Spring History Final
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85 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nuremberg Laws | Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans |
| Final Solution | Exterminate Europe's Jews |
| Manchuria | Country Japanese invaded to get resources |
| Austria | First area that Hitler unified with Germany |
| Kristallnacht | Night of anti-Jewish violence |
| Aryans | These individuals were not executed by the Nazi Party |
| Munich Conference | Where Britain and France gave into Hitler's demands for Sudetenland |
| Appeasement | Giving into Hitlers demands was a policy know as this |
| Battle of Britain | Where the British had the advantage of new technology (Radar) |
| Attack on Pearl Harbor | Brought the US into WWII |
| Stalin | Leader of Russia during WWII |
| Hitler | Leader of Germany during WWII |
| Mussolini | Leader of Italy during WWII |
| Black Shirts | Members of the Fascist milita that backed Mussolini |
| Convoy System | A group that travels with something, such as a ship to protect it. |
| Manhattan Project | The secret American project to build an atomic bomb |
| Rosie the Riveter | Was a symbol in the campaign to hire women worker in factories during the war |
| Combat | During WWII the army enlisted women for the 1st time but they were barred from this |
| V-J Day | The day the Japanese ordered its government to surrender |
| Philippines | The Bataan Death march occurred here |
| Kamikaze | During World War ll, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target. |
| V-E Day | Name given of the day after the unconditional surrender of Germany |
| D-Day | Name given for the invasion of Nazi occupied France by the allied forces |
| Sullivan's | The 5 brothers that were killed on the USS Juneau |
| Italy | After WWII Germany was divided into 4 zones, this country did not control a zone |
| China | United Nations troops in Korea were driven back to the 38th parallel by this country |
| Marshall | This plans purpose was to help Western Europe |
| Truman Doctrine | This doctrine resulted in a pledge to fight communism |
| NATO | This organization was formed with the purpose of mutual defense |
| MacArthur | Fired for publicly criticizing the president |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Emerged as a leader of the Soviet Union three years after Stalin died |
| Soviet Union and US | Controlled Korea during the Korean War |
| China | Entered Korean War as forces where close to their boarder and they saw it as a threat |
| Presidential Debate | During the 1960's election campaign television first aired this |
| New Frontier | Kennedy's legislative agenda was called this |
| Land a Man on the Moon | During the space race Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to do this |
| Great Society | President Johnson's vision of a more perfect and equitable society the US could and should become called this |
| Bus Boycott | In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans organized this |
| Plessy vs Ferguson | Established separate but equal doctrine |
| Selma March | Campaign for voting rights of African Americans |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Ended segregation in public schools |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Make segregation illegal in most places |
| March on Washington | Name given to the gathering of 200,000 people in Washington D.C to watch Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a Dream" speech |
| Fall of China and the Korean War | These events caused Truman to help France in Vietnam |
| Discrimination | South Vietnam monks set themselves on fire as a protest against this |
| Pentagon Papers | Revealed the government was not honest about Vietnam |
| 17th Parallel | Where the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam |
| Domino Theory | The belief that if one nation in Asia fell to communist, neighboring countries would follow |
| Teach in | An extended meeting held to discuss a social or political issue |
| Napalm | A type of jellied gasoline |
| 26th Amendment | Gave all citizens age 18 and older the right to vote |
| Linkage | Henry Kissingger tried to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China to cut back on aid to Vietnam's using this method |
| Blitzkrieg | Used large number of tanks and aircraft to attack quickly |
| Isolationism | Idea that a country should focus on its own problems and avoid international commitments |
| Tuskegee Airmen | African American unit, the 99th squadron, played a major role in the battle of Anzio |
| Battle of Midway | Turning point in the war that stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific |
| Alger Hiss | American diplomat on Roosevelt's administration was convicted of perjury |
| Iron Curtain | Separation of Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the West |
| Cold War | Era of competition and confrontation between the U.S and Soviet Union form 1946-1990. |
| Bataan Death March | 78,000 prisoners of the war were forced to walk 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp |
| Red Scare | Fear communists were trying to take over the world |
| Apollo | Name of the space capsule that carried American astronauts to the moon and back |
| Linda Brown | Student who was denied admission to her neighborhood school |
| Sputnik | Name of the 1st Russian satellite |
| Sit-in | A form of protest involving occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment |
| Ho Chi Minh | The leader of North Vietnam |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | The leader of South Vietnam |
| Vietcong | A guerrilla army organized by Ho Chi Minh |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | A network of jungle paths through North Vietnam |
| Hawk | Someone who believed the US should continue its military efforts in Vietnam |
| Tet Offensive | The surprise attack launched by the Vietcong during the Vietnamese New Year |
| Christmas Bombings | The most destructive air raids of the entire Vietnam War |
| War Powers Act | Reestablished limits on executive power |
| Vietnamization | The process of making South Vietnam assume more of the war effort by slowly withdrawing US troops |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Authorized the President to take all necessary measures to repeal an armed attack |
| Linkage | Improving relations with the Soviet Union and China to persuade them to cut back their aid to North Vietnam |
| Dove | A person in favor of the US withdrawing from the Vietnam War |
| Juvenile Delinquency | anti-social or criminal behavior of young people |
| Generation gap | The cultural separation between children and their parents |
| Federal Highway Act | The largest public works program in Amercian History |
| Poverty Line | The figure the government sets to reflect the minimum income required to support a family |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Protected voting rights from discriminatory practices |
| Medicare | Health care program for senior citizens |
| Medicaid | Financed healthcare for welfare recipients |
| Due Process | Ensures that all people are treated the same by the legal system |
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