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Semester Final Study
Semester Final Study Guide -- all answers are directly pulled from the SG posted
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define reconcentrado camps | Detention camps |
| Dole did what? | Led the overthrow of the Queen of Hawaii |
| Define scorched-earth policy | Policy of widespread destruction |
| Define imperialism | Domination of one country over another |
| Define armistice | Truce |
| Define isolationism | Avoiding involvement with other countries |
| Define yellow journalism | The telling of half truths |
| What did De Lome do? | Wrote a letter criticizing President McKinley |
| What did Dewey do? | Defeated the Spanish fleet at Manilla |
| What was the U.S.S. Maine? | A U.S. battleship |
| What country had started a canal in Panama | France |
| Give the two nicknames given to Alaska | Seward's Icebox Seward's Folly |
| How did the Spanish American War make us realize we need a canal? | U.S.S. Oregon almost missed the war because it had to go around South America |
| How much did the canal cost to build? | $365 million |
| What events led to WW1? Answer in order. This card is split in half, and you have to put the next three events in order on that one because this website has a word limit and is annoying. (alternative version on next card) | 1. Austria prepared for war against Serbia 2. Russia was a protector of Serbia so it got ready to fight Austria 3. Germany entered because it was an ally of Austria |
| (Part 2 of the last card) | 4. Germany declared war on France 5. Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria 6. Italy had territorial grievances against Austria and switched to Allied side. |
| Alternative Version. Order the following events 1-6 chronologically. (1/2) | ?. Great Britain declared war on Germany and Austria ?. Italy had territorial grievances against Austria and switched to the Allied side ?. Austria prepared for war against Serbia |
| Alternative Version. Order the following events 1-6 chronologically. (2/2) | ?. Germany entered because it was an ally of Austria ?. Germany declared war on France ?. Russia was a protector of Serbia so they got ready to fight Austria. |
| Germany sank the ____, a British luxury liner. | Lusitania |
| Name the 4 new warfares used for the first time during the war. | Submarine, trench, chemical, airplane, tank |
| Who was the general in charge of training our men in Europe? | General John J. Pershing |
| Name the 6 new weapons used for the first time during the war | U-boat/submarine, tanks, machine guns, chemicals, airplane, flamethrower |
| What is the 1st Amendment? | Freedom of speech |
| What is the 2nd Amendment? | Right to bear arms |
| What is the 3rd Amendment? | Quartering of soldiers |
| What is the 4th Amendment? | Unlawful search and seizure |
| What is the 5th Amendment? | Do not have to witness against one's self |
| What is the 13th Amendment? | Ended slavery |
| What is the 14th Amendment? | Ex-slaves are made citizens |
| What is the 15th Amendment? | Freedmen may vote |
| What is the 18th Amendment? | Prohibition |
| What is the 19th Amendment? | Women have the right to vote |
| What is the 21st Amendment? | Repealed prohibition |
| What is the 25th Amendment? | Vice President fills in for the President |
| What is the 26th Amendment? | 18 years old to vote |
| What is the decade at the end of World War I often described as? | The return to normalcy |
| Which president came up with the "New Deal" program? | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) |
| Define blitzkrieg | Lightning war |
| Define enemy aliens | American people of Japanese, German, or Italian descent that are not U.S. citizens |
| Define rationing | A system of distributing scarce goods |
| What was the Holocaust? | Mass murder of Jewish people and other persecuted |
| When was D-Day? | June 6, 1944 |
| When was VE-Day? | May 8, 1945 |
| When was the bombing of Nagasaki? | August 9, 1945 |
| When was the bombing of Hiroshima? | August 6 1945 |
| Define appeasement | The practice of giving aggressor nations what they want in order to avoid war |
| What was the Manhattan Project | Code for the first atomic bomb |
| When was Japan's unconditional surrender? | August 14, 1945 |
| Japanese-Americans were... | A group discriminated against in the West |
| What was Rosie the Riveter? | National symbol for women in the workplace and their vital role in the war |
| Who was Harry S. Truman? | President who approved the atomic bomb |
| Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower? | American general in charge of European theater |
| What was Okinawa and Iwo Jima? | Two of the costliest Pacific battles |
| When was the bombing of Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |
| Who was Enola Gay? | The B29 who dropped the bomb |
| Who was Winston Churchill? | The British Prime Minister |
| Who was the National Socialist leader of Germany? | Adolf Hitler |
| Who was the dictator in Italy during this time period? | Benito Mussolini |
| Define appeasement | Giving aggressor nation what they want to avoid war |
| Why was rationing started? | To make sure everyone gets their fair share? |
| How did rationing work? | Coupon books were distributed, which governed what and how much one could buy |
| How many enemy aliens were in the United States? | 900,000 |
| What part of the country was especially affected by the enemy aliens? | The West |
| _____ was the name of the bomber that dropped the first _______ | Enola Gay ... atomic bomb |
| The first bomb was dropped on _____ on ____ | Hiroshima ... August 6, 1945 |
| The second bomb was dropped on ___ on ___ | Nagasaki ... August 9, 1945 |
| Give the full name of the president that authorized using the bomb | President Harry S. Truman |
| June 6, 1944 is also known as... | D-Day |
| May 8, 1945 is also known as... | VE-Day |
| Name the two most costly battles in the Pacific | Iwo Jima, Okinawa |
| Japan unconditionally surrendered on... | August 14, 1945 |
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