Review for Lectures 24-26: WWII through Vietnam

Question 1

Nye Commission

Answer 1

A US Senate committee investigating the weapons industry.

Question 2

Americas First Committee

Answer 2

Isolationist political organization in the US pre-World War II.

Question 3

Fascism

Answer 3

Authoritarian political ideology is characterized by extreme nationalism and totalitarianism.

Question 4

Adolf Hitler

Answer 4

Infamous German dictator responsible for WWII and the Holocaust atrocities.

Question 5

Spanish Civil War (1936)

Answer 5

Armed conflict between Republican and Nationalist groups in Spain (1936-1939).

Question 6

Munich Agreement (1938)

Answer 6

A pact that allowed Nazi Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

Question 7

Nazi-Soviet Pact Aug. 1939

Answer 7

Non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1939.

Question 8

Pearl Harbor

Answer 8

Surprise military attack by Japan on US naval base, Hawaii 1941.

Question 9

Midway

Answer 9

A small atoll in the North Pacific, site of WWII battle.

Question 10

Rosie the Riveter

Answer 10

Iconic cultural symbol representing the women who worked in factories.

Question 11

Hiroshima

Answer 11

Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945.

Question 12

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 12

African American pilots who served in World War II.

Question 13

Manhattan Project

Answer 13

A secretive project that developed the first nuclear weapons.

Question 14

Japanese Internment

Answer 14

Forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Question 15

Office of War Information

Answer 15

US government agency for propaganda during WWII; 1942-1945.

Question 16

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 16

Revolutionary leader who founded the People’s Republic of China.

Question 17

NATO

Answer 17

A military alliance of 30 North American and European countries.

Question 18

Mao Tse Tung

Answer 18

Revolutionary Chinese communist leader and founding father of the People’s Republic.

Question 19

Warsaw Pact

Answer 19

Military alliance of Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe (1955-1991).

Question 20

The Cold War

Answer 20

A period of political and military tension between the US and USSR.

Question 21

Marshall Plan

Answer 21

US-led initiative to rebuild post-war Europe.

Question 22

George Kennan

Answer 22

American diplomat and historian known for his “containment” policy towards communism.

Question 23

NSC 68

Answer 23

a secret policy paper outlining the U.S. strategy during the Cold War.

Question 24

Policy of Containment

Answer 24

US strategy to prevent the spread of communism post-WWII.

Question 25

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Answer 25

American citizens executed for secret or confidential information without permission.

Question 26

‘Fellow Travelers'

Answer 26

Non-communist sympathizers or supporters of communist ideals or movements.

Question 27

VENONA

Answer 27

A US intelligence program to decrypt Soviet messages.

Question 28

Fair Deal

Answer 28

President Truman's domestic policy agenda for post-WWII economic reforms.

Question 29

Loyalty Security Program

Answer 29

A loyalty security program is a system that ensures customer loyalty.

Question 30

Iron Curtain

Answer 30

A political barrier isolating Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe after World War II.

Question 31

The Big Three

Answer 31

the leaders of the Allied Powers during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin.

Question 32

National Interstate Highways Act of 1956

Answer 32

Legislation that created the US interstate highway system, connecting states.

Question 33

National Defense Education Act of 1958

Answer 33

US federal law funding education in science, math, and languages.

Question 34

Military Industrial Complex

Answer 34

Collaboration between government and defense industry that influences policies and spending.

Question 35

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (The G.I. Bill)

Answer 35

US law that provided benefits to veterans after World War II.

Question 36

Baby Boomers

Answer 36

People born in the post-WWII period, 1946-1964.

Question 37

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 37

Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and politician who led Vietnam's independence movement.

Question 38

Vietminh

Answer 38

Vietnamese nationalist and communist movement that fought for independence from France.

Question 39

Vo Nguyen Giap

Answer 39

A Vietnamese general and revolutionary leader.

Question 40

General William Westmoreland

Answer 40

US Army General, served in World War II and Vietnam War.

Question 41

ARVN

Answer 41

Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the military force of South Vietnam.

Question 41

ARVN

Answer 41

Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the military force of South Vietnam.

Question 42

Khe Sanh

Answer 42

US Marine base besieged by North Vietnamese Army in 1968.

Question 43

Tet Offensive

Answer 43

A major military campaign during the Vietnam War launched by Viet Cong.

Question 44

Robert McNamara

Answer 44

US Secretary of Defense, known for involvement in Vietnam War.

Question 45

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 45

Vietnamese city where decisive battle occurred during First Indochina War.

Question 45

Dien Bien Phu

Answer 45

Vietnamese city where decisive battle occurred during First Indochina War.

Question 46

Passage to Freedom

Answer 46

Nickname for the 1954 evacuation of Vietnamese civilians to South Vietnam.

Question 47

FNL (Viet Cong)

Answer 47

Viet Cong's military and political organization during the Vietnam War.

Question 48

Vietnamization

Answer 48

US policy of transferring combat responsibilities to South Vietnam forces.