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48 Cards in this Set
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Allied powers in WWII
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U.S.,England,France,Russia,
Syria,Lebanon,Palestine, Egypt |
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Civil Rights Act (1964)
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an act that banned dicrimination in public places, on the job, and at the polls.
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Concentration camps were to Poland as ________ were to the Ukraine.
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Work camps
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Contaiment
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the post-World WarII American foreign policy designed to prevent the spread of communism througout the world
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I was the U.S. president for most of WWII.
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Voting Rights Act
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a law designed to end rules that souther states used to keep Afican Americans from voting
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OPEC
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(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)organization of major oil-producing nations formed in 1960
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman's 1947 promise that the U.S. would defend people from subversion or outside pressure
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Who was in charge of Japan's military operations?
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General Tojo
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NATO
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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)defesive alliance formed in 1949 by the U.S., European nations, and Canada
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Watergate
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the public exposure of a burglary and its coverup by the Nixon administration that eventually let to Nixon's resignation.
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Marshall Plan
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a massive American aid program to help European nations recover from World WarII
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What is the total amount of undesirables killed by the Germans?
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12 million
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Warsaw Pact
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alliance formed in 1949 by the Soviet Union and nations of eastern Europe
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I was the character created by the American government to persuade women to work in factories during the war.
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Rosie the Rivter
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Four Freedoms
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Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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Tet Offensive
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the January 1968 surprise attacks by Vietcong forces on cities and towns throughout S.Vietnam
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I was the leader of Japan. I forced my country to surrender, becuase my people would never surrender without my lead.
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Emperor Hirohito
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What was the amount of Jews killed by the Germans?
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6 million
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I developed the atomic bomb.
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John Oppenheimer
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CORE
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the Congress of Racial Equality
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detente
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a relaxing of tensions between nations
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I was the English leader who made convincing patriotic speeches defending th war and denouncing Hitler.
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Winston Churchill
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Vietnam War
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the conflict in which S. Bietnam, supported by U.S., was defeated by communist N. Vietnam
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We signed a nonaggression pact with each other.
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Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler
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Geneva Accords
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the 1954 international agreement that split Vietnam into 2 parts:
North-communist South-non-communist |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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the resolution passed by Congress that authorized President Johnson to increase American military involovment in Vietnam
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I was the name of the mother whose son dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
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Enola Gay
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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the 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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sunbelt
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the sunny states of South and Southwest
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What happened at Stalingrad?
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The German sodiers were surrounded by Russians and killed
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Axix powers in WWII
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Germany, Japan, Italy, and
Spain |
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bicentennial
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a 200-yr anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
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Who were the major people involved in WWII and what countries were they involved with?
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Hitler-Germany
Stalin-Russia General Tojo-Japan FDR-U.S. Moussilini-Italy Churchill-U.K. |
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Who was the president who decided to drop the bomb on Japan?
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Harry S. Truman
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What was the turning point of the war for the Allies?
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The Bulge
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Great Society
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President Johnsons's 1964 program to end poverty and racial injustice
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Brown vs Board of Education
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the 1954 Suprememe Court decixion that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
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What is the United Nations?
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an international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and progress.
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Battle of Midway
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June 1942, the U.S. Navy defeated the Japanese navy.
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I was the fascist dictator of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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Where and when did the Allied soldier land on D-Day?
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June 6, 1944, 150,00 of them landed in France
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What were the name of the places of where the two atomic bombs were dropped?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Why did Japan invade China?
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They needed to more land. They claimed China bombed them first.
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Korean War
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the cold war conflict in which UN soldiers fought to defend S. Korea from takeover from communist N. Korea, ending in stalemate
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Why did Germany invade their neighbors?
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Germany lost alot of its land and people to nearby countries. Germany's new leader wanted it back along with the rest of the world.
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Japan invaded what probince of China?
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Manchuria
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McCarthyism
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unfairly accusing other of disloyalty and subversion
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