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1942B/6865US History
1942B/6865B Flash Cards for US History semester B Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What country had military in Vietnam, before the US got involved, but was defeated in 1954? | France |
| Which president was primarily responsible for creating Vietnamization? | Nixon |
| The Supreme Court Case which stated educational facilities were inherently unequal: | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Truman Doctrine | A formal statement of intention for the US to aid any country threatened by communist aggression. |
| Contributing causes of the Great Depression: | An unbalanced business system, a weak economy, and poor distribution of purchasing power. |
| The New Deal | President Roosevelt's attempt to combat the Great Depression and get Americans back to work |
| McCarthyism | Mass fear and hysteria about possible communist in the US after WWII |
| The New Frontier | Term given to President Kennedy's domestic programs |
| Gandhi | influenced Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's philosophy of non-violent protest |
| SCLC | Civil Rights group associated with Rev. Dr Martin Luther. |
| Cold War events | The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, The Berlin Airlift, and McCarthyism |
| Fidel Castro | Cuba's leader during the Bay of Pigs invasion |
| Caesar Chavez | Led Mexican-Americans in massive protests for better pay and benefits for field workers. |
| The Great Society | Created by President Johnson to fight poverty, protect the environment, protect consumers and fight discrimination. |
| How did Americans try to save money during the Great Depression? | Sewing own clothes, growing own food, preserving food, and starting home businesses such as doing laundry, baking, and taking on borders. |
| the Great Depression and Unemployment | Unemployment increased. |
| The Highway Act of 1956 | Created 41000 miles of expressways to connect major American cities. |
| What became communist after the Korean War under Kim Il-Sung? | North Korea |
| What became democratic after the Korean War under Kim Il-Sung? | South Korea |
| The Marshall Plan | aided European recovery after WWII by loaning Europe $13 billion. |
| Containment | A policy that the US practiced towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Freedom Rides | A plan in the deep south that brought white civil rights workers together with black civil rights workers in a journey to bus terminals |
| Location of Rosa Parks' act of defiance | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Protesters were beaten and gassed on their march from : | Selma to Montgomery |
| The New Deal | The Civilian Conservation Corps, National Recovery Act, and Tennessee Valley Authority |
| The outcome of Watergate Investigation and the resignation of President Nixon has been used to point out what about the Constitution? | The success of the Constitution as a living document that applies to all Americans. |
| Cold War events | Korean War, Cuban Missle Crisis, and Bay of Pigs Invasion |
| Important facts about Pearl Harbor | Occurred on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Japanese destruction was high because kamikaze pilots hit the fuel storage tanks, Roosevelt described the attack as a "date which will live in infamy". |
| How did Truman justify dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? | He did not want to lose anymore American troops by launching a direct land invasion on Japan. |
| The Manhattan Project | American development of an atomic bomb |
| Important statements about Americans fighting against Hitler's racism and discrimination during WWII | American's fought alongside Chinese soldiers in the Burma campaign, 18,000 Japanese Americans joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Millions of women left their work at home to take factory jobs during WWII. |
| Cold War is characterized as: | A period of scientific competition between the US and the Soviet Union, The era of the superpowers who never encountered each other directly militarily, democracy vs. communism. |
| How were women impacted with the US involvement in WWII? | Women experienced unemployment with the GIs returned from the war, they had to take care of the home as well as the production of goods for overseas, and the experience higher employment rates in factories and industry. |
| The Beats | Members of a literary group who rebelled against the materialistic society of the 1950s. |
| Woodstock | The rock festival that took place as part of the counter-culture movement of 1969. |
| What is an important part of ending the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Kennedy's naval blockade |
| Ronald Reagan | He believed in supply-side economics, he faced scandal with the Iran Contra Affair, and he served as president through most of the 1980s |
| The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | An authorization for the president to do what was necessary to protect US forces |
| Guerilla warfare, napalm, and bombings | Fighting in Vietnam |
| Roe v Wade | The issue of abortion |
| Who appointed Sandra Day O'connor | Reagan |
| Reaganomics | The president began to cut high taxes so people would invest more in the economy |
| Baby Boom | A significant increase in birth rates after WWII |
| Two factors that sparked economic growth in the US during the 1950s? | Consumer demand and the need for national defense |
| Joseph McCarthy associations: | The search of communists in the US government, a 'black list' of Hollywood actors, and increased censorship of reading materials |
| First president to visit the People's Republic of China | Nixon |
| Lend- Lease Act | marked a change in US policy from complete isolationism to partial involvement in WWII |
| The difference between SCLC and SNCC | You must know the difference- True False question |
| Know why Haight/Ashbury was significant | True- False question |
| What were some reasons the US attacked parts of Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War | US believed that the Vietnamese communist supply lines went through these cities. |
| For CP- please look at your study guide for topics on the 2 short answer questions. | See Study Guide. |
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Mrs. Stubbs
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