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70 Cards in this Set
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Musollinii (Facist)
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Italian Dictator
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Hilter/Nazi's
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Germany Dictator
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Mein Kempf
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Writen by Hilter
"My Stuggle" |
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Americans Initial reaction to WW II
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Isolationism
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Sep 1, 1939
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Germany invades Poland
Britain/France delcare war on Germany |
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Little happens between 0ct 39 and Apr 40 this time period was called:
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Phony War
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British/French fight off Germans. Morale Boost for Brits.
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Dunkirk
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Brithis Prime Minister at the start of WW II
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Winston Churchhill
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The US traded ships for bases and loaned supplies to allied nations during WWII. This was called.
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The Lend Lease program
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Major US Naval Victory.
Turning point of the War. 1942 |
Battle of Midway
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The notion of attacking some islands and bypassing/ignoring others was called:
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Island Hopping Policy
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The Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944 was known as?
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D-Day
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Germany's last gasp was known as. Worst battle to american forces in WWII in terms of losses.
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Battle of the Buldge
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Big "3" confernece btwn rosevelt,stalin,chruchill. Agree to allow stalin to control Eastern Europe
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Yalta Conference
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The day Germany surrenders in Reims France was known as?
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VE Day
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England, US, China, France, and Russia
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5 Permanent members of the United Nations security council
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Speech by Winston Churchhill warning the west of communism
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"Iron Curtain" Speech
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Stopping communism from spreading was called
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Containment
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Prevent soviets from attacking/maintain strong military
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Deterence
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United States will assist other countries resist communism,this was called.
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Truman Doctrine
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US Aide to rebuild Western Europe and Japan
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Marshall Plan
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Soviets cut off west Berlin, this was called
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Berlin Blockade
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Supplies are flown into west berlin
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Berlin Airlift
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Countries Plege to fight for each other/Entangling Alliances/1949
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NATO
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1st Test of Containment
McArthur is fired End in Tie |
Korean War 1950
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Red Scare/Communist Witch Hunt
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McCarthyism
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If one country falls to communism others will follow, this is known as
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The Dominoe Effect
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U2 spy plane shot down he is captured
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Francis Gary Powers
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CIA attempt to overthrow Castro/Cuba
Disaster |
Bay of Pigs
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Crisis in early 60s known as the brink of WW III
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Cuban missile crisis
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Segregation in SOuth
Racism in North Known as |
Jim Crowe Society
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"Seperate but Equal"
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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"Education is key to equality not protests"
Tuskegee Institute |
Booker T Washington
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Demanded full political rights
NAACP Harvard |
W.E.B. Dubois
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Blacks moving to major cities for jobs.
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Great Migration
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Black culture goes mainstream
Poetry/Jazz |
Harlem Renisaince
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Black Pride
Back to Africa movement |
Marcus Garvey
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Desegrated miitary 1948
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Harry S Truman
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Desegregated Baseball
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Jackie Robinson
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Overturned Plessy vs Ferguson
Segregated schools unconstitutional |
Brown vs Board of Education
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Well Known NAACP Lawyer
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Thurgood Marshall
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Rosa Parks would not give up seat for White person
MLK organizes boycott of city buses |
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
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School desegregation
Eisenhower sends troops to protect 9 black students |
Little Rock, Arkansas 1957
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College students demand desegregation at resteurants
civil disobedience |
Lunch Counter sit-ins
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White/Black activists go from Wash DC to deep south to challenge segregation
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Freedom Riders 1961
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1st black student accepted to old miss/needed protection by FEDS
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James Meredeth
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MLK organizes protests
broken up by fire hoses/dogs many kids |
Birmingham
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Known as a symbol of White resistance
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Bull Connor
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Largest protest to date
MLK "I had a dream" speech |
March on Washington 1963
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4 youngs black girls killed while at Sunday School
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Burmingham church bombings
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Busloads of northerners head south to register black voters
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Freedom Summer 1964
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Oulawed discrimination in public places
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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Banned voting obstacles to blacks
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Voting Rights Act
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Malcom X/Black Muslums/Black Pride/Black Supremacy
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Nation of Islam
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MLK assisinated 1968 by:
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James Earl Ray
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Way of integration in 60s
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Busing
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Helped eliminate past discriminations
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Affirmative Action
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Gave the PRes power to take all necc measures to fight communism
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Gulf of Tonkin resolution
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Intense bombing of North Vietnam was known as
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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Turning point of the Vietnam war/America turns against the war
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TeT Offensive
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Give the Vietnamize whtat they need and let them fight the battle was known as
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Vietnamization
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College protestors shot by national guard
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Kent State 1970
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Civil rights/anti-war/counter culture/womens revolution/sexual revolution
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Mass Movements of the 60s
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Improve relations with China/Soviet Union
Nixon visits both places/known as |
Detente
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Break in/Cover-up/Investigation
Nixon Resigns |
Watergate
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Arab Oil Embargo caused?
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Energy Crisis
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Peace treaty btwn Egypt/Israel became known as:
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Camp David Accord
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US Embassy Seized/Hostages held for 444 days
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Iranian Hostage crisis
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Israel captured the west bank during this war
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6 Days War
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PLO/Munich/Entebee
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Terrorism
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