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The rise of dictators and totalitarian states characterizes which period of time |
the years leading to the Second World War. |
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What was The D-Day invasion of Normandy |
a major battle in Europe and involved “storming the beaches” amid a hail of bullets and artillery bombardment. |
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What did the atomic bomb do for President Truman |
it gave him the confidence to issue his ultimatum to Japan. |
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Rosie the Riveter was meant to... |
support women’s work in factories during the war. |
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Why was the Lend-Lease program considered effective |
Roosevelt was able to engage U.S. power in the war while maintaining international neutrality. |
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What order did these events occur? - France surrenders to Germany - Nazism begins in Germany - The United States is attacked at Pearl Harbor - Hitler invades Poland |
- Nazism begins in Germany - Hitler invades Poland - France surrenders to Germany - The United States is attacked at Pearl Harbor |
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When did World War 2 take place? |
between 1939-1945 |
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The U.S. government urged civilians to do what to keep food abundant during WWII |
Plant Victory Gardens |
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Germany and Japan expanded by doing what |
demanding border changes and additional land prior to the beginning of the war. |
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How did Germany and Japan expanding pre war make the surrounding nations feel |
Their actions cause concern among their neighboring nations. |
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The United States government increased the availability of critical materials and supplies for the war effort by |
imposed civilian rationing of needed products. |
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What happened to the US on a world scale after WWII |
We became a superpower and the most powerful nation in the world. |
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In what order did these events occur? - Allied forces launch the D-Day invasion of Europe - The United States uses the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - Vice President Harry S Truman becomes president after Franklin Roosevelt's death - Japanese forces launch a surprise attack against the naval base at Pearl Harbor |
- Japanese forces launch a surprise attack against the naval base at Pearl Harbor - Allied forces launch the D-Day invasion of Europe - Vice President Harry S Truman becomes president after Franklin Roosevelt's death - The United States uses the atomic bomb on Hiroshima |
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How did the US involve themselves in the war prior to actually joining the war effort |
providing arms and ships to friendly European nations fighting Germany. |
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Why were Japanese-Americans put in internement camps during WWII |
There was the fear that they could aid the forces working against the US |
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The Battle of Midway is considered what? Why? |
a turning point in the Second World War due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers; this caused a halt to their Pacific advance. |
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the commander of... |
The Allied forces in Europe |
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower was ... after the war |
elected President of the United States |
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The Potsdam Conference led to |
International patronizing of Germany |
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A chief concern of critics of Roosevelt’s policies was what? |
That he expanded presidental powers during a national emergency |
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What were some similarities between Churchill and Roosevelt? |
- They led their nations during the Second World War - they were advocates for democracy and the patriotic perseverance of his people - formed an alliance for victory in Second World War |
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What were some impacts of Cold War spending |
- Expanded businesses and employment - Growth of high tech industries - New research and development |
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According to President Johnson, the Domino Theory... |
justified U.S. military involvement in Vietnam. |
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Roy Benavidez... |
- was a soldier from Texas. - saved the lives of several fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War. - received the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
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The chief purpose for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is... |
to maintain a collective security agreement in the case of an attack. |
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A defining event of the 1960s in the United States was |
The Vietnam War |
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the Marshall Plan extended financial aid to friendly those nations rebuilding after the destruction of the war to do what? |
To reduce the influence of communism and improve the economic strength of free market nations in Europe after the war |
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One way President Nixon changed the U.S. military strategy in Vietnam was... |
the transferral of greater responsibility for the war effort to South Vietnamese troops |
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Presidents since 1973 have disagreed with the requirements of the War Powers Act passed by Congress because... |
they have considered it unconstitutional since it restricts the presidential power to send troops into combat. |
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The Supreme Court decision in Tinker v. Des Moines affect schools in the United States by... |
protecting the rights of free expression for students. |
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Space research has resulted in... |
new technologies and innovations used across the globe. |
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American foreign policy in 1951 led to |
a United Nations military intervention in the Korean peninsula in order to limit the spread of communism. |
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Passage of the G.I. Bill provided funding for veterans of the Second World War in order to |
create a better educated and more productive workforce. |
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A characteristic of American society in the fifteen years following the Second World War was... |
rivalry with the Soviet Union and fear of communist infiltration. |
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The Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik 1 and it |
initiated the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
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The United States conducted the Berlin Airlift to |
transport supplies to a blockaded West Berlin. |
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Graphic coverage by television news contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about... |
U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. |
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Joseph McCarthy led a Congressional committee investigating |
suspected communists which contributed to increased Cold War anxieties. |
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Following the end of WW2 the sudden influx of returning soldiers caused a boom in birth rates which |
influenced the pattern of population growth in the United States. |
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 affect the powers of the president by |
providing the President congressional support for conducting acts of war if necessary. |
