EOC Review

WWII

100

WWII begins Sep. 1st 1939 when:

Germany Invades Poland

200

Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the ________ powers

Axis

300

America will use the Atomic Bomb against what (2) Japanese cities (Aug.6th & Aug 9th)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

400

Allied invasion of France (June 6th, 1944) 

What is the Battle of Normandy OR D-DAY

500

The United States will use the NAVY and MARINES in the Pacific slowly but surely on their way to conquer mainland Japan in what's known as:

Island Hopping

WWII & Cold War Leaders

100

President from 1933-1945: elected to (4) terms and pulled America through Great Depression and most of WWII

Who is FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

200

First U.S. president during the "Cold War". 

p.s. was President @ very end of WWII: Atomic Bomb (Doctrine named after him)

Who is: President Harry S. Truman

300

I was the Soviet Dictator during WWII until the Mid/ 50's.

Who is: Joseph Stalin

400

I kicked out the pro-U.S. Govt out of Cuba and established a Communist Dictatorship

Who is: Fidel Castro

500

I was the prime minister of England who was very stern on defeating the NAZI's and coined the term "Iron Curtain" describing the Soviets Secrecy in Eastern Bloc

Winston Churchill

Cold War moments

100

This structure separated the former capital German city in what was one of the most tense, politicized, and strategic cities in the Cold War.

What is the: Berlin Wall

200

Tensions between U.S. vs USSR and Cuba escalate into 13 days of tension and near Nuclear War which was because of what 1962 conflict?

What is: The Cuban Missile Crisis

300

In the 1950's during the Cold War America will have another internal fear of a Communist takeover

What is: The Red Scare

400

U.S. vs Soviet Union competition to reach the Moon/ explore the stars was known as:

What is: The Space Race

500

The President who ended WWII will issue this: A foreign policy (named after him) which stated that the U.S. would look to contain communism through economic and military support.

What is: The Truman Doctrine

Imperialism, S.A.W. and WWI

100

The United States and several other industrialized nations will look to carve out their own section of Chinese trade and promote continuous commerce.

Open Door policy

200

Territories the U.S. gained during their period of Imperialism (1860's- 1920's) (2)

Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Panama Canal, Cuba* 

300

Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy slogan: The U.S. would not look to pick fights however they would use the full might of the new Navy if need be:

What is the "Big Stick Policy"

400

Direct causes of the U.S. joining WWI: (2)

Zimmerman Telegram

Unrestricted German Submarine

Sinking of Lusitania

Investments in England/ France

500

(2) Causes of the Spanish American War:

Yellow Journalism

Sinking of the 'Maine'

Business investments in Cuba

De Lome Letter

AICE Stuff (Random)

100

This political party died out in the 1850's due to divisions on slavery, deaths of prominent leaders, the Kansas Nebraska Act

Whigs

200

Issued in 1862: this would give the Confederacy an ultimatum to rejoin the union by promising to free slaves "in states in open rebellion against the union".

Emancipation Proclamation

300

This Gilded age Labor Union only accepted skilled Laborers and did not allow individuals who were white males

AFL: American Federation of Labor

400

I was the Louisiana Governor who promised to Tax the wealthy to provide $5,000 dollar salaries to American families during the Great Depression: 

Huey Long

500

Direct Democracy was a main goal of Progressives allowing the everyday citizen more political rights such as: (2)

Recall, Referendum, 17th Amendment, Secret Ballot, Initiative,