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1942B Study Guide
1942B Final Exam StudyStack
Question | Answer |
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FDR’s main goals in fighting the depression | Reform, Recovery, and Relief (3) |
Years for the Great Depression | 1930s |
Causes of the Great Depression | Drought and Dust Bowl, Overproduction of goods, Consumer Debt, Stock Market Crash... |
New Deal | A series of laws and programs to help end the Great Depression |
Shanty Towns | Hoovervilles |
What event brought an end to the Great Depression? | WWII |
Roosevelt’s fireside chats impact | The informal radio broadcasts made FDR seem compassionate and responsive. |
Why did voters vote for Roosevelt over Hoover | Warmth and promise of a New Deal |
Why was the New Deal a turning point in U. S. history? | It used government programs to improve the lives of citizens. |
Holocaust | The violent deaths of a large number of people. |
How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust | 6 million |
Other groups that were killed during the Holocaust | Gypsy and Homosexuals |
What religious group was killed by Germans in Concentration Camps? | Jehovah Witness |
Under German rule, before Concentration Camps, where were Jews forced to live? | Ghettos |
Genocide | Killing members of a group and preventing births within the group |
What happened to Hitler in the end? | He committed suicide |
In addition to the gas chambers, how did Nazi’s kill off the Jews? | Starvation |
During the Holocaust, how were families separated? | Men, women, children, and elderly all separated from one another |
Holocaust and annihilation | Gas Chambers, Gun Massacre, Beaten to Death |
What is the name for the laws that began to take away the rights of German Jews? | Nuremberg Laws |
Democracy | government by the people |
Fascism | a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power |
Blitzkrieg | A form of a military attack |
Kamikaze | Japanese suicide pilots |
Axis Powers | Japan, Italy, and Germany |
Why did United States decide to stay isolated from foreign affairs when WWII started? | Citizens felt they were dragged into WWI, Citizens felt they should concentrate on problems at home, and Congress passed laws that prevented the U.S. from taking sides |
Pearl Harbor events | It occurred Sunday, Dec 7, 1941. It crippled the Pacific fleet. Approximately 3,000 Americans were killed. |
Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany? | Germany invaded Poland. |
What event caused the U.S. to enter WWII? | Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. |
Under what plan did the U. S. provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism? | Marshall Plan |
Capitalist, Communist, Dictatorial, and Socialist meanings and which countries follow which ideals? | Capitalist Is United States- This is the only one you need to know for the exam. |
Baby Boom | It affected the demographics of the U.S. society. It refers to the large number of babies born from 1945-1962. It was a result of men returning home after WWII |
Similarities between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War | Both had political and economic ideologies, Both were competing in the arms and space race, and Both formed military alliances |
Cold War time period | 1945-1991 |
Cuban Missile Crisis | The 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that almost escalated into a third world war |
A state of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union without actual fighting | Cold War |
The war that created divisiveness among Americans throughout the 1960s | Vietnam War |
How did women help in WWII | Among others, they joined the military, went to the workforce in factories, and became nurses. |
What kind of policy did Martin L. King, Jr., and other members of SCLC encouraged? | Nonviolent protests |
Freedom Riders | They brought about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities. |
Malcolm X | He appealed to many African Americans' anger and frustration over a lack of social and economic power and preached a militant approach to civil rights |
Sit-Ins | Civil rights activists used this technique to force segregated establishments (businesses) to serve African Americans. |
Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Jr. | Many had long been deprived of their civil rights and the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., during the March on Washington, in August 1963, appealed to African Americans. |
Vietnamization | President Nixon |
McCarthyism | The term given for the mass fear and hysteria about possible communists in the United States after WWII |
The Highway Act of 1956 | Created 41,000 miles of expressways to connect major American cities stimulating the American economy, shortening travel time between cities, encouraging urban growth along major travel arteries and gave us independence. |
The two nations divided at the 38th parallel | North Korea and South Korea |
Watergate | Based on the outcome of the Watergate Investigation and the subsequent resignation of President Nixon, many have used the scandal to point out the success of the Constitution as a living document that applies to all Americans. |
How did Truman justified dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? | He didn’t want to lose anymore American troops by launching a direct land invasion of Japan |
The Manhattan Project | The American development of an atomic bomb |