Spring EOC Review US History, Mr. G

Decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime industry.

Regulated the investment industry.

The representatives of 50 countries met to establish this new peacekeeping body.

A conflict between US and USSR, neither nation directly confronting the other in battle.

American general fired by President Truman.

Whose idea was it for Americans to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps?"

Senator, most famous anti-communist activist, had an "ism" named for him.

Chinese communist leader.

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded this militant political party in Oakland, 1966.

24 surviving Nazi members in court for their crimes against humanity and peace, and war crimes.

Harnessed H2O power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous flooding.

Wall that separated the city of Berlin, east from west.

Totalitarian dictator of Italy.

Kristallnacht was the night of ......

In this gov't, the individuals have no rights, and the government suppresses all opposition.

An educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans.

The first atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped on...

Regulated the banking industry.

Music that is both black and white-music that is American.

Johnson asked Congress for power to repel any armed attack against the US* (paraphrased)

$1 Billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, job training, small business loans.

Making special efforts to hire or enroll groups who have suffered discrimination.

June 6, 1944, D-Day, also known as...

"It was time for someone to stand up-or in my case, sit down. I refuse to move." Who said this?

Which was not a member of the Axis Powers?

Germany's last-ditch effort to penetrate the allied lines.

A program of volunteer assistance to Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Carried out covert operations to weaken or overthrow governments unfriendly to the US.

Signed the Munich Agreement, basically appeasing Hitler, leading to war.

Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union.

The US and USSR agreed to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, realizing there is dangerous fallout.

The SC ruling which unanimously struck down segregation in schooling as an unconstitutional violation of 14th Am.

Germany's newest military strategy- using fast tanks and more powerful aircraft.

The opposition to the Viet Nam war divided our nation into two groups, for and against war.

The government spending more money than they receive in revenues.

This program was designed to alleviate the problems associated with the depression.

An imaginary wall in Europe that separated the east (communism) from the west (democratic).

Operation Torch, an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa, was commanded by General...

President who brought America through the depression.

12 democratic nations pledged military support to one another in case any member was attacked.

The second atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped three days later on...

The turning point of the Pacific war

After NATO was formed, the USSR formed their own military alliance.

Chinese nationalist leader.

Segregated Jewish areas, sealed with barbed wire and stone walls.

This agency provided work for 18-25 yo men, building roads, developing parks, planting trees

Veterans who were owed compensation for their service in WWI.

Led the Manhattan Project

George Kennan proposed this; measures to prevent extension of communist rule to other nations.

7.8 million returning servicemen attended colleges and tech schools under the....

America's first African American Supreme Court Justice.

Set out to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible. Spent $11 billion on jobs.

Designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition.

Social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets, and writers.

The systematic murder of 11 million people, including 6 million Jews.

The Vietnamese were fighting oppression from which imperialist nation ?

Totalitarian dictator of Cuba.

After Stalin died, this man stepped up as the new Soviet leader.

Japanese pilots dive-bombed targets, turning their planes into bombs. This tactic is called...

Fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.