Unit 5 Con. +Unit 6
part a: What two events angered Americans to the point that they supported joining the war?
part b: Which groups benefitted from millions of men going to fight in the war, therefore opening up job opportunities?
A:the continued submarine attacks on U.S. merchant and passenger ships, and the “Zimmermann Telegram's” implied threat of a German attack on the United States,
B: women and African Americans and other minorities. Millions of Americans left home to take jobs in war plants that sprang up around the nation. Economic output skyrocketed. (debt)
What was the Red Scare?
raided because fear of spreading communism from Russia
What is appeasement?
policy for making peace trying to avoid war
Battle of Stalingrad?
Allies Against Axis Powers
What was the Truman Doctrine?
U.S. would protect any spread of communism on other countries
part a: What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
part b: How did Britain and France feel towards Europe after the war?
a: The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort.
b: wanted to rebuild
What did Prohibition ban? What group gained influence by selling this substance?
achol / opium from China
How were the following groups impacted by the war?
Japanese Americans-
Native Americans-
Many Native Americans attempted to leave reservations
Found discrimination
Some joined the military (Navajo Code Talkers)
Latinos
Bracero program
Initially imported “foreign laborers” into the US
Many stayed behind rather than return
African Americans-
Women-
Native Americans
Japanese Americans- apanese Americans
Japanese were labeled a security risk on the West Coast
(Not in Hawaii)
Native Americans:
Many Native Americans attempted to leave reservations
Found discrimination
Some joined the military (Navajo Code Talkers)
Latinos
Bracero program
Initially imported “foreign laborers” into the US
Many stayed behind rather than return
African Americans- Double V Campaign - V=Victory
Victory abroad (against fascism)
Victory at Home (against discrimination)
Served in segregated military units
Many units served with distinction (Tuskegee Airmen)
Were discriminated against in war industries
Women- Working women were a social stigma during the Great
Depression (took jobs from men)
Federal government urged women into war production
Doolittle Raid?
U.S air Raid targeting major cities in Japan during WW2// Japan and U.S.
What was the Marshall Plan?
rebuild europe
What were the long term effects of WWI?
In US:
– War strengthened the US military
– Social changes had occurred (African Americans and women)
– Discrimination (against ethnic groups)
• In Europe:
– Strengthened divisions and rivalries between nations
– Major political and social changes
– Whole continent devastated by war
– Rebuilding
What were the short-term and long-term effects of the Great Depression?
Not doing enough
• Need more taxes on the rich
• Unions wanted more rights
• Very socialist/communist
• Government stepping in too much
• Compared to leaders in Europe
• Tried to influence the Supreme Court who shut down
some programs
• (Sound familiar)
• Debt skyrocketed
• Prolonged the Depression
• The depression after WWI ended quickly after the
government did nothing
• Raised expectation that government would step in when
there were problems
What is anti-Semitism?
hatred against the Jews
Dropping of atomic bombs?
U.S. Japan Nagasaki and Hiroshima
What was containment?
make sure Soviet union does not spread their borders
What countries took control of Middle Eastern territory after WWI?
Britain + France
What was President Roosevelt’s package of government programs called?
The new deal
Operation Barbarossa?
Germany invasion on soviet Union
What is the Cold War?
comp between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to spread their ideas
What was the Iron Curtain?
Geo political division in Europe between soviet countries and NATO countries
What is consumerism?
consume more goods than needed
How did totalitarianism become popular in Germany, Italy, and Japan?
rise to new dictators
Pearl Harbor?
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack by some 350 Japanese aircraft sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels, including eight battleships, destroyed or damaged 300 US aircraft, and killed 2,403 men.
What happened to Germany and Berlin after WWII?
Split Between Soviet Union and the allied powers
Know the basics of both wars (what caused them, how they ended)
Korea War
Vietnam War
K:
Korea was Japanese colony prior to 1945
Korea divided after WWII
North controlled by Soviet Union
South controlled by USA
Each installed their own form of government
North = Communist dictatorship
South = capitalist democracy
On 25th June 1950 North Korea troops invaded the
South in a bid to re-unite Korea by force.
The invasion come at a time when many Americans
were extremely worried about the spread of
communism.
Truman gains support from many countries
Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
North Korea took over almost the entire peninsula
Invasion
South Korea Won
V:
US never declared war on
anyone
• Troops mostly stayed in
South Vietnam to:
• Patrol and fight Viet Cong
• Train Southern troops to
fight
• Stop North from importing
weapons to Viet Cong
Anti-war movement war ends