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a direct result of the glasnost policy might be___.

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The fall of the USSR

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Adolf Hitler

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Wrote Mein Kampf while in prison

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After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

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no evidence of conspiracy, CIA was involved, Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

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After the Allied victory in North Africa, Churchill urged the Americans to strike at the “soft under-belly of the Axis” Where sis the U.S. decide to attack?

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Italy

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After WWII, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to

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provide economic assistance to Europe

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American actions in the settlement of Yom Kippur War of 1973 resulted in?

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The Middle East put an oil embargo on the United States

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At Mai Lai American soldiers were accused of:

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killing women and children

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Benito Mussolini

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the founder of fascism and Italy’s wartime leader

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Douglas MacArthur

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American General in charge of the Philippines

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During WWII, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to

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recruit women into wartime industries

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During WWII, the federal government used rationing to

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reserve resources for the military

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Eisenhower

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commander of allied forces in europe

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Europe

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allied power

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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president during most of WWII

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From December 1944-January 1945 Germany fought an all-out attempt to break through the Allied lines with a surprise thrust through the Ardennes Forest. This month - long battle was known as the battle of

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the bulge

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Gave Hitler complete control

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Enabling act

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Germany’s generals devised a new type of warfare which relied on fast movements and coordinated air and ground attacks. This new type of warfare was called:

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Blitzkrieg

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Harry S. Truman

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Us president who approved the bomb

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Heideki Tojo

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leader of japan

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Hitler’s attempt to annihilate all of Europe’s Jews is known as;

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The Holocoust

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How did American women contribute to the war effort

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women built planes, tanks, and other military equipment

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How did life in the suburbs influence consumer spending in the 1950’s

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consumer spending increased

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How did the media affect attitudes in the United States during the Vietnam War

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it made Americans dislike the war and depicted us as losing and the soldiers as bad

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How was propaganda used in the United States during WWII

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motivate and unite citizens

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In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to
help veterans after the war
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1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ___ to the United States
oil
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In 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for ___, or a reconstructing of the Soviet economy and government
glasnost and peristroka
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In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock'n'roll were viewed as forms of
Rebellion
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In what case did the Supreme Court rule against segregation in schools?
Brown vs. board of education
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Japanese surprise attack location
Oahu Hawaii
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Joseph Stalin
leader of the USSR
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Military leader of Japan
Heideki Tojo
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One reason the Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact was to
Oppose NATO
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Pact between Hitler and Stallin to split Poland
USSR/Nazi Pact
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Place where the leaders of Germany, Britian, France and Italy met in 1938 to declare peace
Munich
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President Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that
the war would be long and costly
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Robert Oppenheimer
creator of the atomic bomb
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Shortly after entering WWII, the United States began the Manhattan Project to
to create the ultimate weapon, atomic bomb
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Soviet and Western wartime cooperation had already degenerated into serious tensions at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 because
Stalin had reneged on his promise to allow free elections in Soviet occupied Eastern Europe
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The agreements of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at Yalta in 1945 are controversial
they gave a free hand in dominating the liberated states o eastern Europe they gave the Russians control of a sizeable segment of Germany
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The allied plan for the invasion of Europe was code-named
Operation Overlord
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The first Earth Day, celebrated in 1970, was a response to what?
Vietnam War
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The first Naval battle in U.S military history in which the two fleets engaged in battle but never fired a single shot at one another from their massive deck guns became known as the battle of
coral sea
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The top-secret project carried out by U. S. scientists to develop the atomic bomb was called;
Manhattan Project
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The U.S. Marshall Plan combined altruism with self-interest because the sheer generosity of the United States was rewarded by
The containment of communism and the opening of a rich market for U.S. industry
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This country invaded it and started war
Poland
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To help pay for WWII, the U.S. Government relied heavily on the
War bonds
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To keep away from global conflicts
Isolationism
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Totalitarian from of government which has one leader and party
Fascism
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Treaty that many believed had treated Germany unfairly
Versailles
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What action by the U.S. caused the Japanese to execute the Pearl Harbor attack
The U.S. cut off all oil and steel shipments to Japan until they abandoned all conquered territory.
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What battle was the first major land battle for the U.S. in the Pacific
Guadalcanal
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What brought an end to the Cold War in the 1990's?
Gorbachev's 5 pints, internal rebellion
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What defines the domino theory?
The fall of one nation t communism will lead to the fall of surrounding nations to communism
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What did Nixon and Khrushchev argue about in the Kitchen Debate?
The superiority of each economic system
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What did the Berlin Airlift teach the Soviet Union?
The UN will not be bullied into compliance with Stalin
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What did the Truman doctrine promise
Contained communism
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What does the term McCarthyism mean
Accusing people of being communist without evidence
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What event in December 1941 brought United States into World War II
Pearl Harbor
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What is the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a part of he USSR, NATO was capitalistic and democratic
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What is the predominant religion in the middle east
Islam
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What led to the Iran hostage crisis
The US refused medical service to an Iranian leader
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What two countries were involved in the Camp David Accords
Egypt and Israel
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What was a lasting effect of the Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon
Distrust of the government
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What was a long time affect of the Vietnam war
Less American boots on the ground
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What was an example of the British and French policy of appeasement
Giving Germany the Sudetenland
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What was one reason that some Americans criticized the war and the draft
Lack of progress in Vietnam
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What was the arms race
A stockpiling of nuclear weapons in the event of war
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What was the British invasion
A musical movement in the 60's featuring lots of British artists
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What was the cause of the Korean War
Communist North Korea invaded anti-communist South Korea
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What was the Iron Curtain
An imaginary border that divided Europe into communist and non-communist
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What was the name given to the strategy used by the US forces to defeat the Japanese
Island hopping
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What was the name of the battle that is considered to be the "turning point" of the Pacific war
Midway
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What was the name of the first Japanese city to be bombed by an atomic bomb
Hiroshima
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Where did the allied leaders believe they had to defeat the axis before they could invade southern
North Africa
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Where was D day fought
Beaches of Normandy, France
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Where, to this day, is Korea divided between North and south
38th parallel
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Which lot is Supreme Court decision abolished literacy tests as a requirement for voting and used federal workers to help register black voters
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Which of the following best explains why Americans worried about sputnik
Soviet spying and nuclear attacks from space
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Which of the following was an important reason the United States use atomic bomb against
Japan wouldn't surrender
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Which of the following was not true of the Tet offensive
The North Korean fighters severely damaged the US Embassy
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Which precedent was established by the Nuremberg war crimes trials
National leaders can be held responsible for crimes against humanity
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Which presidents were presesident while the Vietnam war was going on
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford
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Who led German and American forces in North Africa
Erwin Rommel and Dwight Eisenhower
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Who was the only president in American history whose term him ended with the elected president and the elected vice President no longer in office
Ford
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Who were the presidents in the 1950s
Harry S Truman, Eisenhower
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Who were the presidents in the 1960s
Dwight D Eisenhower, JFK, Lyndon B Johnson, Nixon
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Who were the presidents in the 1970s
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
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Who were the presidents in 1980s
Jimmy Carter, Ronald Regan, George HW Bush
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Why did large numbers of Americans eventually oppose the Vietnam war
media showed us as loosing and it went of for a large amount of time, many soldiers died and soldiers were accused of killing civilians
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Why did the US government secretly help to overthrow the leader of Iran
For Iranian oil and westernization
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Why is the Cuban missile crisis the closest we've ever came to war during the Cold War
nuclear world war was threatened and only called off due to a peace agreement, Cuba had soviet missiles aimed at the us only 90 miles away
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Why was the conflict between the US and the Soviet Union called the cold war
There was tension and fear of war, but no actual fighting
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Erwin Rommel
Desert fox

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