Transcript WWII, Cold War, and Civil Rights Movement Review

After WWI the
United States
entered into a period
of _____because we
were tired of war?
Neutrality
This will bring the
United States out
of neutrality?
Wars in Europe
and Asia
WWII will officially
begin with
Germany’s invasion
of ______in 1939?
Poland
This other country
will also invade
Poland from the
east?
RUSSIA
The United States
will stay neutral
for _____years?
TWO
Germany will overrun
_____and most of the
western European
countries?
FRANCE
The most famous air
war of WWII was
called?
The Battle of
Britain
Hitler will turn
on_____after he
cannot defeat the
British?
Russia
What caused the
U.S. to abandon
our policy of
neutrality?
If we didn’t help
England it would
fall
We gave England
war materials and
war ships in
exchange for?
Military bases in
Bermuda and the
Caribbean
This act allowed
us to trade with
England?
Lend Lease
Act
WAR IN ASIA
In the 1930s
Japan will invade
___and___?
Manchuria and
China
The United States
will impose
an_____on Japan
because of her
actions.
EMBARGO
The United States
stopped trading
___and_____with
Japan?
OIL AND STEEL
While negotiating
the embargo, Japan
will attack___?
Pearl Harbor
What was the date
of that attack?
Dec. 7, 1941
The attack
destroyed much of
the
U.S._________?
Pacific Fleet
Thousands will die
and Roosevelt will
call this “ a
date________”?
that will live in
infamy.”
Roosevelt will then
ask congress for a
Declaration_____?
OF WAR
Hitler will then
honor a pact with
Japan and declare
war on______?
United States
The debate over
_____was over?
ISOLATIONISM
The attack on Pearl
Harbor got the United
States___ ___ in the
war?
Fully involved
ALLIED
STRATEGY
In the Pacific?
Island Hopping
Which was?
Taking one island,
skipping a couple,
then taking another.
Defeating each
island we attacked
brought us closer
to____?
JAPAN
The islands we
defeated we
would use as
____?
Air Fields or Air
Bases
After a while we
would be close
enough to attack
Japan by____?
AIR
We could also cut
off Japanese
shipping with the
use of____?
Submarine
Warfare
Major Battles and
turning points
The Battle
of___kept
Germany from
taking Russia?
STALINGRAD
Besides losing
thousands of soldiers
Germany was not able
to capture the ___
___that she was after.
OIL FIELDS
With the defeat at
Stalingrad,
Germany now had
an enemy in
the___?
East
The landing at
Normandy was
known as?
D-DAY
He commanded
the Allied forces
at Normandy?
General Eisenhower
With the successful
landing at
Normandy the
liberation of ____
____had begun?
Western
Europe
Probably the biggest
naval battle of the
Pacific war took place at
_____Island?
MIDWAY
A victory at Midway
would have enabled
Japan to attack
_______anytime she
wanted to?
Hawaii
This victory led to a
string of victories
that led the
U.S.forces straight
to ____?
JAPAN
Midway was the
turning point in
the_______?
PACIFIC
Thousands of
American soldiers
will lose their lives
in taking these two
islands?
IWO JIMA and
OKINAWA
Because of so many
lives lost, many of the
Japanese chose to ___
___rather than continue
to fight.
Commit Suicide
U.S.soldiers
fought for every
inch in taking many
of the islands in the
Pacific.
Atomic Bomb
Atomic bombs
were dropped on
___ and____?
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
This president
ordered the
dropping of the
bombs?
TRUMAN
President Truman
chose to do this in
order to ?
Save American
Lives
Shortly after the
bombs were
dropped, Japan?
Surrendered
Minority
participation
African
Americans
generally served
in ____units.
Segregated
Most minorities
served in
___combat roles .
NON
Most Minorities
demanded to serve
in____rather than
support roles.
COMBAT
Groups affected
by discrimination
and hatred during
the war?
Jews, Slavs, Gypsies
and undesirables
(homosexuals,
mentally ill and
political dissidents.)
Significance of
Nuremberg?
Nazi leaders were
convicted of war
crimes.
The
Nuremberg
trials
emphasized?
You are responsible
for your actions
regardless of orders.
The trials led to
an increased
demand for a ___
___by the Jews?
Jewish
Homeland
Organizing
economic human
and military
resources
_____was used to
maintain a supply of
essential products to
the war effort.
Rationing
___and the
_____were used
to finance the
war?
War Bonds and
the Income Tax
The work force was
made up of more
___and____?
Women and
Minorities
The _______ was
used to provide
manpower for the
military?
Draft/Selective
Service Act
________
replaced men in
the work force?
Women
Symbol for the
working woman
was____?
Rosie The Riveter
African Americans and
other minorities tried to
use the war to end
__________ and
________practices?
Segregation and
discriminatory
hiring
Many Japanese people
on the west coast were
removed from their
homes and taken to
______camps?
Internment
Political, Social,
and economic
consequences of
the war
At the wars end, the
Soviet Union
controlled____?
Most of Eastern
and Central
Europe and
eastern Germany
Germany was
divided into
____and____?
East and West
Germany
West Germany
was controlled
by______ ______
and_______?
England, France,
and the United
States
East Germany
was controlled
by?
Soviet Union
East Germany will have
a___government and
West Germany will
have a____form of
government?
Communist
Democratic
This plan was set
up to help rebuild
Europe and stop
communism?
MARSHALL
The___ ___will
set global politics
for the next 45
years?
Cold War
The Cold War was a
competition
between two
nations______and
______?
United States and
the Soviet Union
The U.S. policy to
try to contain
communism was
called___?
Containment/
Truman
Doctrine
Containment got
the U.S. involved
in two
wars_____and___
__?
Korea and
Vietnam
Origins of the
Cold War
The Cold War
lasted from the end
of___until the fall
of the___in 1991?
WWII Fall of the
Soviet Union
The principle of this
doctrine was not to
roll back communism,
but to keep it from
spreading?
Truman
The guiding
principle of
American foreign
policy throughout
the Cold War was?
Containment of
communism
This was organized
to prevent the
Soviet Union from
invading Western
Europe?
NATO (North
Atlantic Treaty
Organization)
Soviet controlled
countries formed the
______ Pact in
reaction to NATO?
WARSAW
For nearly ___years
both sides
maintained military
forces facing one
another in Europe?
Fifty
The communists
also seized control
of this large Asian
country?
China
Instead of joining
together the two
nations of___and____
competed with one
another?
Soviet Union and
China
Many thought that the
U.S.and the Soviet
Union would destroy
one another with their
development of?
Nuclear
weapons
American
involvement in
Korea reflected our
policy of_____?
Containment
The U.S. got involved in
the Korean War when?
North Korean forces
Invaded South
Korea
When the U.S.forces
drove into North
Korea this brought the
______into the war.
CHINESE
The Korean War
will eventually end
in a ?
Stalemate
With a
____government in
the North and a
_____government
in the South.
Communist and free
Cold War at
Home
The 1950’s and 60’s
was filled with the
fear of____and____?
Communism
and nuclear war
These three people
were convicted of
spying (espionage)
for the Soviet
Union?
Alger Hiss, Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
_____played on the
fears of the people
accusing government
officials of being
communist?
Joseph McCarthy
These led to the
coming of the
term_____?
McCarthyism
McCarthyism
means?
Making of false
accusations, based
on rumors or guilt
by association.
____said “the United States
would pay any price, bear any
burden,meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any
foe,in order to assure the
survival and success of
liberty?”
John F. Kennedy
“Ask not what your
country can do for
you, but what can you
do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
Most of the Military
conflicts were not very
popular with the people
during this time.
Civil Rights
Court case that over
ruled Plessy v.
Ferguson and
desegregated schools?
Brown v. the
Board of
Education of
Topeka
In this state there
was massive
resistance?
Virginia
Many schools will close,
private academies were
established and whites left
urban schools.
1963 March on
Washington
It inspired the
speech made by
Dr. Martin Luther
King called?
“ I Have a
Dream”
The March helped
gain support for
the?
Civil Rights
Legislation
The march demonstrated
the power of
_______mass protest?
Non-violent
The Civil Rights
Act of 1964
prohibited?
Discrimination
based on race
religion national
origin, and
gender.
The act also?
Desegregated
public
accommodations
The Civil Rights
Act was passed by
this president?
Lyndon Baines
Johnson
The Voting Rights
Act of 1965 did
what?
Outlawed
literacy tests
In order to secure
the right for black
people to vote this
was needed?
Federal registrars
were sent to the
south to register
black people.
The Act led to?
An increase in the
number of black
people voting on the
south.
This organization
helped Black
Americans challenge
segregation in the
courts?
NAACP