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History Final pt 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FDR's main goals for the depression | Relief, Recovery, Reform |
| Years for the Great Depression | 1929-1942 |
| Causes of the Great Depression | Stock Market Crash October 29th 1929 |
| New Deal | was a series of public work projects and financial reforms. |
| Shanty Towns | deprived area on the outskirts of a town with rundown houses. |
| What event brought an end to the Great Depression? | World War II |
| Roosevelt’s fireside chats impact | Fireside chats were thrity speeches that FDR gave over the raido/tv that spoke to the American people as if they were friends. |
| Why did voters vote for Roosevelt over Hoover | He gave them jobs and the American people enjoyed hearing his promises Hoover just wasn't popular enough |
| Why was the New Deal a turning point in U. S. history? | The New Deal was a turning point int US history because it gave Americans the jobs that they needed. |
| Holocaust | mass slaughter |
| How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust | up to 6 million |
| Other groups that were killed during the Holocaust | Homosexuals, Mentally ill, Romani Gypsies, twins, Jehovah Witnesses |
| What religious group was killed by Germans in Concentration Camps? | Jehovah Witnesses, Jewish, Christian, |
| Under German rule, before Concentration Camps, where were Jews forced to live? | cramped neighborhoods called ghettos |
| Genocide | The deliberate killing of a large group of people. |
| What happened to Hitler in the end? | He killed himself. |
| In addition to the gas chambers, how did Nazi’s kill off the Jews? | mass shootings |
| During the Holocaust, how were families separated? | Families were seperated by sexes and age once they got to the camps. |
| Holocaust and annihilation | the Nazi Plan was to get rid of anyone who wasn't "racially pure" |
| What is the name for the laws that began to take away the rights of German Jews? | Anti-Jewish Legislation |
| Democracy | A system of government by the whole population |
| Fascism | A political philosophy movement that has no tolerance for opposing opinions |
| Blitzkrieg | An intense military campaign meant to bring a quick victory |
| Kamikaze | A japanese aircraft on a suicide mission |
| Axis Powers | A group of countries that were against the Allied Powers in WWII. Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, hungary, romania and yugoslavia |
| Why did United States decide to stay isolated from foreign affairs when WWII started? | The US believed that it didn't concern them. |
| Pearl Harbor events | Was a surprise military attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. |
| Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany? | In response to to Hitler's invasion of Poland |
| What event caused the U.S. to enter WWII? | 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? | Capitalism is when someone invests money, Communism the belief that everyone gets everything according to their needs. Dictatorial, a ruler will all power. Socialism everyone shares everything. Britian is a caitalist country. Cuba is communist. Algeria is |
| Baby Boom | A dramatic rise in the birthrate after WWII |
| Similarities between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War | Both powerful, both self sufficient both government owned |
| Cold War time period | 1947-1999 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | a 13 day long missle confrontation between the US and Soviet Union concerning American missiles in Italy |
| 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 | Vietman War |
| How did women help in WWII | Women Served in the US Armed Forces and WASP |
| What kind of policy did Martin L. King, Jr., and other members of SCLC encouraged? | Nonviolent Protest |
| Freedom Riders | Civil rights activisit who rode interstate buses into the segrated southren states |
| Malcolm X | African American Muslim minister and human right's activist. |
| Sit-Ins | a form of protest where people would sit and occupy a place until their wants were met. |
| Civil Rights and Martin Luther King, Jr | Martin Luther King Jr led the Civil Rights Movement |
| Vietnamization | this was the name of the policy that President Nixon put in place to have US troops reteat and have them help South Vietman's government. |
| McCarthyism | a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. |
| The Highway Act of 1956 | This act allowed construction for over 40,000 miles of highways. |
| The two nations divided at the 38th parallel | North and South Korea |
| Watergate | was an scandal caused by President Nixon and was part of the reason he resigned. |
| How did Truman justified dropping the atomic bomb on Japan | To get even on those who attack us without warning |
| The Manhattan Project | was a research program to learn how to make nuclear weapons |
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