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HIST1302 Exam 3
History Exam 3 Material
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The "Good War" | single most important event in Modern U.S. History, which creates more long lasting change than anyother 4 yr. period in U.S. History; validates principles of U.S. liberalism at home, which brings about the question, "What do we stand for?" |
| Fascism | when one combines military, labor, central govt., and big buisness; a form of right-wing dictatorship exalting nation and race above the individual |
| Adolf Hitler | chancellor of Germany during WWII; sought to restore Germany after WWI. Creates a campaign of terror against Jews, homosexuals,suspected communists, and anyone else who followed "un-german" ideas. |
| Anschluss | political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Hitler in 1938 |
| Blitzkrieg | "lightning war"; used as a tactic based on speed and surprise and needed a military force to be based around light tank units supported by planes and infantry; used by Germans during WWII. |
| Lend Lease | agreement approved by Congress in order to lend rather than sell munitions to the Allied Countries; agreement was created soon after U.S. opinions began to shift, once Hitler swiftly took control over the majority of Europe. |
| Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration created by FDR and W. Churchill. The declaration provided insight to what the U.S. and Britain sought for/called for (List Examples) |
| Pearl Harbor | otherwise known as the "day of infamy"; the Japanese conducted a surprise air attack on the U.S. Pacific Naval Fleet stationed in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Immediately following attack, Congress declared war on Japan. |
| Stalingrad | major turning point in the war (Explain); the soviets singlehandedly forced the German Army into retreat, where fierve fighting had lasted from Aug. 1942 to Jan. 1943 |
| D-Day | the long awaited Allied invasion across the English Channel finally begins on June 6, 1944; Allied troops/ships descended on the French beaches at Normandy. |
| NSC-68 | super secret doc. written by Nitze and Lovett; assumptions made in the doc. include: we must oppose all forms of Soviet Expansion everywhere, and internal ideological enemies need to be identified and removed. |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | roman catholic, anti-communist which led a new govt. created by the U.S. in a new country, "South Vietnam."; ruled for 8 yrs.;U.S. struggled to overthrow him; assassinated by his own generals with tactit support of U.S. officials. |
| Lebensraum | |
| Appeasement | |
| Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact | |
| The "Four Freedoms" | |
| The Battle of Britain | |
| Executive Order #8802 | |
| CORE | |
| The Zoot Suit Riots | |
| Korematsu vs. U.S. | |
| Use of Atomic Weapons in WWII | |
| The Yalta Conference | |
| The "Long Telegram" | |
| "Containment" | |
| Ho Chi Minh | |
| Diem Bien Phu | |
| Mohammed Mossadegh | |
| Jacobo Arbenz Guzman | |
| Escalation | |
| 1954 Peace Accords | |
| "Operation Beef-Up" | |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | |
| "Operation Rolling Thunder" | |
| Tet Offensive | |
| 1968 Democratic National Convention | |
| Vietnamization |
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