Final Flashcards
(27 cards)
What promoted England and France to declare war on Germany ?
The invasion of Poland
What is blitzkrieg?
Lightning war
What event occurred on the day described as “a day that will live in infamy”
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the lend-lease act?
U.S loaned weapons to countries fighting Germany
What was the Atlantic Charter?
By Roosevelt and Churchill that upheld free trade among nations and the people’s right to choose their own government
What document states that “men are born and remain free and equal rights”
Declaration of Independence
Define nationalism.compare with patriotism
National =loyal
Patriotism=support
Define fascism. Compare with nationalism
Fascism =obedience
Nationalism =loyal
Define industrial revolution
Increase in machine made goods
What effect did industrial revolution have on the growth of cities
City population grew-overcrowded-unhealthy
Explain capitalism. Compare with socialism
Capitalism-factors of production owned by the public
Socialism-factors of production owned by the government
Who was the supreme commander of western allied for Europe
Eisenhower
Why were thousands of Japanese American interned to relocation camps
Their ancestry
What all events helped the US mobilize for war
Propaganda, total war, rationing,people
Which term best describe europe’s and America’s first response to the threat of fascism
Isolation and appeasement
What was issac newton explain
Laws of gravity
What cultural movement reflected the ideals of emotion, imagination,and spirit of individuality?
Romanticism
What technology employed the 1st division of labor?
Assembly line
Which ideology called for overthrowing existing government to create a classless society?
Marxism
Who was the Declaration of Independence written by?
Thomas Jefferson
The difference between containment and Truman doctrine?
Money
Difference between cultural revolution and red guards?
Red guards:militia groups
Culture revolution:society made up of peasants
Difference between UN and NATO
UN:all 50 states
NATO:a few countries
