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| Who was Benito Mussolini? |
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| leader of the National Fascist party, Italy |
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| ______ and _____ responded to early German aggression by attempting to appease Hitler. |
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| Who was Senator Gerald Nye? |
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| north dakota senator, head of special senate committee that spent 2 years investigating american munitions dealers. |
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| What measures did the United States employ to control Japanese aggression before Pearl Harbor? |
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| permanent embargo including vital oil supplies that japan needed |
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| What was Franklin Roosevelt’s response to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939? |
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| aiding France, Britain, and China, while increasing american forces for battle |
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| Who were the “merchants of death?” |
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| senate munitions committee |
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| lightning war, netherlands, belgium, luxembourg, german |
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| How did the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy reveal the weakness of the League of Nations? |
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| they were focused on hitler, failed to halt mussolini's conquest. |
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| What was the Rueben James? |
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| ship sank by a german u-boat |
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| the Allies gave priority to the ________ rather than the Pacific struggle. |
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| European theater of World War II |
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| What occurred at the Munich Conference? |
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| during World War II the closest ally of the US was _____. |
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| What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact? What was its purpose and method of achieving this end? |
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| retreated US involvement with other nations |
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| What was the Soviet Union’s view of the second front? |
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| soviet union wanted US and Great Britain to open up a 2nd front to relieve stress on the soviet union, egypt |
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| In light of the ethical ramifications of the atomic bomb what was Truman’s primary motive in using it against Japan? |
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| Where did the Americans and British begin their offensive? |
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| Who were the Central Powers? |
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| what unofficial aid did Roosevelt provide the British before the United States became involved in World War II? |
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| Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower? |
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| supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe |
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| Did World War II play a role in movements of African-American to Northern cities? Why? |
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| Why did the US and Britain wait to open a second front. |
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| to consolidate forces and strength |
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| Who was Winston Churchill? |
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| british prime minister, leader of britain during WW2, iron curtain speech |
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| Did the German invasion of the Soviet Union succeed? |
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| no, the winter killed the germans |
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| Why was the Battle of Midway important? |
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| turning point in WW2, boosted american morale |
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| What role did Stalingrad play in the soviet unions resistance of the german invasion? |
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| How did the North Atlantic Treaty Organization represent a major change in American foreign policy? |
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| took the lead in founding the United Nations. It invested billions of dollars through the Marshall Plan to help strengthen war-devastated European democracies. |
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| the main Soviet response to containment was the ______. |
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| Were there internment camps in the United States during World War II? What purpose did they serve? |
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| yes, for japanese citizens, US thought that they would help the enemy japanese |
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| What was the Truman Doctrine? |
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| president asked congress for 400 million for military and economic assistance to greece and turkey |
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| What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? |
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| safeguarding the freedom of the North Atlantic community, collective self defense, social, political, and economic cooperation |
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| How did the fundamental disagreement between the west and the soviet union manifest itself? |
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| How did the United States respond to the berlin blockade? |
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| Was a college education important? |
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| a fundamental disagreement between the West and the Soviet Union involved __________. |
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| the question of control of post-war Europe. |
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| In what ways was the United States responsible for making Japan an ally after World War II? |
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| San Francisco Peace Treaty, trade |
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| Did the Republicans blame the Truman administration? Why? |
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| yes, failure to address the chinese communist control |
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| What was the Marshall Plan? Was it effective? |
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| large scale economic american program of cash grants to Europe, great success |
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| What were the sides within the Korean War? |
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| North Korea - China and Soviet Union, South Korea - United Nations |
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| Harry s Truman, increase defense spending to as much as $50 billion per year from the original $13 billion |
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| What was the result of the Korean War for the United States? |
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| What factors contributed to Truman’s unexpected success in the election of 1948? |
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| democratic revolts, whistle-stop campaign. |
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| wisconsin senator that accused people of being communists. |
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| What did the National Security Act of 1947 do? |
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Established the National Security Council (NSC),
Merged the War and Navy departments into the National Military Establishment (NME) headed by the secretary of defense, and Recognized the US Air Force as an independent service from the Army. |
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| What factors does Brands attribute for the “flight to the suburbs” in the post-war era? |
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| baby boom, levit town first suburb |
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| Was the Republican Party able to use the Cold War to their advantage? How so? |
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| How does Brands characterize the economy of the 1950s? What does he see as the contributing factors? |
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| booming, residential construction, levittown, |
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| called out the national guard to prevent the integration of little rocks central high school on grounds of a threat to public order. |
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| What role did the automobile play in the post-war era? |
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| increase of consumer spending and construction of suburbs, highways, motels, fast food. |
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| What was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? Did it advocate violence? |
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| against segregation. passive resistance |
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| Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? |
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| communists guilty of transmitting atomic secrets to the soviet union |
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| How did Dwight Eisenhower support school integration? |
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| appointed a commission on national goals "to develop a broad outline of national objectives for the next decade and longer." |
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| How did Americans’ perception of women in the workforce change through the 1940s to 1960s? |
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| there was a higher demand for jobs, since husbands and sons were fighting in the war |
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| Did the Sputnik satellite contribute to American education? |
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| created NASA and a whole new avenue for jobs |
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| Who were the “beats?” In what way was it connected to abstract expressionism? |
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| a group of American post-WWII writers who came to prominence in the 1950s |
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| by the 1960s the most racially integrated institution in American society was ______. |
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| Know that Harry Truman was the first president to attempt to seriously alter the historical patterns of racial discrimination. What measures did he take? Did it succeed? |
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| appointed a presidential commission on civil rights and report titles "to secure these rights" |
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| How does the author perceive 1950s Americans view of organized religion? |
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| What occurred through the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? |
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| How did the Montgomery bus boycott begin? What civil rights leader emerged as a result? |
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| MLK asked that seats on buses be a first come first serve basis, Martin Luther King Jr. |
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