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deliberate & systematic killing of an entire population
genocide
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How did the nazis carry out a genocide during WWII?
the nazis condemned to slavery & death not only to jews but other groups they viewed as inferior or unworthy
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In 1939, a non-aggression pact was signed between Germany and ____ giving Hitler the green light to start WWII?
Poland
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giving up principles to pacify an aggressor
appeasement
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What two European powers appeased Hitler repeatedly prior to the start of WWII?
Britain & France
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Who attacked the US on Dec. 7th, 1941 pulling US into WWII?
Japan
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Axis Powers (WWII)
Germany, Italy & Japan
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allowed the US to sell arms & other supplies to other countries before the official US entry into WWII
Lend-Lease Act
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What German invasion (sept. 1st, 1939) forced Britain & France to finally enter the war?
invasion of Poland
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Munich Pact
allowed Hitler to take the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
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"Night of Broken Glass" - Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, & synagogues across Germany.
Kristallnacht
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Which treaty punished Germany harshly for WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
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Which battle in Russia was the turning point during WWII?
Battle of Stalingrad
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Who made the final decision to use atomic warfare against Japan?
President Truman
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Little Boy was dropped on ____
Hiroshima
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Fat Man was dropped on ______
Nagasaki
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What was discussed at the Yalta Conference by Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin?
the fate of Germany & the postwar world
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Who were WAACs? What did they do?
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, served in noncombat positions
(nurse, ambulance driver, radio operator, electrician, pilot)
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Germany's last major offensive of WWII failed in what 1944-45 Euro. battle?
Battle of the Bulge
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D-Day was an Allied invasion of the Northern coast of what nation?
France
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How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
6 million
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V-E Day
Germany surrendered officially (May 8th, 1945)
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Who served as Supreme Commander of US troops in Europe during WWII?
Dwight Eisenhower
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What allowed veterans to attend college for free after they returned from war?
GI Bill
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the ambitious/secretive development of the atomic bomb
Manhattan project
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Who was defeated in the Battle of Midway in 1941 after its plans for an attack were intercepted?
Japan
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What did the HUAC investigate?
communism in the movie industry
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preventing expansion of communism rule in other countries
policy of containment
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nationalist ruler- E & S China - (US aid)
Chiang Kai-shek
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communist ruler- N China - (SU aid)
Mao Zedong
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Douglas MacArthur commanded US troops during what war?
Korean War
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Who despite having no evidence claimed that communists had infiltrated the US gov. & military during the 1950s?
Joseph McCarthy
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West European countries, Canada & US's defensive military alliance
NATO
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SU's military alliance --- linked it with 7 East European countires
Warsaw Pact
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satellite nations
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland
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Airplanes dropped food into Germany's capital city when SU blocked all ground access into the city
Berlin Airlift
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Who started the Korean War?
North Korea
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In the 1960's, what became the main source of news & entertainment?
TV
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Who proposed the successful domestic program, Peace Corps?
Kennedy
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Medicare provided for?
hospital & low cost medical insurance for 65+ Americans
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What promise did the US make to the SU to bring the Cuban Missile Crisis to an end?
to remove misslies from Turkey
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The fall of what city caused South Vietnam to surrender?
Saigon
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communist opposition group in South Vietnam
Vietcong
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What US president supported Vietnaminization?
Nixon
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What president escalated the US role in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
Johnson
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limited a president's role to wage a war
War Powers Act
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Who wanted to make sure a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities were being enforced?
freedom riders
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What was the main reason that Japanese-Americans were interned in camps?
sense of fear & uncertainty
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What was the primary motive for the US decision to use atomic warfare?
to stop invasion of Japan
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Who was defeated in the battle of Midway?
Japan
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HUAC investigated communism in what industry?
movie industry
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What was the outcome of the Korean War?
signed armistice ending war- communism contained - Korea still has 2 nations
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How did TV play a role in the presidential election?
debate helped Kennedy- he looked & spoke better than Nixon
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What was the conclusion of the Warren Commission?
Oswald had shot the president while acting on his own
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What other promise did the US make to the SU (Cuban Missile Crisis)
to remove missiles from Turkey
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What was the US hoping to accomplish in the Vietnam war?
contain communism in Vietnam
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What was a popular way to get a draft exemption?
medical exemptions from drs.
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leader of Indochinese Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh
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Supreme Court ruled "separate but equal" - law didn't violate 14th amendment
Plessy vs Ferguson
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violated student's rights by denying admission to an all-white school just 4 blocks from her house
Brown vs Board of Ed
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first major organized effort to fight against segregation (boycott)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What established MLK Jr. as a major Civil Rights leader?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What Civil Rights org. did King help establish?
SCLC- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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What was the purpose of the Freedom Summer campaign?
to influence Congress to pass a voting rights act
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Whose arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
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Who represented Linda Brown in (brown vs. board)?
Thurgood Marshall
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OPEC nations punished US by cutting off supply of what?
oil sales
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Camp David Accords were a peace agreement signed between what two nations?
Israel & Egypt
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a defense system that would keep Americans safe from enemy missiles
Strategic Defense Initiative
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