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WWII/Cold War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Yalta Conference? --- What happens to Germany (3) What would be formed? (1) What was discussed? (2) who would help with what? (1) | Germany divided into US, UK, French, USSR occupied zones; germany's demilitarized/denazified, nazi leaders tried for war crimes; United Nations; Poland, free elections in eastern europe; soviets would help defeat Japanese |
| Timeline of 1945: Jan-May? -- What did Soviets do? (1) What happens to FDR and next? (1) who makes contact at where? (1) what happens on April 30th, 1945? (1) what is May 8th known as? (1) | soviets liberate Auschwitz concentration camp, FDR Dies and Truman becomes Pres; US/Soviet forces make contact at Elbe River; Hitler's suicide; VE Day |
| What was the Potsdam Conference? --- Who was it? (3) what was recognized? (1) who will be defeated? (1) what's up with truman and stalin? (3) | truman, stalin, churchill/attlee; communist poland was recognized; japan must surrender unconditionally; truman learns of the successful test of the bomb just before, he hinted to stalin of the new US super-weapon, stalin knew already bc of spy network |
| What's the deal with the Japanese at the end of the war? (2) what did they do throughout war, and what did it lead to? (1, 1) what bomb attacks led to japanese surrender? (4) | no matter what, they would fight to the death; sacrificing citizens by committing suicide was better than admitting defeat; bonzai charges left the Japanese with heavy casualties and an imbalance in American casualties; Iwo Jima/Okinawa/Hiroshima/Nagasaki |
| origins of Cold War -- US vs. USSR (5) / mention WWI, WWII, economy differences, casualties, and intimidation tactics | tensions in WWI; natural enemies forced to come together in WWII; capitalist free economy v. communist command economy; soviets had highest casualty count in WWII, in comparison to US; US use of atomic bomb to intimidate USSR to stop spread of communism |
| soviet aggression after WWII -- what was the tactic? what divided europe? what happened to germany? what things only fueled the tensions between US and USSR? (4) | communist doctrine/russian defensive expansionism tradition (any territory must become communist); iron curtain; germany is now east and west; berlin airlift, berlin wall, marshall plan, NATO v. warsaw pact |
| what was berlin airlift, berlin wall, marshall plan, NATO, and Warsaw Pact? | keeping West Germany fed; Soviet way of keeping people from escaping; make sure western europe doesn't fall to communism because of destabilized economy; north atlantic treaty org: a defensive to stop communism; similar to NATO but for USSR |
| Which of the following battles is considered the most IMPORTANT turning point of WWII in the Pacific? Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, or Saipan | Midway |
| the strategy used by US to defeat Japan during WWII was called... mutually assured destruction, brinkmanship, or island hopping | island hopping |
| during Acadia Conference, Winston Churchill convinced FDR that... Japan should be defeated first or Germany was the biggest threat | Germany was the biggest threat |
| which of the following was a source of tension between the Allied leaders at the Tehran Conference that suggested the beginnings of the Cold War? What about Yalta? | Tehran: US wanted to defeat Japan first, but USSR wanted to defeat Germany first; Yalta: the debate over free elections in Eastern Europe after the war |
| The Holocaust cost lives of over 6mill Jews and European minorities, leaving many survivors with nowhere to go. Consequently, the newly formed UN decided to... engage in denazification so Jews can return to Germany OR partition Palestine/create Israel | partition Palestine and create the nation of Israel |
| why was joseph stalin frustrated with the Western Allies during WWII? Red Army fought against ~80% of German army, soviets suffered highest casualty rate of WWII, WEs delayed D-Day until 1944, WEs were opposed to his views on the future of Eastern Europe | all of the above |
| what best explains why President Truman decided to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? to end the war quickly and stop the spread of communism OR there was no other way to destroy japanese cities through conventional means | to end the war quickly and stop the spread of communism |
| V2 rockets (market garden weapon), long range bombs, aircraft carries, and weapons of mass destruction use in WWII showed... that nations were more capable of defending themselves from foreign attacks or that US could no longer safely exist in isolation | US could no longer safely exist in isolation |
| what was the significance of Operation Overlord, otherwise known as D-Day or the Invasion of Normandy? it forced Germany to go on the defensive or opened a western front in France | it opened a western front in france |
| What best explains why Germans were publicly humiliated, but the Japanese were not? churchill argued that german crimes were far worse & the world needed to see OR MacArthur argued dishonoring/removing Hirohito would make Japan vulnerable to communism | MacArthur argued dishonoring/removing Hirohito would make Japan vulnerable to communism |
| what is korematsu v. US -- what happened to korematsu? (1) what was SCOTUS' response? (2) what did Justice Frank Murphy state in his dissent? (1) | Fred Korematsu was arrested/convicted for failing to complete with Japanese internment; SCOTUS upheld conviction based on war powers of government; government needs to depend US from espionage, which outweighed his rights; it was a legalization of racism |
| what was the turning point in the pacific? specifically island battle that pushed back the Japanese? | Guadalcanal |
| where was the largest bonzai charge? | Saipan |
| what was the most costly battle in US naval history and the ultimate defeat of the Japanese navy? | Leyte Gulf |
| what did the Soviets think was the turning point for WWII? | the battle of moscow |
| what was the battle taking place in bastogne, where the101st Airborne got surrounded by Germans? | battle of the bulge |
| britain and Germany battle serving as a turning point for the Africa Campaign | 2nd Battle of El Alamein |
| what were women working in factories called? | Rose Riveters |
| what was a hot topic of the conferences? | borders and/or free elections in Poland (Eastern Europe) |
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i.lundin