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Exam III Flashcards

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Nazi party

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They started out small but in the late 1920s they will gain popularity by spreading the bad words of anti-everything, the Nazis will blame Germany’s problems on everyone else and it was a message everyone wanted to hear

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Hitler becomes Reich chancellor of Germany in 1933

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You got power legally but once he got power he twisted it to where he had full control

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Why is the world going to allow the Nazis to rebuild Germany if it violates the Treaty of Versailles?

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Fear of another war

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Policy of appeasement

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Giving into someone’s demands in the sake of convenience

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1936 the Germans invaded the Rhineland

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After World War I Germany lost the Rhineland league of nations let Hitler take it with the army that Germany is not supposed to have

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League of Nations

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Great Britain and France

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1938 Germany absorbs Austria

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He takes his homeland back. The League of Nations gave it back

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Late 1938 Germany announcement

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Germany announces they will take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

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Sudetenland

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League of Nations puts a holt on that

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Munich conference 1938

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Germany and Italy were very close

Hitler- Germany

Mussolini- Italy

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Neville chamberlain-

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GB poster child of appeasement

Daladier- France

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Oct 1939 Hilter agreement

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He agrees not to invade Czech in exchange for Sudetenland

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March 1939 Germany invades

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Germany invades Czech

League wanted to stop hitler but he had six years to rebuild Germany

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Poland

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There is a treaty saying of Germany invades Poland the league will declare war on Germany

Germany blitzkrieg Against against Poland, France, in Great Britain

Thus WWII starts

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Germany invades France

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Not sees take over France fast and then Paris and mostly everything. Great Britain was just about the only resistance

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Hitler v Soviet

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Hitler wanted to invade the Soviet union by 1941

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17
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Operation Barbarossa

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Invasion of Soviet Union

Mistake that Hitler made was he split up the army in 3 ways sent them to the biggest cities in Soviet Union. Winter slows them down

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Election of 1940

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D FDR
R Wendell Wilkie
FDR wins 3rd term

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19
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1941 lend lease program

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Swapping ships to get British naval bases

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Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

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Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Japanese army gets bigger and are getting aggressive US wants to go to war with japs because of aggression

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July 1941 Japs took French Indochina (Vietnam)

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This event calls the US to react the US blocked all all shipments to Japan an oil embargo

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Surprise attack by japan

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US thought Japan would attack Philippines but surprise attack happened in Hawaii

Japs did not follow with 3rd wave

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US enters war with Japan

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US declares war on Dec 8 1941

In 1940, Japan signed treaty with Germany Italy tripartite pact

On December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US because of treaty

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24
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Stalingrad

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Directions have more bodies for the Germany does. Stalin is a leader who is not nice. And October the battle started from then to February 1943

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25
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Grand alliance

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US, Great Britain, Soviet union, the free French

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Axis powers

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Germany, Japan, and Italy

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27
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1942 Atlantic ocean off the coast of the US

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After Pearl Harbor Japan hits the Philippines

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28
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Bataan death march

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Japan was a brutal enemy and brutal to American prisoners

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29
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The battle of java sea

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Japan wiped out all joint allied fleet

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30
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The battle of coral sea

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Turning point for the allies. The US defeated Japanese

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31
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Battle of Midway

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Japanese wanted us to think they were going to attack Alaska, but America broke codes

32
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Aleutian Islands

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Alaska

33
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Battle of Attu

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After codes were broken by US. The US was ready. We think four of their aircraft carriers was a big win for US

34
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Election of 1944

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D FDR
R Thomas Dewey

Henry Wallace had been VP he was replaced by harry Truman

35
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Allies plan on Italy

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Allies plan to attack Italy and by doing so they had to come in north Africa but you decide in order to push Germans out of Africa and move on to Italy

They are successful and Mussolini was hung by his people because they were mad he retreated

36
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June 6, 1944 D-day

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Invasion of Normandy, operation overlord

Even though the Germans were not prepared they had an advantage to see enemies from the cliff

37
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February 1945 the firebombing of Dresden Germany

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Dresden was a place where German refugees went a lot of casualties the allies bomb the place and there was a strong military base there but more civilians

38
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December 1944 battle of the bulge

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In Ardennes forest in Belgium

The Germans loaded up everything they had to fight the allies this was Germany’s last push on the allies

39
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VE Day

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April 1945 the Soviets take Berlin.

May 1945 Germany formally surrenders

40
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US and Soviet

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The cold war happens shortly after VE Day

41
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March 9, 1944 US Bombs Tokyo

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US bombs Tokyo killing 125,000 mostly civilians the allies were trying to make a point

42
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Manhattan project

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Massive secret project to build an atomic bomb

43
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April 12, 1945 FDR Death

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He dies in warm Springs, Georgia

Truman becomes president

44
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August 6 and 9 of 1945

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US drops bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

45
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September 2, 1945 VJ Day

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Japanese formally surrenders

46
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Central intelligence agency

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CIA was created in 1947

47
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National security council

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Receive and make sense of what comes from the CIA

48
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North Atlantic Treaty NATO

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US, Canada, and Western Europe. Any nation involved will essentially be the same as attacking one country

Soviets respond with Warsaw Pact in 1955

49
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Election of 1948

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D Harry Truman

R Thomas Dewey

50
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Storm Thurmond state rights

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Southern Democrat Dixiecrat‘s they left due to civil rights

51
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Nationalist

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Led by Chaing Kai Shek Supported by US because he was anti-communist

52
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Communist

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Led by Mao Tse Tung responsible for killing more than Hitler and Stalin combined. 70 million Chinese people died under ham

53
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Mao assumes power

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Mao Takes over China chiang fleas to Taiwan

54
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Korea US v Soviet

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US and Soviet’s are racing to take control of Korea they divided Korea into two countries at the 38th parallel

55
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North Korea live by Kim Sung

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Back by the Soviets and China

56
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South Korea led by syngman Rhee

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Supported by the Wes US

57
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Korean War

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June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea

58
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Election of 1952

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R Eisenhower wins
D Adlai Stevenson

Eisenhower states he will go to Korea to fix things

59
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Election of 1956

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R Eisenhower wins

D Stephenson

60
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September 1957 Arkansas gov Orval faubus

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Nine black students attend to a roll at high school in Little Rock

Faubus call’s national guard to stop them but federal government said they would cut them off financially if they did

61
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1956 Alaska and Hawaii

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Alaskan Hawaii become the 49th and 50th state

62
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Election of 1960

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Kennedy versus Nixon

Independent Robert Byrd

Nikita Khrushchev Soviet leader

63
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Cuba

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Communist leader Fidel Castro

Us backs fulgencio Batista

64
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20th amendment

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Ensure a smooth transition of power president dies before he takes office. Presidential succession

65
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21st amendment

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Repeal prohibition

66
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22nd amendment

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No third terms

67
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23rd amendment

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Washington DC

68
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24th amendment

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No poll taxes

69
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25th amendment

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VP become president if he dies or resigns in VP dies if you’re play it by nominee approved by Congress president can transfer power to vp temporarily

70
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Election of 1972

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Republican Nixon

Democrat McGovern

71
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Plumbers

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Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate hired plumbers to break into buildings and find dirt on George McGovern

72
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August 8, 1974 Nixon resigned

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Nixon resigned because of criminal convictions

73
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Election of 1976

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Carter Democrat versus ford Republican Carter wins

74
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Election of 1980

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Carter versus Reagan Reagan wins

75
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Election of 1984

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Mondale versus Reagan Reagan wins

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