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Unit 6 WW2 Flashcards

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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1896

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Spanish - American War

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1898

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WW1

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1914-1918

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The Nineteenth Amendment Ratified

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1920

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Great Depression Begins

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1929

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6
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US involvement in WW2

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1941-1945

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The Korean War Begins

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1950

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School Desegregation Ordered

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1954

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FDR Leadership

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  • Inspired soldiers to win
  • Believed in democracy
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Industrial production

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  • Industry focused on the war
  • Made planes, guns etc
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Role of women

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  • Attitude towards women changed
  • They took over mens jobs when they were at war
  • 40% of women worked
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Jobs and roles of civilians

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  • worked in factories to produce war materials
  • Sent food to soldiers
  • Doctors and nurses
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Japanese internment camps

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  • hatred around japanese because of pearl harbor
  • Japanese moved from the Westcoast of the US
  • Bad conditions
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442nd and the rescue of the lost battalion

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  • 422nd - a segregated Japanese American Military unit
  • Lost Battalion - rescue mission
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The Fall of The Philippines

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  • After PH Japanese Attacked American airfields
  • Americans were outnumbered Phillippines
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Macarthur

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  • US general for the Pacific front
  • He won the Philippines
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Bataan death march

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  • When American troops surrendered forced into death march
  • walked through the Philippines
  • Alot of prisoners died
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Corregidor

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  • US general surrendered Corregidor
  • The last American stronghold in pacific
  • US recaptured it 1945
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The Doolittle raid and impact

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  • Wanted to bomb Tokyo
  • FDR was searching a way to raise the morale American people
  • US airaid on Japan
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The Battle of the Coral Sea

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  • The japanese believed could safely proceed 2 attacks at once
  • First carrier vs carrier battle
  • Changed how boats fight each other
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Battle of Midway

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  • Turning point: First American victory the Pacific
  • Between the US Navy and japanese
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North Africa

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  1. Reasons they started in North Africa: Wanted to control the Suez canal and Britain wanted supplies
  2. Rommel: The German commander
  3. Patton: The US general in North Africa
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The Atlantic

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Blackouts: Citizens turned off their lights so ships couldn’t be seen

Convoy: Merchant ships escorted by war ships

New technology: Radar, jeeps, atomic bomb, and duck tape

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Stalingrad

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  • Why was this battle a turning point war: Because it the first big defeat for Germany
  • Why did they lose: Because they didn’t have the right clothes for the cold and supplies
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Casablanca conference

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  • It was a meeting between FDR and Churchhill
  • Final plan to win war with the allies
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Strategic bombing

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  • The allies bombing Germanys factories and big cities
  • impact on Germany: weekend morale and disrupted supplies
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Striking the soft underbelly (Italy)

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STSU: The allies invasion of Italy

  • Sicily: Island in Italy and the Battle ended muscilini rule in Italy - the first Allie captured of access territory

Impact of Italy: same thing

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The Tehran Conference

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  • Stalin, FDR, and Churchhill met in a conference in Tehran Iran
  • They discussed Russia launching a offensive and Russia helping the pacific
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Operation overload and Eisenhower

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  • The allied invasion of Normandy France
  • D-Day
  • Eisenhower was the commander
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The longest day

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  • The invasion of Normandy/D-Day
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Two-Pronged strategy

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  • TPS: The allied plan to attack Japan from direction
  • Macaurthor and Nimitz are the 2 generals in charge of TPS
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Guadalcanal

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  • A battle where the allies were on the offensive
  • Japan surrenders the solomon islands
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Amphtrac

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  • Amphtrac was a vehicle that transported troops
  • Could drive on land or water
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Navajo Code Talkers

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  • Navajo men who use native language to transmit messages to there marines
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Island-Hopping and Tarawa

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  • A military strategy you go from one island to another
  • A battle where the US defeated Japanese and killed alot of there soldiers
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Kamikaze

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  • A Japanese military unit that used suicide bombing
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D-Day Successes

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  • Allies established themselves in France
  • Set them to a path of victory
36
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The Battle of The Bulge

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  • In Belgium Germans had one last offensive
  • Germany initially succeeded but the allies won
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The war ends Europe

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  • Berlin: The Russia army captured Berlin which caused
  • Hitler: Hitler commited suicide from the capture
  • V-E Day: German surrendered to the allies on V-E Day
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FDR dies/Truman

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  • FDR has a stroke while in office and vice president Truman takes over
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The Battle of Iwo Jima

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  • The US captured the Japanese island of Iwo Jima
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Firebombing Japan

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  • The US dropped bombs over Tokyo
  • Killed a lot of civilians
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Napalm

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  • A chemical weapons that is flamable
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Okinawa

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  • Final major battle in the pacific
  • Very violent
  • Purpose was to get an airbase
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The Terms for surrender

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  • They had unconditional surrender and lost all territory, lost all weapons
  • The allies occupied Japan
  • Before Hiroshima Japan wanted to keep the hero power
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The Manhatten Project

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  • US scientists developing the atomic bomb
45
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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  • Atomic bombs that the US dropped in order to get Japan to surrender
  • Killed everybody in both cities
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Romel

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Desert fox

Unit 1 multiple choice (6 decks)

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