Reconstruction-->Imperialism
Describe what Reconstruction was:
The period directly after the Civil War, when the South was re-unifying with the North was called:
This country had to admit sole blame for WW1 and was inflicted with reparations that it could never pay back:
Germany
In what year did WW2 end?
1945
This was when the Allies were allowing Germany to do things that violated the Treaty of Versailles:
Appeasement
The cold war tensions were between:
The US and the Soviet Union
These laws enforced segregation in the South:
Jim Crow
Explain how Vietnam veterans were treated when they returned to the US:
At best they were ignored, and at worst they were actively protested against, and treated very disrespectfully. Some were even spit on. They were not treated like heroes, like other veterans had been.
What started the Spanish-American War?
The explosion and sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
What was the 1920's nicknamed in the US?
The Roaring 20s
This was the largest death camp in the Holocaust:
Auschuwitz
What brought the US into WW2?
The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
This is the theory that is one country fell to communism, it would cause other countries to fall to communism as well as it gained power:
The domino theory of Communism
This culture influenced the layout of American cities and still dictates how many Americans live today:
Car culture
This harmful chemical caused many long-term health issues for Vietnam Veterans:
Agent Orange
This is the idea that buying material things will make you happy:
consumerism
FDR's relief plan was called the :
New Deal
A successful general that later became President:
Eisenhower
Boeing's documentary emphasized that WW2 would be decided by:
Strategic bombardment
What is considered the first war that the US ever lost?
Vietnam
This President desegregated the armed forces:
President Truman
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in the schools?
Brown v. Board
The process of the population moving towards or building up cities:
urbanization
Mark Twain's novel made the industrial era be nicknamed the:
Gilded Age
Which three countries formed the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
isolationism
(America leaned towards this after WWI and Vietnam)
This nickname was given to the Korean War:
The Forgotten War
A vaccine for this was one of the most important developments of the Postwar Era:
Polio
Explain the concept of M.A.D in regards to US history:
Mutually Assured Destruction
If one country uses nuclear warfare, then another will react with nuclear force, and this will have consequences for whole world/apocalyptic consequences
This idea that came to be during urbanization is that buying material things will make you happy:
consumerism
Define 'imperialism'
The process of building an empire by conquering other nations of founding colonies
Where were the two atomic bombs dropped in WW2?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Define propaganda:
Media meant to sway the audience into supporting a political cause
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson a lot of power to go to war and decide what to do with the troops in Vietnam. Why was this controversial?
Congress never declared war as required by the Constitution
This type of segregation in the North was not legally imposed, it was socially accepted or enforced by unwritten social customs:
De Facto
Explain who Douglas MacArthur was and what he was fired for:
He was fired for insubordination, he went to Congress behind President Truman's back to ask them to declare war on China.
Teddy Roosevelt was the one who advocated for America to fund this huge project:
The Panama Canal
What sparked the start of WW1
and
When did WW1 end?
1918
Explain three of Truman's reasons for dropping the Atomic bombs:
-it would save American and Japanese lives (compared to a ground invasion)
-Quick end to the war
-it would intimidate the Soviet Union
-Japan was refusing to surrender
Who were the 'Nesei' and what happened to them during WW2?
Japanese Americans
They were sent to live in internment camps in the US
Explain four reasons why the fighting was so difficult in Vietnam:
-The inhospitable environment (jungle warfare)
-There were no defined battlegrounds
-There were no cities to capture
-Strategic bombardment did not work
-The enemy and allies all looked ethnically similar
-The Viet Cong used guerilla warfare
-The Viet Cong knew the terrain better and could hide
Name four reasons for the "Baby Boom" in America:
-Decreasing marriage age
-Men were home from war
-Medical advancements
-Confidence in the economy
-Large families to "fit in"
This was the codename for the development of nuclear weapons in the US:
the Manhattan Project