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US hist Sem 2 Part 4
Final Exam Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | German dictator during WWII |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian dictator during WWII |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Allied leader in Europe in WWII |
| Douglas MacArthur | Allied leader in the Pacific in WWII |
| Harry S. Truman | U.S. President that dropped "A" bomb during WWII |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader in China |
| Nikita Krushchev | Soviet leader that followed Stalin |
| Fidel Castro | Communist leader in Cuba |
| Joseph McCarthy | Wisconsin Senator that falsely accused many of Communism |
| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg | Accused of stealing bomb secrets for the Soviet Union and later executed |
| Rosa Parks | Refused to give up her bus seat |
| Thurgood Marshall | Lawyer for the NAACP |
| Malcolm X | Black Muslim leader |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | Leader of the non-violent resistance movement |
| Earl Warren | Supreme Court justice that ruled on the "Brown" case |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | accused assassin of JFK |
| John Glenn | 1st American to orbit the earth |
| Richard Nixon | Ended our involvement in Vietnam; also involved in Watergate Scandal |
| Gerald Ford | 1st President not to be elected president or vice president |
| Jimmy Carter | President hailed for his foreign policy but criticized for his poor economic record |