Honors Us History Mid Term Study Guide

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Causes of the Great Depression

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-stock market crash
-buying on margin

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The Rosenbergs

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-sentenced t death on electric chair for supposedly committing espionage
-thought they were relaying info to communists
-Second Red Scare

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Social effects of Great Depression

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enter in later

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Mao Zedong

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-leader of communists in China
-took over China
-linked to Soviet Union (both communistic countries)

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Causes of Dust Bowl

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-drought
-low farm prices
-overproduction of land
-high winds
-Great Depression

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Original goal of US in Korean War

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-stop North Koreans from spreading communism to South Koreans
-get North Koreans up and past the 38th parallel

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Social Security Act

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-part of New Deal
-Hundred Days

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Truman MacArthur contraversy

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-MacArthur argued with Truman during Korean War
-MacArthur fired for disobeying Commander in Chief
-MacArthur wanted to try to go past 38th parallel again

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FDR's Court Packing Scheme

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-proposed to expand size of Supreme court from 9 to 15
-alienated many Americans, brought new conservative opposition
-wanted to add six new judges and fifty new federal judges
-backfired

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The Fair Deal

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-Truman's New Deal
-rase min. wage, social security
-provide for public housing

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Operation Overlord

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-Overlord= codename for entire campaign accross Northern France
-Included D-Day Invasions

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Yalta Conference

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-meeting of FDR/Churchill/Stalin
-US wanted Soviet Union to help in Japan
-postwar conference
-tried to answer question of what will happen after the war?

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Korematsu v. United States

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-court case about Executive Order 9066
-1944
-was it right to contain Japanese Americans?

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Iron Curtain

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-Eastern Europe falling under "Iron Curtain" of SU/Communism

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Manhattan Project

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-the effort, using codename Manhattan Engineer District
-development of the atomic bomb
-under management of the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII

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Long Telegram

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-telegram from George Kennan
-200+ suspected communist conspirators

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Office of Price Administration

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-price controls
-rationing
-tires, sugar, coffee, etc.
-ration cards
-tried to prevent inflation

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Truman Doctrine

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-keep Mediterranean free from communism
-critics say it polarized world into two camps
-communism v. non-communism

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War production during WWII

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-convert to defense production 1940-41
-mass production techniques
-convert industry from peacetime to wartime
-auto factories now created tanks or planes

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Berlin blockade and airlift

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-Berlin was a rubble heap
-divided into 4 sections
-Soviets choked off supplies to West Berlin
-Allies dropped supplies

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American support for WWII

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-war changed lives
-millions joined military
-people conserved

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Fall of China

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-Chinese communists took over in China
-Chinese communists led by Mao Zedong

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Factors leading to Second Red Scare

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-Soviets test atomic bomb 3 years earlier than expected
-Chinese fall under communsm, Iron Curtain
-suspicions of communist spies from Stalin and Mao

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Potsdam Conference

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-held near Berlin
-stern ultimatum to Japan
-surrender or be destroyed
-no response upcoming

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Korean War events

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-"forgotten war"
-went up past goal of 38th parallel because of MacArthur
-"trap" of Chinese army waiting for them up north
-ended up being a stalemate war

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Events leading up to Hiroshima

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-Japan refused to surrender
-military-base city
-August 6, 1945- Enola Gay dropped bomb

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Joseph McCarthy

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-senator from Wisconsin
-developed "McCarthyism"- anti-communist
-extremely anti-communist
-threw many accusations

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War without mercy

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-Japanese mindset during WWII
-Japanese saw US soldiers as mongrels and demons
-Japanese soldiers were viewed as vermin

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Jackie Robinson

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-cracked racial barrier in baseball
-played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
-powerful symbol of racial change
-1947

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Baby Boom

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-a lot of babies
-Americans were happy
-excited to start a family
-1946-52

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D-Day

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-June 6, 1944
-Normandy chose as spot
-Omaha Beach had highest casualties
-led by General Omar Bradley
-Pasdecales- Hitler thought were going to land there

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Battle of Britain

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-Germans kept bombing London, trying to cripple last power in Europe

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CIA

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HUH? ASK MR. ALLEN!

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National Security Council

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no idea

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United Nations

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-5 member security council
-France, GB, SU, US, China
-veto power
-located in New York City

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WWII begins in Europe

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-Germany begins to take over insignificant, smaller countries in Europe, to begin its campaign for world domination

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Marshall Plan

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-France, Italy, and Germany chaotic
-in grave danger of take-over
-fall of Czech. led to passage
-success!
-committing the US to help in the rebuilding of post-WWII Europe

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Stalingrad

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-1942 (started in September)
-November Soviety launched counteroffensive
-gave lift to Allied cause
-by 1943, Stalin regained 2/3 of taken land
-pleaded for another front
-huge losses- close to 20 million at end of war
-turning point in the East

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Containment

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-US needed to contain communism, according to George Kennan

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"Soft underbelly of Europe"

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-Italy
-captured Mussolini in this campaign

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Election of 1948

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-Truman (D)
-Dewey (R)
-Wallace (P)
-Thurmond (Dixie)
-Truman won

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Operation Torch

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-North Africa
-codename

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Truman and Civil Rights

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-Civil Rights Commission
-ended segregation in Federal Civil Service
-integration of armed forces
-Korean War needed manpower

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Battle of the Bulge

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-By December 1944, Germany falling
-Soviets from East, Allies from West
-Hitelr launched last attack
-pushed Allies back

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GI Bill of Civil Rights

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-unemployment benefits for veterans

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Battle of the Atlantic

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-Hitler had a strong fleet
-U-boats known as "Wolf Packs"
-"Enigma" Codes
-By 1943, Allies had upperhand
-convoy system
-radar, air patrol

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Taft-Hartley Act

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-"slave labor law"
-outlowed "close shop"
-passed after waves of strikes
-Republican Bill, Truman vetoed, veto overrode

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El Alamein

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-Turning point in North Africa
-Germans under control of Erwin Rommel
-close to Suez Canal
-British under General Bernard Montgomery
-stopped German offensive

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VE Day

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-May 8, 1945
-Nazi Germany surrenders
-Victory in Europe Day

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MAPS OF EUROPE DURING WWII

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