US History Semester 2 Final Review Flashcards
FDR pushed program after program through congress to provide relief, create jobs, and stimulate economic recovery
First 100 days
Increasing the number of judges on a court to influence its ideological balance or achieve political goals
Court packing
FDRs response to critics who said he was not doing enough for ordinary americans
Second new deal
who did the New Deal help and not help
H - the unemployed, farmers, and workers affected by the Great Depression.
N/H - minorities, especially African Americans
Sept. 1, 1939
beginning of WW2
Dec. 7, 1941
attack of pearl harbor
Jun 6, 1944
D-Day
Axis powers
Germany Italy and Japan
what was the Manhattan Project
making of the atomic bombs
used by allied forces, capturing strategic islands to advance toward the japanese mainland
Island hopping strategy
battle between Germany and Soviet union
Battle of stalingrad
Hiroshima and nagasaki
bombs the US dropped on japan
How was west germany created
division of germany after WW2 with the merging American, french, and british occupation zones
How did the Soviets get the atomic bomb
they made it using espoinage, scientific research, and investment in its nuclear program
contained the spread of communism and provided economic and military aid to countries threatened by communist expansions
Truman doctrine
Marshall plan and its purpose
to provide economic aid to help rebuild western european countries after WW2 and prevent the spread of communism
McCarthy and McCarthyism
he would accuse people of being communists without proof. A time when people were afraid of communism so they started accusing others of being communists
conflict between North Korea (supported by china and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the US)
Korean War
Freedom rides purpose and reactions
met with violence but highlighted injustice
