Finals-second Semester Flashcards
(18 cards)
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Winston Churchill
England
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Hideki Tojo
Japan
How does the treatment of Jews in Germany during WWII compare or relate to the treatment of African Americans in the south?
Treated unfair and cruel
How were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X alike and different?
They both worked for civil rights. Malcolm believed in violence but Martin believe in nonviolence.
How was the Vietnam War different from other wars?
We were in the Jungle where the enemy new the area.
How does Pearl Harbor relate to 9/11?
It was on US grounds.
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To separate west and east Berlin.
Explain the purpose and reason for the formation of the United Nations?
To resolve international conflicts.
Why didn’t the Soviet Union take any money from the United States Marshall Plan to help their economy?
Cause they didn’t want democracy’s or be democratic.
Even though Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space first, what event made America the winner of the space race?
Cause we send people to the moon and orbit.
What was cause/effect relationship of both the UN and USSR having the power to attack each other with nuclear weapons known as?
Mutual destruction in Cold War.
Tell about Saddam Hussein.
He refuse to withdraw from Kuwait and started “operation desert storm.
Two presidents had impeachment against them?
Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon.
What does “Weapons of mass destruction” mean?
Chemical/nuclear weapons that can kill thousands.
