WWII
Leader of Italy of the Axis Powers
Benito Mussolini
Secret Atomic Bomb Program Code name
Manhattan Project: (page 553-4 )
Purpose of the Policy of Brinkmanship? (page 577)
Eisenhower brinkmanship - threaten war to get opponent will back down
Why did the US become involved in the Vietnam War: (page 688)
Stop spread of communism (containment)
Who/what were the below alliances? (Double points
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? (page 574)
What was The Warsaw Pact? (page 574)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? (page 574)
military alliance U.S. and Western European Countries
What was The Warsaw Pact? (page 574)
military alliance Communists Countries
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
provide Great Britain with Military aid (lend them equipment they lease us land (caribbean)
Racism against Mexican Americans, this led to future civil rights protests in the US
Zoot Suit Riots: (page 539)
How did American Factories support the war effort during WWII: (page 538-9 )
Produced Military goods
Purpose of the Berlin Wall? (page 574)
built to - keep communist E. Germans, from going to W. German ; capitalism - where life was better
Policy of Eisenhower used to expand the scale of the Cold War
Result of Massive Retaliation policy: (page 577)
Largest Amphibious invasion of Europe, with over 5k ships, 10k airplanes, and 130k soldiers.
What was “D-Day”: (page 544-5)
Event that led to WWII beginning: (page 559 )
Germany invades Poland
Purpose of the Nye Report (page 530)
Manufacturing companies will get us dragged into war due to new developments in weapons
What was the Iron Curtain? (page 566)
pro-Soviet communist governments forming a dividing line across Eastern Europe
What significant event occurred in 1968 in Vietnam / What did it show to Americans (page 700-1 )
1968 Tet Offensive surprise attack on every part of S Vietnam - convinced Americans Vietnam War was doomed
Purpose of Japanese American internment camps
Force Americans with Japanese descent from their homes into camps, mostly on the West coast as populations were larger.
How did America first respond to WWII in Europe: (page 514)
Declared Neutrality; did not want to be involved in Europe's war
Policy of Appeasement: (page 519)
avoid war by “giving in” or make concessions to dictators (Hitler)
social and political reforms of the USSR
Purpose of Perestroika and Glasnost: (page 592)
How did President Kennedy continue and expand the Vietnam War? (page 689)
JFK sends more troops
Significance of the Battle of the Bulge:(page 545-6 )
Last German offensive of the War in Europe
Why was Iwo Jima important during the island hopping campaign? (page 552 )
US planes could bomb Japan from there, previously they could not make it to Japan and back due to fuel
Purpose of the America First Committee (page 521)
AFC opposed the lend lease act, did not want to get dragged into war
Who did Nixon apply a "normalization of relations with"
with China- 588: Change of policy to Detente; change “relaxation of tensions” between US and Soviets
What was the Bay of Pigs / What president authorized it? (page 579)
failed invasion - Cuba planned by CIA ordered by President John F. Kennedy