Spring EOC Review US History, Mr. G

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

Kristallnacht was the night of ......

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

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

Chinese nationalist leader.

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

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

America's first African American Supreme Court Justice.

Decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime industry.

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

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

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

Regulated the investment industry.

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

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

The government spending more money than they receive in revenues.

Fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.

The turning point of the Pacific war

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Totalitarian dictator of Italy.

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

Totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union.

American general fired by President Truman.

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

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

Chinese communist leader.

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

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

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

Regulated the banking industry.

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

The Vietnamese were fighting oppression from which imperialist nation ?

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

Veterans who were owed compensation for their service in WWI.

Led the Manhattan Project

Which was not a member of the Axis Powers?

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

President who brought America through the depression.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition.

Totalitarian dictator of Cuba.

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