marked the end of the Cold War era and the spread of democracy and capitalism in Eastern Europe.
Cold War
The Cold War was a global political and ideological struggle between capitalist and communist countries, particularly between the two surviving superpowers of the postwar world: the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Long Telegram
Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union—erstwhile allies—soured soon after World War II. On February 22, 1946, less than a year after the end of the war, the chargé d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, George Kennan sent a famously lengthy telegram—literally referred to as the Long Telegram—to the State Department denouncing the Soviet Union.
Containment
Containment means to contain something and keep it in a certain area.
This was used to contain communism
NSC-68
It was a highly influential document created in 1950 during the early years of the Cold War. NSC-68 was a top-secret U.S. government report about how to deal with the Soviets.
Marshall Plan
It was a plan to provide financial and economic aid to Western European countries to help them recover from the devastation of the war.
Berlin Airlift
The Soviets blocke roads and railway to the city so they couldn’t get supplies. So the US used planes to bring in supplies they needed.
Korean War
This was a war between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953.
America had a good relationship with South Korea and when North korea and South korea fought over communism it was a big concern for the US because they didn’t want communism to spread.
Joesph McCarthy
Joesph McCarthy would spread lies about communism and would go after people and say they were communists.
HUAC
In Congress, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (SPSI) held hearings on communist influence in American society. Between 1949 and 1954, congressional committees conducted over one hundred investigations into subversive activities.
Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Japanese military planners hoped to destroy enough battleships and aircraft carriers to cripple American naval power for years.
D-Day
It was the largest amphibious assault in history. The Allied landings at Normandy were successful, and although progress across France was much slower than hoped for, Paris was liberated roughly two months later. Allied bombing expeditions meanwhile continued to level German cities and industrial capacity.
VE Day
During V-E day, they redirected their full attention to the still-raging Pacific War. As in Europe, the war in the Pacific started slowly. After Pearl Harbor, the American-controlled Philippine archipelago fell to Japan. After running out of ammunition and supplies, the garrison of American and Filipino soldiers surrendered. It stood for victory day in Europe.
Impact of War on Consumers
World War II had an impact on consumers and the way they lived, spent, and made choices during and after the war.
Bracero Program
The Bracero Program was a significant guest worker program between the United States and Mexico that operated from 1942 to 1964
Rosie the Riveter
She was a cultural icon that represents the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, particularly in the United States. The term Rosie the Riveter was popularized by a famous poster created by artist J. Howard Miller in 1942.
Executive Order 8802
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, was a significant milestone in the civil rights movement in the United States. It was issued in response to pressure from civil rights activists, especially A. Philip Randolph, who had planned a protest march on Washington, D.C., to demand equal job opportunities for African Americans in the defense industry during World War II.
Double V Campaign
African American sought victory abroad and victory at home.
They were fighting for equal rights after the war as veterans and at home because they also fought in the war.
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was a U.S. government action during World War II that ordered the forced relocation and internment of over 120,000 Japanese Americans.
Japanese Internment
After the attack on peral harbor the US put japanese people in camps so they could spy on the US.
Manhattan Project
The secret project that created the atomic bomb.
The atomic bomb was used two different time on japan and killed more than 100,000 people.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These were the two cities that were bombed.
The cities were bombed so Japan would just surrender before more americans died and the soviets wanted to join.
Victory in Japan
After the two cities were bombed jampan surrendered
Japan was already almost about two give up but after more tham 100,000 people died they surrendered
American Response to the Holocaust
America didn’t know for sure if the things they were hearing about the holocaust were real so they didn’t help right away.
After many Jews had been killed and the US for sure knew what was going on they did help some Jews escape.
