World War WHO??
How did World War II end?
The United States dropped two atomic weapons on Japan, forcing them to surrender.
What was the Iron Curtain?
A symbolic divide between Democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.
President Nixon was elected for his policy of _____, stating that America would slowly remove troops and train the South Vietnamese military to take over.
Vietnamization
Following 9/11, George W. Bush began to send troops to . . .
Afghanistan
What year was Salinas High school founded?
1882!
President FDR quoted that the Pearl Harbor Event was . . .
" . . . a date which will live in infamy!"
Name a theory that war hawks based their beliefs on.
Containment policy and/or Domino theory
The Freedoms Riders were organized to draw attention to the South's refusal to . . .
Integrate public transportation.
True or false: The U.S. started a draft for the War in Afgahnistan and Iraq.
FALSE! Vietnam was the last draft issued.
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White
Describe at least THREE aspects of mobilization for war on the homefront.
- Rationing
- Scrap drives
- Women joining work force
- Expanding industrial jobs
- Victory gardens
- Propaganda
- Buying war bonds
What is M.A.D.? Provide a definition as well.
Mutually Assured Destruction = a military theory stating that if two heavily armed countries use their full nuclear arsenals, both the attacker and the defender will be completely annihilated.
Muhammad Ali was an influencial boxer and heavyweight champion three times. He famously was convicted to 5 years in prison for __________.
Dodging the draft - he believed the U.S. should focus on it's own racial discrimination issues instead
What were the U.S. justifications for invading Iraq? (Name at least TWO reasons)
- Possible threat of WMD
- Saddam Hussein is an authoritarian dictator
- Access to oil
What is the world record for the most number of hotdogs eaten in one sitting (within 10 minutes)?
83 hot dogs (and buns) in 10 minutes.
What was the U.S. foreign policy BEFORE Pearl Harbor?
Neutrality or isolationism
What incident justified the president's decision to send troops to Vietnam and begin engaging in warfare?
The Gulf of Tonkin incident (led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution)
During the Watergate Crisis, President Nixon argued that he didn’t have to release tapes of White House conversations on the basis of __________ _________________.
Executive privilege
Name a similarity between the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan.
- Guerilla Warfare
- Heavily televised/recorded
- Begins with high deployment of troops, and ends with gradually withdrawing
- LOST the war
Name at least THREE famous dogs in tv shows, movies, or pop culture.
- Pluto (Mickey Mouse)
- Goddard (Jimmy Neutron)
- Clifford (the big red dog)
- Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo)
- Lassie (Lassie), Toto (Wizard of Oz), Beathoven
How does WWII differ from the Vietnam War? List at least THREE ways.
- Veterans are treated differently after the war
- WWII had more support on the homefront
- Vietnam War focused on containing communism
- Vietnam war was televised, WWII was not
- Vietnam War involved guerilla warfare
How did the Cold War end? List at least 3 events that occurred within the end of the war.
- Fall of the Berlin Wall --> communism fails around the world
- Glasnost policy led to massive protests
- Reagan and Gorbachev signed anti-nuclear treaties
- Economic instability of the USSR
- Dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR
List TWO economic policies of Reagans and TWO social policies of Reagan.
- Trickle down Economics/ Supply-Side economics/ cutiting taxes
- De-regulation
- Failure of the HIV/AIDS crisis
- Amnesty for undocumented immigrants
- D.A.R.E program
-Anti-labor following the PATCO strike
Name three reasons why the Middle East is a politically valuable and strategic location?
- Major crossroads between three continents
- Birth place of three major world religions
- Holds a lot of the world's oil reserves
What country uses approximately four billion miles of toilet paper each year?
China