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FINAL HISTORY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the policy of appeasement? | In order to avoid war allowing only certain things to occur |
| The US placed an ..... on Japan after 1937? | ban |
| Who suffered the worst discrimination during World War 2? | Japanese-Americans |
| The US response to World Wars 2's start was an? | Isolationists Policy |
| The name given to the backyard gardens during World War 2 was called.... | Victory Gardens |
| The battleship that was sunk on December 7th, 1941 at Pearl Harbor that is a memorial today, is the? | USS Arizona |
| In January of 1942, FDR ordered the forcible relocation of Japanese-Americans to? | Internment Camps |
| Who was the first african american to hold the rank of General? | Benjamin O Davis |
| Who was teh fictional woman who worked in a defense plant? | Rosie the Riviter |
| What significance did the Pearl Harbor have? | Second time in the same centurary in a world war. |
| Who died before VE Day? | Roosevelt |
| The atomic bomb was the idea of? | Albert Einstein |
| The strategy of jumping over one island to get at another in the Paciffic was known as? | leap frogging |
| On the isalnd of ...... a famous flag raising took place in the paciffic? | Iwo Jima |
| Who was the physicist who headed the manhatten project? | J Robert Oppenheimer |
| Which two battles turned the tide of the war in the pacific toward the allies? | The Battles of Midway and Guadalcanal |
| What were the names of the two atomic bombs used on Japan? | Little Boy and Fat man |
| The Normandy invasion was the .....? | Largest amphibeous invasion in US History |
| Who were the "Big3" who met at the Tehran Conference in 1943? | FDR, Churchill, Stalin |
| Describe the two things that went into the decision to not invade Japan? | It would save many american troops lives, and considered the biterness that americans felt towards japan after the bombing of pearl harbor. |
| The city of Berlin was lcoated in which zone at the end of World War 2? | Soviet |
| The korean war ended with a...? | cease fire |
| The ... Amendment limited the President to two full terms? | 22nd |
| Another name for the Marshall Plan was? | European Recovery Plan |
| Turman won the electron of 1948 because of his famous ... campaign? | Whistle stop |
| Iron curtain is? | Imaginary lines between Eastern and Western Europe |
| The soviet union blockaded Berlin because they wanted to drive the allies out of where? | Berlin |
| The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a ? | mutual defense treaty |
| The korean war is known as the ? | "Forgotton War" |
| What was the end result of the Truman-MacArthur controversey? | Truman was seen as a badguy but upheld his role as commander in chief. |
| According to the Geneva Accord, Vietnam was divided into 2 with the North Vietnam being...? | Communists |
| The U-2 was a high altitude ...? | spy plane |
| the major source of home entertainment in the fifties was...? | television |
| Most tv shows of the fifties centered around? | the family |
| Whose job was to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia? | SEATO |
| What was the domino theory? | If one country would fall to communism then the rest would follow. |
| Whos perserverance helped put an end to seperate but equal education? | Thurgood Marshall |
| Who's refusal to give up her seat was the quiet beginning of a national civil rights movement? | Rosa Parks |
| The ruling by the Supereme Court that rules seperate schools for whites and blacks were unconstitutional was called? | civil rights movement |
| Whos words were added to the pledge of allegiance in 1954? | "Under God? |
| What started the montgomery bus boycott? | Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on a bus. |
| Who was the boycott of the montgomery bus led by? | Dr.King |
| What did the montgomery bus boycott lead to? | the end of segregation of public transportation |
| Who was the Berlin wall built by to prevent people from leaving West Berlin and going to East Berlin | Soviets |
| LBJ challenged the nation to build a...? | Great Society |
| What gave LBJ the authority "to take all necessary measures" to protect American forces in Southeast Asia? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| What hung over the Democratic National Convention in 1968 like a black cloud? | Vietnam War |
| VISTA was actually a...? | domestic peace corp |
| The US Space program is under the direction of? | NASA |
| One of the most serious events of the cold war was? | Cuban Missel Crisis |
| The direct phone line between Washington and Moscow is called the? | Hotline |
| The counterculture of the sixties was known as the? | Hippies |
| JFK's plan to improve America was called his? | New Fronteir |
| JFK's most successful program was the ... which still exists today? | Peace Corps |
| What was the name given to the suprise attacks by the NVA and the VC on New Years Eve in 1968? | Tet Offensive |
| The name of dr.king's famous speech was called? | "I Have A Dream" |
| What were the two findings of the warren commision that investigated the death of JFK? | there was no actual evidence of a plot to kill Kennedy, and that Oswald did not act alone |
| What was the purpose of the Summer Freedom Project in Mississippi during the summer of 1964? | It helped register blacks so they could vote. |
| When was Kennedy assasinated? | November 22, 1963 |
| Policy of vietnamization ? | Turn the war back over to the South Vietnames |
| Who was a key figure on Nixon's staff? | Henry Kissinger |
| What was the purpose behind woodstock? | It was a protest against the vietnam war and the conventional society |
| What was unique about Gerald Ford becoming president of the US? | he was the first president to assume the role of office without being elected as president or vp |
| the rock revolution of the 1960's was called the ? | british invasion |
| On may 4th, 1970 four students were killed by National Guard troops at what Ohio university? | Kent State |
| One of the counts that Nixon's aides were charged with was? | perjury |
| The name given to the Vietnam war was? | the most unpopular war |
| The name of the newspaper that the two investigative reporters worked for that uncovered the white house involvement in Watergate was the ? | washington post |
| What was the result of watergate? | Nixon went on National TV and announced his resignation. |
| Who was selected as Ford's VP? | Nelson Rockefeller (former governor of NY) |
| What was unique about both Ford and Rockefellers election? | first time in history we had a president and vp who were not elected by the people |
| Why did ford pardon nixon? | for won to spare the country the agony of putting a former potus on trial |
| Which two agencies were investigated by Ford? | CIA and FBI |
| What happened because of Ford's presidency? | fall of south vietnam |
| Where was the center of the 200th anniversey celebration held ? | Philadelphia |
| What hurt ford? | the echos of watergate |
| Who brought a down home style to washington? | Carter |
| What was the rationing system that carter set up? | it divised an energy plan to cut the use of oil |
| What was the centerpiece of carters foreign policy? | Human Rights |
| What does apartheld mean? | strict seperation of races |
| What did Camp David provide? | it laid the ground work for peace in the middle east |
| What did Carter do to the Summer Olympics of 1980? | ordered the US athletes to boycott the olympics |
| What did Ayaollah call the US? | "The Great Saintan" |
| Who stormed the US embasy in Tehran and took 50 american hostages? | Millitant Iranians |
| Who was a former actor that became presdient? | Regan |
| Who was the oldest man to ever be elected president at the age 69? | Regan |
| What two ways was the anugaration being held in the west front symbolic? | he came from the west and to reverse the direction of the government |
| What was the name of the would-be assasin of regan? | John Hinkley |
| What was reganomics? | supplied side of economics |
| Who was the first woman to serve on the supreme court? | Sandra Day O'Connor |
| What Iran-Contra Scandel? | illegal shipping of money by the US to buy weapons to support the central Nicagura |
| Who called the Soviet union the "evil empire"? | Regan |
| Who was chosen as the first woman vp candidate ? | Geraldine Ferraro |
| Who was the first african american to run for president? | Jessie Jackson |
| Who was appointment by bush to be chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff? | General Colin Powell |
| When did the Persion Gulf War begin? | when the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait |
| What was bush sending american troops to protect saudi arabia known as? | Opperation Desert Sheild |
| When the US and other UN countries launched an air attack against Iraq called? | changed from opperation desert shield to opperation desert storm |
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SamK14